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.

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.