Ian Rankin

Gold Dagger-winner and best-selling author in the United Kingdom, Ian Rankin crafts absorbing crime novels with solidly drawn characters and first-rate plotting. In Strip Jack, he portrays a shocking murder investigation that exposes the sordid side of Edinburgh politics and society. Detective...

For the first time in the US, this timeless cat-and-mouse classic from the Edgar Award-winning "genius" examines political tensions in an era of espionage (Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series). In Europe, the Americans are pulling out their troops in a tide of isolationism...

Crime novelist Ian Rankin a heart-pounding thriller following an engaging and brilliant hero—a detective who investigates the wrongs that other cops do. Nobody likes The Complaints—they're the cops who investigate other cops. It's a department known within the force as The Dark Side, and...

New York Times bestselling author Ian Rankin returns to his legendary detective—it’s not the first time Rebus has taken the law into his own hands—though it may be the last. John Rebus stands accused: on trial for a crime that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. But what...

From #1 international bestselling author Ian Rankin, John Rebus spent his life as a cop putting Edinburgh's most deadly criminals behind bars—but after being convicted of a homicide, he's joining them instead. A convict is brutally murdered in his locked cell deep in the heart of Scotland’s...

The #1 international bestseller from the Edgar Award-winning author, exploring the dark underbelly of Edinburgh “A crackling crime thriller.” —Philadelphia Inquirer Inspector John Rebus has confronted Edinburgh’s most hardened criminals, its bloodiest crime scenes, and its most dangerous...

In this stunning mystery, a cold case involving a missing private investigator threatens to unearth skeletons from former Detective John Rebus's past. John Rebus' retirement is disrupted once again when skeletal remains are identified as a private investigator who went missing over a decade...

From #1 international bestselling crime novelist Ian Rankin, an ex-cop comes out of retirement ... to save his nemesis. Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is feeling the heat. She's investigating the death of a senior government prosecutor, David Minton, who has friends in high places. When one...

A powerful politician is dead and a vicious serial killer is on the hunt—and only Rebus can stop him, in this thrilling crime novel from #1 international bestselling author Ian Rankin. The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference, and every cop in the...

In this pulse-pounding thriller, Ian Rankin holds up a mirror to an age of fear and paranoia, and shows us something of our own lives reflected there. The Complaints: that's the name given to the Internal Affairs department who seek out dirty and compromised cops, the ones who've made deals with...

When a former soldier and recluse murders two 17-year-old students at a posh Edinburgh boarding school, Inspector John Rebus immediately suspects there is more to the case than meets the eye. Army investigators show up to snoop around the scene of the crime, and links between the killer and a...

In this action-packed thriller, John Rebus returns to investigate the disappearances of three women from the same road over ten years. For the last decade, Nina Hazlitt has been ready to hear the worst about her daughter's disappearance. But with no sightings, no body, and no suspect, the police...

From international mystery sensation Ian Rankin comes the gripping last case for one of crime fiction's most beloved heroes, John Rebus. It's late in the fall in Edinburgh and late in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he is simply trying to tie up some loose ends before his...

From international mystery sensation Ian Rankin comes the gripping last case for one of crime fiction's most beloved heroes, John Rebus. It's late in the fall in Edinburgh and late in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he is simply trying to tie up some loose ends before his...

Detective John Rebus and Malcolm Fox go head-to-head when a 30-year-old murder investigation resurfaces, forcing Rebus to confront crimes of the past. Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. He is investigating a car accident when news arrives that a case...

In this gritty, gripping police mystery from international bestseller Ian Rankin, when two murder inquiries cross paths, the indomitable Inspector John Rebus finds himself straddling a dangerously thin line between good guys and bad cops. Inspector John Rebus has messed up badly this time, so...

A thrilling Rebus novel about crime, punishment, and redemption, from Edgar Award-winning author, Ian Rankin. "He’s gone…" When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it’s not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst—and...

A collection of short stories featuring Ian Rankin's beloved detectective, John Rebus, including two never-before-published tales. Brilliant, irascible and frequently frustrating to both his friends and his long-suffering bosses, John Rebus has made the dark places of Edinburgh his home for over...

In this pulse-pounding myster from Ian Rankin, Detective Inspector John Rebus investigates a cold case that just turned red hot. As he settles into an uneasy retirement, Rebus has given up his favorite vices. There's just one habit he can't shake: he can't let go of an unsolved case. It's the...

A gripping original story for BBC Radio 4 by award-winning crime writer Ian Rankin, written for the landmark Radio 4 Book at Bedtime. Saughton Prison, Edinburgh, 1962. Prison guard Thomas Scott watches over a condemned man sentenced to hang for the murder of his wife. His prisoner is a guilty...