"production will be directed by Roxana Silbert and starring Charles Lawson as Inspector Rebus. Inspector Rebus The Inspector Rebus books are a series of detective novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin. The novels, centred on Detective Inspector John Rebus, are mostly based in and around Edinburgh. The books are written in third person limited omniscient mode, focusing on Rebus, with the point of view sometimes shifting to colleagues, petty criminals or suspects. The stories belong to the genre of police procedural detective fiction, with a hardboiled aspect that has led to them being dubbed 'Tartan Noir'. All the novels"
"Ian Rankin Ian James Rankin, (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. Rankin was born in Cardenden, Fife. His father, James, owned a grocery shop, and his mother, Isobel, worked in a school canteen. He was educated at Beath High School, Cowdenbeath. His parents were horrified when he then chose to study literature at university, expecting him to study for a trade. Encouraged by his English teacher, he persisted and graduated in 1982 from the University of Edinburgh, where he also worked on a doctorate on Muriel Spark but did not"
"Ben Dunn's ""Ninja High School"". Comic strips which feature characters aging in real-time include: In the Inspector Rebus series of detective novels (17 as of 2010) by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin, characters age in step with the publication date. Rebus is stated to have been born in 1947; in the 2007 novel ""Exit Music"" he reached 60, and retired. The Mandie series of children's mystery novels by Lois Gladys Leppard are exactly one hundred years from the present real time and ended by the eighteenth year (or one hundred and eighteenth year) of the main protagonist in 2006 at"
"Hide and Seek (Rankin novel) Hide and Seek is a 1991 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the second of the Inspector Rebus novels. This novel is not to be confused with James Patterson's 1996 novel Hide and Seek. Detective Inspector John Rebus finds the body of an overdosed drug addict in an Edinburgh squat, laid out cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, with a five-pointed star painted on the wall above. Some of his colleagues are inclined to categorise it as the routine death of a ""junkie"", but Rebus is perturbed by some unusual facts of"
"The Black Book (Rankin novel) The Black Book is a 1993 crime novel by Ian Rankin, the fifth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It is the first book to feature Siobhan Clarke and Morris Gerald Cafferty appears as a main character. It is also the first book where Rebus is based at St Leonards police station. Rebus finds himself with a number of problems on his hands. His wayward brother, Michael, has returned to Edinburgh in need of accommodation - with only the box-room in Rebus's flat available. While out drinking, he meets an old army friend, Deek Torrance, who"
"2001. In this there were significant plot differences from the novel. These concern the fate of the missing person, the nature of the relationship between Rebus and his ex-girlfriend, and the character of her husband. Dead Souls (Rankin novel) Dead Souls is a 1999 crime novel by Ian Rankin that features Inspector Rebus. The title refers both to Joy Division's song ""Dead Souls"" and to the 1842 Nikolai Gogol novel ""Dead Souls""; quotes from the latter appear at the beginnings of the two divisions of the book. The novel won the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière upon its publication"
"Resurrection Men Resurrection Men is a 2002 novel by Ian Rankin. It is the thirteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2004. Detective Inspector John Rebus is thrown off a murder inquiry, just days after the brutal death of an Edinburgh art dealer, for throwing a cup of tea at DCS Gill Templer. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' - this is his 'Last Chance Saloon'. He is put with a team of officers in similar circumstances and together they are given an unsolved case to work on."
