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Classic Serial: Rebus: The Black Book

Ron Donachie

Gary Lewis

Gayanne Potter

Steven McNicoll

Sean Biggerstaff

Douglas Russell

Tony Cownie

Richard Conlon

Simon Donaldson

Wendy Seager

Paul Young

Shauna Macdonald

Chris Dolan

Bruce Young

Classic Serial: Rebus: The Black Book: Episode 2

Rebus: The Black Book

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Rebus: The Black Book, Episode 2

As Rebus investigates an unsolved murder, someone kidnaps his brother.

As Rebus investigates an unsolved murder, someone kidnaps and suspends his brother over the Forth Bridge.

2/2. As Rebus investigates an unsolved murder someone kidnaps and suspends his brother over the Forth Bridge. Ian Rankin's novel is dramatised by Chris Dolan.

When DS Brian Holmes is left in a coma after being severely beaten, Rebus discovers his colleague's black notebook contains coded clues on a case involving arson and murder. Five years before, a mysterious fire burned down Edinburgh's seedy Central Hotel. All the staff and customers were accounted for but an unidentified body was found in the rubble. The post mortem revealed the victim had died from a bullet through the heart before the fire broke out. 

The attack on his brother can only mean that Rebus is close to deciphering the secrets of the black book - but can he track down those responsible for the Central Hotel murder before they decide that it will take more than a warning to stop his investigation? 

Other parts played by the cast.
Producer/director: Bruce Young.

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Ian Rankin's maverick detective, Inspector Rebus, investigates an unsolved murder

Ian Rankin's maverick detective, Inspector Rebus, investigates an unsolved murder, with the help of a notebook full of coded clues

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