The writer of the Inspector Rebus novels talks about his new book Midnight and Blue, being an author, and books that have ...

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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 ...

A love letter to the crime novel, a dystopian UK and a taut political thriller... Our writers pick this year's most ...

I interviewed my first author on the radio. In July of 2004, I wrote my first column on books for this newspaper. Those two events were not coincidences, if I had not already spent 10 years talking ...

With fans including the likes of Outlander’s Sam Heughan and Rebus creator Ian Rankin, James Yorkston’s latest work – Tommy the Bruce – is set to release next month. It tells the story of the ...

This year got better and better, confounding those doomsayers who could only see a calamitous ­future as TV recovered from ...

Ian Rankin has always enjoyed building small model boats but, after a cancer diagnosis, the 82-year-old set himself a new challenge. The great-grandfather has spent the past 12 months hand ...

In Stockbridge, an area made famous by Ian Rankin’s Rebus novels, East Fettes Avenue is 20th on the list (£1,221,000), and Ravelston Park is 21st (£1,214,000). Heriot Row in Stockbridge, a road with ...

If you walk into any bookstore these days, you’ll likely be greeted with at least one table of brightly illustrated romance novels. No matter how you feel about the animated cover trend (and the ...

As for the boba, Sayarath wanted to get one thing clear first: The bookstore is open and books are available, but the boba ...

Buck (Diarmaid Murtagh) and Roger (Richard Rankin) open up the episode this week ... Happy wedding day to Ian and Rachel! The day has arrived: the day that Young Ian (John Bell) and Rachel ...