"Dead Souls (Rankin novel) Dead Souls is a 1999 crime novel by Ian Rankin that features Inspector Rebus. The title refers both to Joy Division's song ""Dead Souls"" and to the 1842 Nikolai Gogol novel ""Dead Souls""; quotes from the latter appear at the beginnings of the two divisions of the book. The novel won the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière upon its publication there in 2004. While investigating a poisoner at Edinburgh Zoo, Detective Inspector John Rebus sees Darren Rough, a known paedophile, seemingly photographing children and decides to 'out' the man, in spite of assurances that he"
"John Antrobus John Antrobus (born 2 July 1933) is an English playwright and script writer. He has written extensively for stage, screen, TV and radio, including the epic World War II play, ""Crete and Sergeant Pepper"" at the Royal Court. He authored the children's book series ""Ronnie"", which includes ""Help! I am a Prisoner in a Toothpaste Factory"". John Antrobus was born in Aldershot, Hampshire. His father was a regimental sergeant-major in the Royal Horse Artillery, and the family was stationed at the School of Artillery in Larkhill, on the edge of Salisbury Plain. Antrobus attended the Royal Military Academy"
"Author of the Year, 2008 (awarded to Ian Rankin). Exit Music Exit Music is the seventeenth crime novel in the internationally bestselling Inspector Rebus series, written by Ian Rankin. It was published on 6 September 2007. The title was released simultaneously by Rankin himself at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and by a special promotion featured on internet music networking site last.fm, arranged by the publisher to celebrate the theme of music which has run throughout the series. The cover was also revealed on the site. Rankin has mentioned that his character Siobhan Clarke may in some way continue the"
"An innovative new design, the illustrated audiobook was created for Rebus's Scotland (the CD box contains a 32-page booklet containing photographs from the book). The Beat Goes On (2014) has all the short stories in chronlogical order. ""For main article, see Rebus (TV series)"" Thirteen of the novels were dramatised for television between 2000 and 2007 in four series of Rebus. John Hannah played Inspector Rebus in the first series, before being replaced by Ken Stott for the next three. Series four of the programme also included an original episode, which unlike the other thirteen episodes aired, was not based"
"Colin Watson (writer) Colin Watson (1920–1983) was a British writer of detective fiction and the creator of characters such as Inspector Purbright and Lucilla Teatime. He is most famous for the twelve Flaxborough novels, typified by their comic and dry wit and set in a fictional small town in England which is closely based on Boston, Lincolnshire. He worked as a journalist in Lincolnshire and the characters in his books are said to be highly recognisable caricatures of people he encountered in his work. His 1971 study of interwar thrillers 'Snobbery With Violence', made the phrase popular for describing such"
"destroy the case against him on technical grounds based on Rebus's irregular conduct, suspension, and family links to the case. Whether he succeeds is not revealed. A Question of Blood A Question of Blood is a 2003 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the fourteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. DI John Rebus, freshly treated for burned hands, faces trouble. A petty criminal who had been stalking DS Siobhan Clarke died in a fire on the night Rebus was injured. Rebus is known to have been at the stalker's house that night, but maintains that he left him unharmed"
"century, who were known as 'resurrectionists' or 'resurrection men'. Resurrection Men Resurrection Men is a 2002 novel by Ian Rankin. It is the thirteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2004. Detective Inspector John Rebus is thrown off a murder inquiry, just days after the brutal death of an Edinburgh art dealer, for throwing a cup of tea at DCS Gill Templer. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' - this is his 'Last Chance Saloon'. He is put with a team of officers in similar circumstances and together"
"Maurice Leblanc Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (; ; 11 November 1864 – 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes. Leblanc was born in Rouen, Normandy, where he was educated at Lycée Pierre-Corneille. After studying in several countries and dropping out of law school, he settled in Paris and began to write fiction, both short crime stories and longer novels. The latter, heavily influenced by writers like Gustave Flaubert"
