A Song for the Dark Times
First edition | |
| Author | Ian Rankin |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Inspector Rebus |
Release number | 23 |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Set in | Scotland |
| Publisher | Orion Books |
| Publication place | Scotland |
Published in English | 1 October 2020 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 327 |
| ISBN | 9781409176886 |
| Preceded by | In a House of Lies |
| Followed by | A Heart Full of Headstones |
| Website | Author's webpage |
A Song for the Dark Times is the 23rd installment in the Inspector Rebus series written by Ian Rankin. The phrase "dark times" was meant to refer to the era of Brexit, autocratic leaders, and so on, as of 2019, but the book was published in 2020, in a period of COVID-19 lockdowns. The title is from one of the book’s epigraphs, Bertolt Brecht on “singing in/about the dark times”; also, “Songs for the Dark Times” is the title Siobhan Clarke gives to a CD compilation she has burned for John Rebus, which he plays while driving north in his car.