Let It Bleed (novel)

Let it Bleed
First edition
Author	Ian Rankin
Country	Scotland
Language	English
Genre	Detective fiction
Publisher	Orion Books
Publication date	1995
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	278 pp
ISBN	1-85797-634-7
OCLC	43181191
Preceded by	Mortal Causes
Followed by	Black and Blue

Let it Bleed is a 1995 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the seventh of the Inspector Rebus novels. The US edition has a final chapter which the UK edition does not have, as the author's 'Introduction' explains.

Plot summary

Detective Inspector John Rebus and Frank Lauderdale start the book with a car chase across Edinburgh to apprehend kidnappers, culminating with the two youths they are chasing throwing themselves off the Forth Road Bridge and in Rebus being injured in a car crash. Rebus's upset over this allows Rankin to show the character in a new light, revealing his isolation and potentially suicidal despair.

After the unconnected suicide of a terminally ill con, Rebus pursues an investigation that implicates respected people at the highest levels of government, and due to the politically sensitive nature of what he is doing, faces losing his job, or worse. He is supported by his daughter Sammy, allowing their distant relationship to be built upon.

The title refers to the Rolling Stones album Let it Bleed.

Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series

Novels	Knots and Crosses Hide and Seek Tooth and Nail Strip Jack The Black Book Mortal Causes Let it Bleed Black & Blue The Hanging Garden Dead Souls Set in Darkness The Falls Resurrection Men A Question of Blood Fleshmarket Close The Naming of the Dead Exit Music Standing in Another Man's Grave Saints of the Shadow Bible Even Dogs In The Wild

Characters	Detective Inspector John Rebus List of characters from the Inspector Rebus series

Works by Ian Rankin

Novels	The Flood (1986) Knots and Crosses (1987) Watchman (1988) Westwind (1990) Hide and Seek (1991) Tooth and Nail (1992) Strip Jack (1992) The Black Book (1993) Witch Hunt (1993) Mortal Causes (1994) Bleeding Hearts (1994) Let It Bleed (1995) Blood Hunt (1995) Black & Blue (1997) The Hanging Garden (1998) Dead Souls (1999) Set in Darkness (2000) The Falls (2001) Resurrection Men (2002) A Question of Blood (2003) Fleshmarket Close (2004) The Naming of the Dead (2006) Exit Music (2007) Doors Open (2008) A Cool Head (2009, Quick Reads) The Complaints (2009) The Impossible Dead (2011) Standing in Another Man's Grave (2012) Saints of the Shadow Bible (2013) Even Dogs In The Wild (2015)

Short story collections	A Good Hanging and Other Stories (1992) Beggars Banquet (2002) The Beat Goes On (2014)

Non-fiction	Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey (2005) Jackie Leven Said (2005, With Jackie Leven)

Graphic novels	Dark Entries (2009)

Plays	Dark Road

Short stories	An Afternoon (1984) Voyeurism (1985) Colony (1986) Trip Trap (1992) Marked For Death (1992) Well Shot (1993) Someone Got to Eddie (1994) A Deep Hole (1994) Adventures in Babysitting (1995) Natural Selection (1996) Auld Lang Syne (1997) Principles of Accounts (1997) Death is Not the End (1998) The Hanged Man (2000) Saint Nicked (2003) Soft Spot (2005) Not Just Another Saturday (2005) Sinner: Justified (2006)

Related articles	Inspector Rebus Quick Reads Jackie Leven University of Edinburgh Gold Dagger

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