"A Question of Blood A Question of Blood is a 2003 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the fourteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. DI John Rebus, freshly treated for burned hands, faces trouble. A petty criminal who had been stalking DS Siobhan Clarke died in a fire on the night Rebus was injured. Rebus is known to have been at the stalker's house that night, but maintains that he left him unharmed and scalded his hands later at home. An ex-soldier appears to have killed two teenagers at a private school, injured one, and shot himself. The facts"
"Paul Hullah Paul William Hullah is an English writer who has published several volumes of poetry, short stories, and literary criticism, as well as a series of literature-based EFL textbooks for university students in Japan and articles in several academic journals in the field of EFL. He was co-editor of the 1997 authorized international edition of the collected poetry of the major novelist Dame Iris Murdoch. He had also co-edited, in 1996, ""Playback and talk show: new Edinburgh crimes"", by Ian Rankin, the first book of Inspector Rebus stories to be published in Japan. In 2016, he published the critical"
"Company directed by Antrobus and starring Clive Greenwood in Howerd's role. Although largely retired, Antrobus still writes and is involved in fringe productions and talent scouting. He lives in Monaco. John Antrobus married the former Margaret McCormick. John Antrobus John Antrobus (born 2 July 1933) is an English playwright and script writer. He has written extensively for stage, screen, TV and radio, including the epic World War II play, ""Crete and Sergeant Pepper"" at the Royal Court. He authored the children's book series ""Ronnie"", which includes ""Help! I am a Prisoner in a Toothpaste Factory"". John Antrobus was born in"
"Princes Street"" foreword to ""Rebus: The Early Years"", Rankin says this was his second attempt at updating Robert Louis Stevenson's ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"" into then-modern Edinburgh (""one reviewer 'got it'""), and with this book he began to like Rebus as a character and thought he could use him as a recurring mouthpiece for stories about his views on Scotland. Hide and Seek (Rankin novel) Hide and Seek is a 1991 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the second of the Inspector Rebus novels. This novel is not to be confused with James Patterson's 1996 novel Hide and"
"Scottish traditions of Robert Louis Stevenson and even Muriel Spark. He was disconcerted by their classification as genre fiction. The Scottish novelist Allan Massie, who tutored Rankin while Massie was writer-in-residence at the University of Edinburgh, reassured him by saying, ""Do you think John Buchan ever worried about whether he was writing literature or not?"" Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels are set mainly in Edinburgh. They are considered major contributions to the tartan noir genre. Ten of the novels were adapted as a television series on ITV, starring John Hannah as Rebus in series 1 and 2 and Ken Stott in"
"Tooth and Nail (novel) Tooth and Nail is a 1992 crime novel by Ian Rankin, originally entitled Wolfman. It is the third of the Inspector Rebus novels. Rebus is drafted in by Scotland Yard to help track down a cannibalistic serial killer called the Wolfman, whose first victim was found in the East End of London's lonely Wolf Street. His London colleague, George Flight, isn't happy at what he sees as interference, and Rebus encounters racial prejudice as well as the usual dangers of trying to catch a vicious killer. When Rebus is offered a psychological profile of the Wolfman"
"Brian Jacques James Brian Jacques (, as in ""Jakes""; 15 June 1939 – 5 February 2011) was an English writer, best known for his ""Redwall"" series of novels and ""Castaways of the Flying Dutchman"" series. He also completed two collections of short stories entitled ""The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns"" and ""Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales"". Brian Jacques was born in Liverpool on 15 June 1939. His parents were James Alfred Jacques, a haulage contractor, and Ellen Ryan. Jacques' father, James, was born in Liverpool in 1907. His parents, Thomas Jacques and Ada Smith, moved to Liverpool from the St"
"for BBC Radio 4, ""Bump in the Night"" (1971) and ""Charity begins at Home"" (1992). Colin Watson (writer) Colin Watson (1920–1983) was a British writer of detective fiction and the creator of characters such as Inspector Purbright and Lucilla Teatime. He is most famous for the twelve Flaxborough novels, typified by their comic and dry wit and set in a fictional small town in England which is closely based on Boston, Lincolnshire. He worked as a journalist in Lincolnshire and the characters in his books are said to be highly recognisable caricatures of people he encountered in his work. His"
