Ian Rankin is the bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus mysteries and other books. A multiple award winner, the novelist, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, has been knighted and made an officer of ...

When Rebus author Ian Rankin first met William McIlvanney he told him he was working on his first crime book which was going to be "like Laidlaw, but set in Edinburgh" Crime writer Ian Rankin has ...

From a love letter to the crime novel and a dystopian UK to a taut political thriller, our writers pick this year's most spellbinding reads... The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre You can always ...

The author of the bestselling Rebus novels says the death of his mother when he was just 19 may have led him to his most famous character. In a wide-ranging interview with BBC Scotland News, Sir ...

Ian Rankin's crime thriller, featuring maverick detective Inspector Rebus, centres on the building of the new Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in 1998. Dramatised by Chris Dolan.

This Friday marks the arrival of new BBC One show Rebus: the long-awaited series based on the hit Inspector Rebus detective novels by Ian Rankin. Starring Richard Rankin as the titular detective ...

Ian Rankin is the best-selling author of the Inspector Rebus mysteries and other books. A multiple-award winner, the Edinburgh-based novelist has received an OBE and knighthood for his service to ...

Muriel Spark makes notes on one of her novels in 1960 Before he became the best-selling author of the Inspector Rebus novels, Ian Rankin spent three years researching a PhD on one of the Scotland ...

Ian Rankin's famous world-weary detective John Rebus returns in his latest novel Midnight and Blue. In the novel, Rebus, who has spent his life putting Edinburgh's criminals behind bars now ...

Ian Rankin has also donated correspondence with authors such as JK Rowling and Iain Banks Crime novelist Ian Rankin has gifted his literary archive to the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.