Saints of the Shadow Bible, Rankin - C+

                                               The shadow bible was a very old, leather-bound copy of 'Scots Criminal Law' that the Saints swore allegiance to over thirty years ago.   However, they reserved the right to determine which rules of the criminal justice system they adhered to.  If a particular bad guy had an unfortunate accident, perhaps rectifying a miscarriage of justice in the more rule-bound courts, well, who's to say that's wrong. At this stage of the game, all of the old crew is retired, with the exception of John Rebus, who has been readmitted to the force. Rebus is trying to keep his nose clean in order to stretch out a few more years on the job that constitutes his life, when the activities of his old gang come up for reconsideration.  The impetus is the overturning, by an ambitious minister, of the double jeopardy rule in Scotland.  Tied into the ancient case to which a new corpse is added are the two sides of the upcoming referendum on Scottish disunion, along with some drug dealing, a car accident and a revenge killing.  Notwithstanding his advanced age, continued smoking and drinking, and conflicted loyalties, Rebus doggedly pursues all the matters to their logical conclusions.