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									Ian RankinIan Rankin
One of the most successful -- and bestselling -- Scottish crime authors around, Ian Rankin is perhaps most famous for the acclaimed Inspector Rebus series, which has consistently topped the Sunday Times bestseller lists, and was adapted into a mega-popular television series across the pond.

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Fact File

Name:
Ian Rankin
Also Known As:
Jack Harvey
Current Home:
Edinburgh, London and France
Date of Birth:
April 28, 1960
Place of Birth:
Cardenden, Scotland
Education:
Edinburgh University
Awards:
Chandler-Fulbright Award, 1992

*  Ian Rankin's official web site




Rankin's Latest

Selected Works

Book Cover Image. Title: 
								The Naming of the Dead, Author: 
								Ian Rankin.

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The Naming of the Dead
by Ian Rankin
In Rankin's latest highly-anticipated series adventure (number eighteen!), with all the leaders of the free world in town, who better than Inspector John Rebus to investigate and determine of one's deadly fall was really an accident?
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								A Good Hanging, Author: 
								Ian Rankin.
*  Knots and Crosses (1987)
*  The Black Book (1993)
*  Black and Blue (1997)
*  Set in Darkness (2000)
*  Resurrection Men (2002)
*  A Question of Blood (2004)
*  Fleshmarket Alley (2005)
*  The Naming of the Dead (2007)

*  See the Ian Rankin chronology


The Best Book to Read First

Book Cover Image. Title: 
								Knots and Crosses, Author: 
								Ian Rankin.

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Knots and Crosses
by Ian Rankin
First published in 198 -- when Rankin was not yet 30 -- Knots and Crosses first introduced readers to the beloved character Inspector John Rebus, and a blockbuster bestselling crime series was born.

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