Saints of the Shadow Bible
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Saints of the Shadow Bible is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, exploring police corruption and past misdeeds resurfacing in modern-day Edinburgh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saints of the Shadow Bible canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9607202 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saints of the Shadow Bible Context triple: [Ian Rankin, notableWork, Saints of the Shadow Bible]
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A.
The Saints of Salvation
The Saints of Salvation is a science fiction novel by Peter F. Hamilton that concludes his Salvation Sequence space opera trilogy, featuring humanity’s struggle against a powerful alien threat.
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B.
A Relíquia
A Relíquia is a satirical novel by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that critiques religious hypocrisy and bourgeois morality through the misadventures of its opportunistic protagonist.
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C.
Book of the Sign
Book of the Sign is the English title of the medieval Hebrew work "Sefer ha-Ot," a Jewish mystical and ethical text traditionally attributed to Rabbi Judah the Pious.
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D.
Servants of God
Servants of God was a non-violent, Pashtun-led political and social reform movement in British India, founded by Abdul Ghaffar Khan to resist colonial rule through peaceful means.
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E.
The Fallen Priest
"The Fallen Priest" is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1988 album "Barcelona," a collaborative project with operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saints of the Shadow Bible Target entity description: Saints of the Shadow Bible is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, exploring police corruption and past misdeeds resurfacing in modern-day Edinburgh.
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A.
The Saints of Salvation
The Saints of Salvation is a science fiction novel by Peter F. Hamilton that concludes his Salvation Sequence space opera trilogy, featuring humanity’s struggle against a powerful alien threat.
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B.
A Relíquia
A Relíquia is a satirical novel by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that critiques religious hypocrisy and bourgeois morality through the misadventures of its opportunistic protagonist.
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C.
Book of the Sign
Book of the Sign is the English title of the medieval Hebrew work "Sefer ha-Ot," a Jewish mystical and ethical text traditionally attributed to Rabbi Judah the Pious.
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D.
Servants of God
Servants of God was a non-violent, Pashtun-led political and social reform movement in British India, founded by Abdul Ghaffar Khan to resist colonial rule through peaceful means.
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E.
The Fallen Priest
"The Fallen Priest" is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1988 album "Barcelona," a collaborative project with operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Ian Rankin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
moral ambiguity in law enforcement
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past misdeeds resurfacing ⓘ police corruption ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Malcolm Fox
NERFINISHED
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Siobhan Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Even Dogs in the Wild NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Standing in Another Man's Grave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781409144721 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | John Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Inspector Rebus series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAffiliation | Lothian and Borders Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | police detective ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher | Orion Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saints of the Shadow Bible Description of subject: Saints of the Shadow Bible is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, exploring police corruption and past misdeeds resurfacing in modern-day Edinburgh.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.