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An inspector rebus novel inspector rebus series book 1 kindle edition by rankin, ian. Winner of an edgar award and the recipient of a gold dagger for fiction and the chandlerfulbright award, he lives in. But the documentary, especially rankins discussion of the ideas from rl stevenson in his first book knots and crosses, really had an impact on me. Original title isbn 9781409107712 published on 1987. You can find a full collection of all ian rankins short stories in the beat goes on. A collection of ians short stories, ranging from the macabre the hanged man to the unfortunate the only true comedian right back to the sinister someone got to eddie. Presumably, hes no longer disappointed, having won dozens of literary awards and sold millions of copies of his books.
Winner of an edgar award and the recipient of a gold dagger for fiction and the chandlerfulbright award, he lives in edinburgh, scotland, with his wife and their two sons. On the steps of the great london road police station in edinburgh john rebus lit his last legitimate knots and crosses an inspector rebus novel by. I just finished the dark tower series by stephen king and was looking for another author to try out. Rankin was dismayed when the critics treated it as detective fiction.
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