Ian rankin

Ian Rankin is considering a prequel to his Inspector Rebus novels to reveal more about his most famous detective’s past.

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Lead star Richard Rankin takes up the mantel from Ken Stott, who played the detective for ITV two decades ago

Ian Rankin, a popular British crime mystery author

It wasn't easy, being Frank. That's what everybody called him, when they weren't calling him a dirty old tramp or a scrounger or a layabout. Frank, they called him. Only the people at the hostel and at the Social Security bothered with his full name: Francis Rossetti Hyslop. Rossetti, he seemed to remember, not after the painter but after his sister the poet, Christina. Most often, a person - a person in authority - would read that name from the piece of paper they were holding and then look…

Rankin's musical favourites embrace everything from rock to electronica. The post Ian Rankin names his favourite songwriter: “One of our very best lyricists and storytellers” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

Read a list of celebrated Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin’s best book recommendations. For more favorite reading lists from famous writers, actors, musicians and more, check out the Radical Reads book blog.

You don’t have to be Scandinavian to be a curmudgeonly detective: Ian Rankin’s hard-boiled, hard-drinking Scot, John Rebus, has been at it for 30 years. His latest caper is “Rather Be the Devil,” t…

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Ian Rankin