Author interview: Rankin and Rebus raise a glass to their silver anniversary

'Midnight and Blue' is the 25th outing for Ian Rankin’s complicated, cranky but much-loved protagonist, Detective John Rebus
Author interview: Rankin and Rebus raise a glass to their silver anniversary

Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin believes that readers love his Detective John Rebus because ‘he is a maverick, and we do love a maverick’. File picture: David Levenson/Getty

Fri, 25 Oct, 2024 - 17:30
Marjorie Brennan

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