Set in Darkness

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Set in Darkness
Author	Ian Rankin
Country	Scotland
Language	English
Genre(s)	Detective novel
Publisher	Orion Books
Publication date	2000
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	496 pp
ISBN	ISBN 0-7528-7722-4
Preceded by	Dead Souls
Followed by	The Falls

Set in Darkness is a 2000 novel by Ian Rankin. It is the eleventh of the Inspector Rebus novels.

[edit] Plot summary

The Scottish Parliament is about to reopen in Edinburgh after 300 years. Detective Inspector John Rebus is in charge of liaison, as the new parliament is in his patch. While on a tour of Queensberry House, which is to be incorporated into the new Parliament, a fireplace where legend has it a youth was burned to death is opened up and another, more recent murder victim is found. Then, a prospective MSP called Roddy Grieve is found murdered, and Rebus is expected to find instant answers.

The title^[1] comes from the poem "The Old Astronomer to his pupil"^[2] by Sarah Williams.

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ See interview
2. ^ Online text of poem

v • d • e Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series Knots and Crosses • Hide and Seek • Tooth and Nail • Strip Jack • The Black Book • Mortal Causes • Let it Bleed • Black and Blue • The Hanging Garden • Dead Souls • Set in Darkness • The Falls • Resurrection Men • A Question of Blood • Fleshmarket Close • The Naming of the Dead • Exit Music