The author of the bestselling Rebus novels says the death of his mother when he was just 19 may have led him to his most famous character. In a wide-ranging interview with BBC Scotland News, Sir Ian ...

Ian Rankin and Richard Osman took to the stage during the Edinburgh International Book Festival to discuss crime writing and cameo’s in their screen adaptations. Did you know with a Digital ...

He may be one of Scotland’s most celebrated authors, but when his drama Rebus: A Game Called Malice gets its Scottish premiere in Edinburgh next month, Ian Rankin says ‘there will still be trepidation ...

Set in Edinburgh, the six-episode series stars 'Outlander' actor Richard Rankin and "reimagines John Rebus as a younger Detective Sergeant drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal." ...

Crime writer, Sir Ian Rankin was bumped down from business class to economy on a British Airways flight. The Scottish novelist was going to Greece on a "once-in-a-lifetime” trip to see the Greek ...

In Rankin’s uneven 21st John Rebus novel (after 2013’s Saints of the Shadow Bible), the Edinburgh police hire the retired cop in a “consultative capacity” to work with former partner Siobhan Clarke on ...

The Scottish actor will play John Rebus in the six-part adaptation of the Ian Rankin novels, being adapted for TV by 'Entebbe' screenwriter Gregory Burke. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The ...

Detective John Rebus of the Edinburgh police force has retired after 17 novels and a slew of short stories. His creator, Scottish author Ian Rankin, has now written a new book with a new protagonist, ...

Sir Ian Rankin’s Rebus detective novels are to be reimagined for Nordic streamer Viaplay, the group’s debut UK drama commission and the first Rebus TV adaptation for nearly 15 years. The six-parter ...

12:32, Wed, May 28, 2025 Updated: 12:33, Wed, May 28, 2025 When Ian Rankin picks a book, it’s never random. The bestselling author of the Rebus novels has spent decades exploring the darker corners of ...

Ian Rankin’s immensely popular detective, Inspector John Rebus, is set for a major reimagining in the form of a six-part series from streamer Viaplay and Eleventh Hour Films. Set in contemporary ...