Ian Rankin in general

Edinburgh is one of the most atmospheric places I’ve ever visited. Once the darkness arrives the old town reeks of intrigue, the buildings with their thick stone walls seem to have absorbed the history of the city and every nook and cranny appears to have a secret. And it is that atmosphere which first attracted me to Ian Rankin’s Rebus novels. It is no coincidence that in the best crime novels the places where they are situated are as much a character in the novels as the detectives? Think of Morse and you automatically think of Oxford, Sherlock Holmes and the cobbled streets of Whitechapel spring to mind, Agatha Christie and its usually a charming ...

anyone who has visited edinburgh like myself cannot help but come away from the city with a love for the city and the warmth felt from it.After reading the books of rankin one can be forgiven for viewing a trip to the city with trepidation and fear. Surely this therefore can only be due to rankins ability to create such a eerie and frightening atmosphere in his rebus stories. his ability to take a number of different stories and intertwine them into one excellent novel is second to none.The rebus character must also be the best detective in the crime genre at the minute,although one cant imagine Rankin picturing him looking like John Hannah! ...

At one point during 1999, author Ian Rankin held sway over best-sellers list, holding down no less than nine of the twenty available slots. He was said to have been the first author to have accomplished this amazing feat. Although a relative newcomer to his work, I think what is ?drawing me in? is that I see Ian Rankin as a ?social novelist?, in that he has an all-too-rare ability; - he can reveal to his reader what is all to common but ?swept under the carpet? in today?s society, rampant moral corruption. He has the courage to write about those unmentionables, ?ethical standards? and ?moral responsibility?. On a lighter note, what I like about the ...