Set in Darkness

Set in Darkness

Author(s)	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	0-7528-7722-4
OCLC Number	60611212
Preceded by	Dead Souls
Followed by	The Falls

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

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.

Footnotes

^ See interview
^ Online text of poem

Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series

Novels	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

Characters	Detective Inspector John Rebus • List of characters from the Inspector Rebus series

Works by Ian Rankin

Novels	The Flood (1986) · Knots and Crosses (1987) · Watchman (1988) · Westwind (1990) · Hide and Seek (1991) · Tooth and Nail (1992) · Strip Jack (1992) · The Black Book (1993) · Witch Hunt (1993) · Mortal Causes (1994) · Bleeding Hearts (1994) · Let it Bleed (1995) · Blood Hunt (1995) · Black and Blue (1997) · The Hanging Garden (1998) · Dead Souls (1999) · Set in Darkness (2000) · The Falls (2001) · Resurrection Men (2002) · Fleshmarket Close (2003) · A Question of Blood (2004) · The Naming of the Dead (2006) · Exit Music (2007) · Doors Open (2008) · A Cool Head (2009, Quick Reads) · The Complaints (2009) · The Impossible Dead (2011)

Short story collections	A Good Hanging and Other Stories (1992) · Beggars Banquet (2002)

Non-fiction	Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey (2005) · Jackie Leven Said (2005, With Jackie Leven)

Graphic novels	Dark Entries (2009)

Short stories	An Afternoon (1984) · Voyeurism (1985) · Colony (1986) · Trip Trap (1992) · Marked For Death (1992) · Well Shot (1993) · Someone Got to Eddie (1994) · A Deep Hole (1994) · Adventures in Babysitting (1995) · Natural Selection (1996) · Auld Lang Syne (1997) · Principles of Accounts (1997) · Death is Not the End (1998) · The Hanged Man (2000) · Saint Nicked (2003) · Soft Spot (2005) · Not Just Another Saturday (2005) · Sinner: Justified (2006)

Related articles	Inspector Rebus · Quick Reads · Jackie Leven · University of Edinburgh · Gold Dagger