The best selling author has been writing about John Rebus for more than three decades but this is the first time that the detective has found himself behind bars Ian Rankin slips into Edinburgh ...

and books that have given him pleasure Ian Rankin is the bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus mysteries and other books. A multiple award winner, the novelist, based in Edinburgh, Scotland ...

Ian Rankin thinks the “terrific” new adaptation has caught the essence of his creation. “He’s very much the brawling Rebus of the early books who thinks that physicality is the way to get ...

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 ... Rankin (no relation to the author) is a ...

Ian Rankin's famous world-weary detective John Rebus ... then I could stop and be happy. But no, every book is yet another slight failing on the road to writing the ideal novel," he said.

"Ian’s books have obviously got a really big following ... Recalling the writing of the play, Rankin said: “I'd just watched An Inspector Calls, the classic film with Alastair Sim, on TV.