Ian Rankin

Detective John Rebus' city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders…and he's tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood....

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 knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect....

For the first time in 300 years, Scotland has its own Parliament and its own newly developed Parliament buildings - complete with a prospective Member of Parliament who is found dead....

Inspector John Rebus has messed up badly this time, so badly that he's been sent to a kind of reform school for damaged cops....

Rebus' retirement is disrupted once again when skeletal remains are identified as a private investigator who went missing more than a decade earlier. The remains, found in a rusted car in the East Lothian woods, not far from Edinburgh, quickly turn into a cold-case murder investigation....

'And in Edinburgh of all places. I mean, you never think of that sort of thing happening in Edinburgh, do you....

In a shadowy, crumbling Edinburgh housing development, a junkie lies dead of an overdose, his body surrounded by signs of Satanic worship. Inspector John Rebus could call it an accident. But won’t....

In this scorching crime prequel, New York Times best-selling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of DI Laidlaw, Glasgow’s original gritty detective....

The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference, and every cop in the country is needed for front-line duty - except one....

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 retirement, a new case lands on his desk....

John Rebus returns to investigate the disappearances of three women from the same road over 10 years.....

A murdered oil rig worker. A copycat serial killer dubbed, “Johnny Bible.” And a reopened investigation that doesn’t bode well for Detective John Rebus or his mentor....

Rebus has a plate full of unsavory cases that only intensify his own personal crisis....

John Rebus is on a train from Edinburgh to London, where he has been drafted for his expertise in the modus operandi of serial killers....

Inspector John Rebus immediately suspects there is more to the case than meets the eye....

Rebus and Malcolm Fox go head-to-head when a 30-year-old murder investigation resurfaces, forcing Rebus to confront crimes of the past....

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....

Drugs. Extortion. Slavery. Organized crime is fighting for a hold on John Rebus's peaceful Scotland....

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....

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....