Rebus investigates the death of a Kosovan national who is found in a seedy Edinburgh slum. Rebus investigates the death of a Kosovan national who is found dead in a seedy Edinburgh slum. A racist slur ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Chapter One I’m not supposed to be here,” Detective Inspector John Rebus said. Not that anyone was listening. Knoxland was a housing scheme on the western ...

Detective fiction is the sternest of genres. The novelist has to invent within strict conventions, while ensuring that these do not become formulae. Reviewers frequently note what makes Ian Rankin's ...

This abridgement of Rankin's 15th novel about Edinburgh police investigator John Rebus ends with an interview in which the author says he prefers to ignore abridgments. He should make an exception in ...

A 24-year old man has appeared on petition at Edinburgh Sheriff Court charged with rape. Shane McDonald made a brief appearance in private before Sheriff Norman McFadyen. The case was continued for ...

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