"Written works of L. Ron Hubbard Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was an American pulp fiction author. He wrote in a wide variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, adventure fiction, aviation, travel, mystery, western and romance. He is perhaps best known for his self-help book, the #1 New York Times bestseller Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (first published in 1950), and as the founder of the Church of Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard was a prolific writer; according to the church, his written teachings make up approximately"
"containing sketches and coded text, purportedly sent to them by killer himself. In the end, no-one is who they seemed. The Black Book (Rebus) 'The Black Book"" is a 2006 episode of STV's ""Rebus"" television series. It was the first episode broadcast in the show's third season, and starred Ken Stott in the title role. The episode was loosely based on the Ian Rankin novel of the same name. When a murder victim is found at a local landmark, Rebus is reminded of a case from his past. His chief suspect then was Daniel Raeburn, now a respected MSP. Rebus"
"The Black Book (Rebus) 'The Black Book"" is a 2006 episode of STV's ""Rebus"" television series. It was the first episode broadcast in the show's third season, and starred Ken Stott in the title role. The episode was loosely based on the Ian Rankin novel of the same name. When a murder victim is found at a local landmark, Rebus is reminded of a case from his past. His chief suspect then was Daniel Raeburn, now a respected MSP. Rebus pursues Raeburn, while his colleagues investigate other lines of enquiry. They are assisted by the eponymous Black Book, a manuscript"
"Richard E. Hughes Richard E. Hughes, born Leo Rosenbaum (November 5, 1909 – January 15, 1974) was an American writer and editor of comic books. He was editor of the American Comics Group through the company's entire existence from 1943 to 1967, and wrote most of that publisher's stories from 1957 to 1967 under a variety of pseudonyms. His best-known character is Herbie Popnecker, created under the pseudonym Shane O'Shea, with artist Ogden Whitney. Richard E. Hughes graduated from New York University in 1930 with a Bachelor of Arts degree as an English major and Economics minor. He married his"
"knocked Brian Holmes out. Although he doesn't have any evidence, he does note that she had a motive after the arguments she'd been having with Brian. In the foreword to ""Rebus: The St Leonard Years"", Rankin says the Elvis-themed restaurant was something he'd seen on holiday in America and transplanted in Edinburgh for the story. The Black Book (Rankin novel) The Black Book is a 1993 crime novel by Ian Rankin, the fifth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It is the first book to feature Siobhan Clarke and Morris Gerald Cafferty appears as a main character. It is also the"
"novel, Rebus also reveals that his grandfather came from Poland. Rebus is a fan of 1960s popular music. He often connects situations with an apt song from the 1960s. The ""Inspector Rebus"" series is commercially successful in the United Kingdom, accounting for an estimated 10% of all crime book sales in the UK as of 2015. The books now routinely sell half a million copies within the first three months of printing and have been translated into 26 languages. As of 2015 they are published in the UK by the Orion Publishing Group. The seventeenth was thought to be the"
"Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of"
"Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer. His most famous works are ""Treasure Island"", ""Kidnapped"", ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"", and ""A Child's Garden of Verses"". He was a literary celebrity during his lifetime, and now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Cesare Pavese, Emilio Salgari, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov, J."
"June Thomson June Thomson (also known as June Valerie Thomson), (born 1930, in Rettendon, Essex, United Kingdom) is a detective novelist. A former teacher, Thomson was educated at Chelmsford High School and Bedford College University of London. She is the creator of the ""Chief Inspector Jack Finch"" (""Inspector Rudd"" in American editions) and ""Sergeant Tom Boyce"" series of novels. Since 1990 she has also written a series of Sherlock Holmes pastiche collections of short stories. Her works have been translated into many languages. June Thomson previously lived in St. Albans in Hertfordshire and now lives in Rugby. She is the"
"find and face his enemy. In the ""Exile on Princes Street"" foreword to ""Rebus: The Early Years"", Rankin says he wrote this book shortly after giving his father a James Kelman book (the type of book he was studying at the time) and being shocked when his father said it wasn't ""written in English"" and had no story; Rankin says this made him rethink what type of writer he wanted to be. He wrote ""Knots"" with the idea of updating Robert Louis Stevenson's ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"" into then-modern Edinburgh, with Rebus as the Jekyll figure (the book implies"