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Ian Rankin
Author · 64 books

AKA Jack Harvey. Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982 and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987; the Rebus books are now translated into 22 languages and are bestsellers on several continents. Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow. He is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award, and he received two Dagger Awards for the year's best short story and the Gold Dagger for Fiction. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, and Edinburgh. A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts, on Channel 4 in 2002. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, and opted to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons. http://us.macmillan.com/author/ianrankin

Series

Books

A Good Hanging book cover

A Good Hanging

1992

Deathwatch Journal book cover

Deathwatch Journal

2017

Rebus's Scotland book cover

Rebus's Scotland

2005

A Song for the Dark Times book cover

A Song for the Dark Times

2020

Standing in Another Man's Grave book cover

Standing in Another Man's Grave

2012

The Falls book cover

The Falls

2001

Watchman book cover

Watchman

1988

Home Fixtures book cover

Home Fixtures

Writings to Support the Homeless World Cup

2020

Reader's Digest Great Detective Stories book cover

Reader's Digest Great Detective Stories

1998

The Black Book book cover

The Black Book

1993

Witch Hunt book cover

Witch Hunt

2010

The Travelling Companion book cover

The Travelling Companion

2016

Dead Souls book cover

Dead Souls

1999

Schuld & boete book cover

Schuld & boete

een inspecteur Rebus bundel

2006

A Heart Full of Headstones book cover

A Heart Full of Headstones

2022

Rather Be the Devil book cover

Rather Be the Devil

2016

A Deep Hole book cover

A Deep Hole

2007

Doors Open book cover

Doors Open

2008

A Game Called Malice book cover

A Game Called Malice

2023

Beggars Banquet book cover

Beggars Banquet

2002

The Complete Short Stories book cover

The Complete Short Stories

2005

Watchman

1988

Black and Blue book cover

Black and Blue

1997

Exit Music book cover

Exit Music

2007

Bleeding Hearts book cover

Bleeding Hearts

2003

Death Is Not the End book cover

Death Is Not the End

1998

Rebus book cover

Rebus

Long Shadows: The New Play

2018

The Impossible Dead book cover

The Impossible Dead

2011

Let It Bleed book cover

Let It Bleed

1995

Tooth and Nail book cover

Tooth and Nail

1992

Westwind book cover

Westwind

1990

The Hanging Garden book cover

The Hanging Garden

1998

Dark Entries book cover

Dark Entries

2009

Mammoth Book Best International Crime book cover

Mammoth Book Best International Crime

2009

The Dark Remains book cover

The Dark Remains

2021

La compañera de viaje book cover

La compañera de viaje

2024

Mortal Causes book cover

Mortal Causes

1994

Bibliomysteries Volume 2 book cover

Bibliomysteries Volume 2

2021

A Question of Blood book cover

A Question of Blood

2003

Resurrection Men book cover

Resurrection Men

2001

Fleshmarket Close book cover

Fleshmarket Close

2004

In the Nick of Time book cover

In the Nick of Time

An Original Short Story

2014

Dark Road book cover

Dark Road

2014

Saint-Niqués book cover

Saint-Niqués

2021

Knots and Crosses book cover

Knots and Crosses

1987

Even Dogs in the Wild book cover

Even Dogs in the Wild

2015

Midnight and Blue book cover

Midnight and Blue

2024

The Rise book cover

The Rise

2023

The Naming of the Dead book cover

The Naming of the Dead

2006

Rebus book cover

Rebus

The Early Years: The #1 bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS

1999

A Cool Head book cover

A Cool Head

2009

Set in Darkness book cover

Set in Darkness

2000

Meet and Greet book cover

Meet and Greet

2016

Strip Jack book cover

Strip Jack

1992

John Rebus book cover

John Rebus

A Mysterious Profile

2022

The Flood book cover

The Flood

1986

The People's City book cover

The People's City

One City Trust

2022

In a House of Lies book cover

In a House of Lies

2018

In a House of Lies -- Free Preview book cover

In a House of Lies -- Free Preview

2018

FaceOff book cover

FaceOff

2014

The Complaints book cover

The Complaints

2009

Saints of the Shadow Bible book cover

Saints of the Shadow Bible

2013

The Beat Goes On book cover

The Beat Goes On

2014

Hide and Seek book cover

Hide and Seek

1990

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