The Rise by Ian Rankin

November 03, 2023

Before I discuss Ian Rankin’s The Rise, I have to point out this was an Amazon Original Story, so it’s only available as a Kindle download or an Audiobook. It’s short, just 86 pages, and worth the hour or hour and a half it takes to read it....

The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney & Ian Rankin

September 05, 2021

When I saw that Ian Rankin had completed an unfinished manuscript by the late William McIlvanney, D.I. Ladlaw’s first case, I thought, “I’m in.” Bloody Scotland’s McIlvanney Prize, awarded to the Scottish Crime Book of the Year, is named...

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin

May 13, 2018

Ian Rankin is going to be the guest of honor at Poisoned Pen’s September Mystery Conference. It’s a two-day conference, and it’s a celebration of Rankin’s thirty years of publishing in the United States. Here’s the link to information....

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin

February 14, 2016

Recently, the editorial cartoonist for the local newspaper raved about Ian Rankin’s books, and I realized I had never read a Rebus crime novel. That’s as bad as the days when I said how much I loved police procedurals, but was saving Ed McBain’s...