London: Orion, 1993. First Edition. 278pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Small pencil mark on free end paper, faint toning. Price-Clipped wrapper shows little shelf wear. SIGNED by the author.

The Black Book is the fifth Inspector Rebus novel, with Rebus being based at St Leonards police station in Edinburgh. When a local butcher is stabbed, the investigation leads Rebus to conclude that the attack is connected to a years-old unsolved arson-homicide case. Despite warnings from his superiors to leave the case alone, Rebus begins unraveling the threads that lead him toward a dangerous secret from the past.