Saints of the Shadow Bible
- Published
- 7 November 2013
- Pages
- 389
- ISBN-13
- 9781409129486
- Type
- novel
About this book
Saints of the Shadow Bible (2013), 389 pages, is the nineteenth Rebus book, continuing the series' serialised approach to its detective's health, status and long Edinburgh CID record as he works cases from the fringes of the force.
Key facts about Saints of the Shadow Bible
Saints of the Shadow Bible is a novel by Ian Rankin. Readers have had it since 7 November 2013. It runs to 389 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of Saints of the Shadow Bible. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781409129486 to find the main one.
Saints of the Shadow Bible is book 20 of 27 in the Inspector Rebus series. The series has 27 published books. However, the series starts with Knots and Crosses (1987). Midnight and Blue is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 10 October 2024.
Additionally, Ian Rankin writes Jack Laidlaw and Malcolm Fox as separate series. Those series sit on our crime fiction and police procedural shelves. Meanwhile, The Heights is the latest published Ian Rankin book on file, from 8 October 2026.
About Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime writer whose Inspector John Rebus series has become one of the defining bodies of work in modern British crime fiction, and whose Edinburgh setting -- rendered in unglamorous, atmospheric detail -- is as much a character in the books as Rebus himself. See every Ian Rankin book in order.
Its place in Inspector Rebus
Saints of the Shadow Bible is book 20 in the Inspector Rebus series. It follows Standing in Another Man's Grave. It is followed by Even Dogs in the Wild. See the full Inspector Rebus reading order.
John Rebus is a Detective Inspector with Edinburgh CID: a hard-drinking, rule-bending insomniac who solves cases as much through stubbornness and an instinct for the city's underside as through procedure. Ian Rankin builds each novel around a real strand of Edinburgh life — the tourist Old Town sitting on top of a much darker New Town of gangsters, corrupt councillors and old sectarian grudges — and lets Rebus's insubordination with his superiors (and his complicated, decades-long feud-turned-uneasy-alliance with…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409144755
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409129486