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Rebus: Consultant Detective in ‘Even Dogs In The Wild’ by Ian Rankin

Its no secret about how we all, here at Scotiana.com, feel about Ian Rankin’s books featuring John Rebus adventures on the crime scenes of Edinburgh, but for those who may not know it…we LOVE Rebus!

To discover his complex character is simply fascinating and now, with his announced retirement and transitionning into a consultant […]

September 27th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Authors, Books, Detective Novels | Leave a comment

Winners of the CWA Award For The Best Crime Novel Writing and more…

Okay Mairiuna! 🙂 It’s with great pleasure that I will try to shed some light on the prestigious 2006 to 2008 Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award honoring the very best in English crime and thriller writings.

But before I disclose the names of the authors who received the ornamental dagger and a £20,000 prize tied to […]

August 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors | Leave a comment

Crime Fiction at its Best with Ian Rankin’s ‘Set In Darkness’ – An Inspector Rebus Novel

Du Fond Des Tenebres – Ian Rankin

It is with great pleasure Mairiuna that I will undertake with you this challenge of reading the complete series of 17 novels from Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series.

While I await reception of my Amazon order for the first novel in the detective series, Knots and […]

July 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

What Does Highland Park Whisky and Inspector John Rebus have in common ?

Rebus's Scotland – A Personal Journey – Ian Rankin

On the subject of anniversaries and detectives, I’m indeed very pleased Mairiuna to talk about another well known Scottish author, Ian Rankin, creator of the famous Scottish detective Sergeant John Rebus.

Back in 1987, when his novel Knots & Crosses introducing for the first […]

June 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Authors | Leave a comment