Midnight and Blue

In a stunning twist, legendary Edinburgh detective John Rebus finds himself on the wrong side of the law, imprisoned for homicide. Stripped of his badge and his freedom, he's now a resident of the very institutions he once filled with criminals. When a brutal murder occurs within the locked walls of Scotland's most infamous prison, Rebus, housed just across the cellblock, is uniquely positioned to observe. Despite his compromised status and the constant threat to his own life, protected tenuously by an old adversary, his inherent deductive instincts refuse to be silenced. As days bleed into nights, Rebus navigates a treacherous landscape of corrupt guards, scheming inmates, and fleeting alliances, all while attempting to uncover a killer in a place overflowing with them. This gripping narrative plunges Rebus into his most personal and dangerous investigation yet, where the lines between justice and survival are terrifyingly blurred, and old habits of manipulation and truth-seeking become his only hope.