FIRST EDITION!! IAN RANKIN The Black Book ( An Inspector Rebus novel)

The Black Book #5 - Ian Rankin - 1993 - Orion - 278pp - Hardcover with dustcover as new.

Five years ago, a mysterious fire burned Edinburgh's seed Central Hotel to ashes. Long-forgotten and unsolved, the case reappears when a charred body--with a bullet in its head--is found amongst the ruins. Inspector John Rebus knows that his superiors would rather he let sleeping dogs lie. He knows that part of the answer lies somewhere in a cryptic black notebook. Ane he knows that to solve teh case, he'll have to peel back layer upon layer of unspeakable secrets to arrive at the truth.....