John Rebus

The New York Times-bestselling author tells the story behind Inspector Rebus, the hard-edged Edinburgh cop.

In this short work, Ian Rankin delves into DI John Rebus's origins as a character, as well as his own origins as a writer. While author and character share a love of literature and a deep affection for Scotland's capital city, they differ in other ways, as Rankin entertainingly testifies, while revealing how this intriguing figure has developed over the course of his long-running series of gritty crime novels.