The release date for the English version of 'The Black Book' by
Ian Rankin is Oct 2000. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
DI John Rebus becomes entangled in a murder and unidentified corpse investigation after seeing a close colleague being viciously abused. Tormented by the coded secrets found in his colleague's notebook and driven by menacing spirits, Rebus is forced to put together a puzzle that nobody wants to be finished.