Ian Rankin: Master of Crime
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IAN RANKIN: MASTER OF CRIME
Diamond Dagger-winning crime writer puts detective behind bars
Detective Inspector John Rebus first hit bookshelves in 1987 as a witty Scottish crime fighter but now the legendary detective is behind bars himself, living a literal locked-room mystery.
Midnight and Blue is Ian Rankin at his tense and thrilling best, mixing the police procedural genre with a literary character study of his best-known detective and his home city of Edinburgh.
Explore the latest instalment of the Inspector Rebus series and reflect on Ian's bestselling career in crime writing, with television adaptions and translation into more than 20 languages.
In conversation with Michael Williams.
Supported by ARA.
Saturday 24 May 2025
2.00pm - 3.00pm
LIVE STREAMED
Upstairs @ the Library