Ian Rankin

When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect....

Bombs are exploding in the streets of London, but life seems to have planted more subtle booby-traps for Miles Flint, a spy....

Over the years, Ian Rankin has amassed an incredible portfolio of short stories....

A student has gone missing in Edinburgh - completely out of character....

A missing private investigator is found locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still - both for his family and the police - the body was in an area that had already been searched 10 years ago.... 

Rebus is off the case - literally. A few days into the murder inquiry of an Edinburgh art dealer, Rebus blows up at a colleague....

'And in Edinburgh of all places. I mean, you never think of that sort of thing happening in Edinburgh, do you....

They call him the Wolfman - because he takes a nip out of his victims and because they found the first victim in the East End's lonely Wolf Street....

When a close colleague is brutally attacked, Inspector John Rebus is drawn into a case involving a hotel fire....

Europe, 1990. As the US begins to pull out its troops in a tide of isolationism, Britain is torn between its loyalties to the USA and its continental neighbours....