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The Beat Goes On (var. 1) by Ian Rankin (Orion, July 16, 2015, 978-1-4091-5157-9, £8.99, 609pp, tp, co) [Insp. John Rebus]     Collection of all the stories about Inspector John Rebus. Expanded from the previous collection of the same name (Orion, 2014) by the addition of two stories, “My Shopping Day” and “Cinders”. 1 · Preface · Ian Rankin · pr The Beat Goes On by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2014 3 · Dead and Buried [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Saints of the Shadow Bible (special Waterstones edition) by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2013 14 · Playback [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Winter’s Crimes 22 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1990 35 · The Dean Curse [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 60 · Being Frank [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 73 · Concrete Evidence [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 95 · Seeing Things [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 116 · A Good Hanging [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 142 · Tit for Tat [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 161 · Not Provan [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 178 · Sunday [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 191 · Auld Lang Syne [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 205 · The Gentleman’s Club [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 223 · Monstrous Trumpet [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 251 · My Shopping Day [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Herbert in Motion and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Revolver, 1997 271 · Talk Show [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv Winter’s Crimes 23 ed. Maria Rejt, Macmillan UK, 1991 291 · Trip Trap [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 1st Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1992 310 · Castle Dangerous [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1993 333 · In the Frame [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Winter’s Crimes 24 ed. Maria Rejt, Macmillan UK, 1992 351 · Facing the Music [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Midwinter Mysteries 4 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1994 365 · Window of Opportunity [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1995 376 · Death Is Not the End [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · na Orion, 1998 427 · No Sanity Clause [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Sunday Telegraph December 24 2000, as “Father Christmas’s Revenge” 436 · Tell Me Who to Kill [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv Mysterious Pleasures ed. Martin Edwards, Little, Brown, 2003 first distributed as a photocopied typescript given to attendess of a reading by Rankin at a charity event in Edinburgh in early 2003. 460 · Saint Nicked [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Radio Times December 21 2002/January 3 2003 (+1) 480 · Atonement [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv The Complete Short Stories by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2005 506 · Not Just Another Saturday [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss John Rebus Limited, August 2005 written for SNIP, a charity organisation; people in attendance of the event were provided with a “typescript” of the story. 511 · Penalty Claus [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Mail on Sunday December 26 2010 (+1) 527 · The Passenger [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Beat Goes On by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2014 547 · A Three-Pint Problem [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Beat Goes On by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2014 565 · The Very Last Drop [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Spinetingler (online) March 26 2010 written in 2010 to be read aloud at an Edinburgh charity event to help the work of Royal Blind. 577 · Cinders [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Mail on Sunday December 21 2014 (+1); originally published in two parts as “Who Killed the Fairy Godmother?” and “Murder Most Panto”. 595 · Rankin on Rebus [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007, as “John Rebus”

The Beat Goes On (var. 1) by Ian Rankin (Little, Brown, August 2015, 978-0-316-29683-0, $26.00, 468pp, hc, co) [Insp. John Rebus]     Reprint (Orion 2015) collection of “all the stories about Inspector John Rebus”. This follows the text of the UK paperback in including the two stories “My Shopping Day” and “Cinders” but omits the concluding article “Rankin on Rebus”.

Beggars Banquet by Ian Rankin (Orion Publishing Co., July 2002, 0-75285-237-X, £16.99, 310pp, hc, co)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 1 · Introduction · Ian Rankin · in 5 · Trip Trap [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 1st Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1992 23 · Someone Got to Eddie · Ian Rankin · ss 3rd Culprit ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus, 1994 29 · A Deep Hole · Ian Rankin · ss London Noir ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent's Tail, 1994 45 · Natural Selection · Ian Rankin · ss Fresh Blood ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, The Do-Not Press, 1996 57 · Facing the Music [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Midwinter Mysteries 4 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1994 71 · Principles of Accounts · Ian Rankin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1995 95 · The Only True Comedian · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2000 103 · Herbert in Motion · Ian Rankin · ss Perfectly Criminal ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1996 121 · Glimmer · Ian Rankin · ss Blue Lightning ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press, 1998 135 · Unlucky in Love, Unlucky at Cards · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 2000 143 · Video, Nasty · Ian Rankin · ss Constable New Crimes 2 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Constable, 1993 161 · Talk Show [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv Winter’s Crimes 23 ed. Maria Rejt, Macmillan UK, 1991 181 · Castle Dangerous [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1993 203 · The Wider Scheme · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1996 215 · Unknown Pleasures · Ian Rankin · ss Mean Time ed. Jerry Sykes, Bloodlines, 1998 233 · In the Frame [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Winter’s Crimes 24 ed. Maria Rejt, Macmillan UK, 1992 251 · The Confession · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2000 259 · The Hanged Man · Ian Rankin · ss Something Wicked ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon, 1999 269 · Window of Opportunity [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1995 279 · The Serpent’s Back [Cullender] · Ian Rankin · nv Midwinter Mysteries 5 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1995 301 · No Sanity Clause [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Sunday Telegraph December 24 2000, as “Father Christmas’s Revenge”

Black & Blue by Ian Rankin (Orion, 1997, 0-75280-514-2, £16.99, 393pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume eight in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Black Book by Ian Rankin (Orion, 1993, 1-85797-080-2, £14.99, 278pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume five in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin--- see under Jack Harvey.

The Complaints by Ian Rankin (Orion, September 3, 2009, 978-0-7528-8951-1, £18.99, 381pp, hc, n.) [Malcolm Fox]     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Complete Short Stories by Ian Rankin (Orion, June 2005, 0-75286-934-5, £17.99, 529pp, hc, co)     Compiles the contents of two previous collections, A Good Hanging and Other Stories and Beggars Banquet, plus one new story, “Atonement”. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 1 · Playback [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Winter’s Crimes 22 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1990 18 · The Dean Curse [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 38 · Being Frank [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 48 · Concrete Evidence [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 66 · Seeing Things [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 83 · A Good Hanging [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 104 · Tit for Tat [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 120 · Not Provan [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 134 · Sunday [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 145 · Auld Lang Syne [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 157 · The Gentleman’s Club [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 172 · Monstrous Trumpet [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 199 · Introduction · Ian Rankin · in Beggars Banquet by Ian Rankin, Orion Publishing Co., 2002 202 · Trip Trap [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 1st Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1992 217 · Someone Got to Eddie · Ian Rankin · ss 3rd Culprit ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus, 1994 223 · A Deep Hole · Ian Rankin · ss London Noir ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent's Tail, 1994 237 · Natural Selection · Ian Rankin · ss Fresh Blood ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, The Do-Not Press, 1996 246 · Facing the Music [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Midwinter Mysteries 4 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1994 258 · Principles of Accounts · Ian Rankin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1995 278 · The Only True Comedian · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2000 285 · Herbert in Motion · Ian Rankin · ss Perfectly Criminal ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1996 300 · Glimmer · Ian Rankin · ss Blue Lightning ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press, 1998 311 · Unlucky in Love, Unlucky at Cards · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 2000 317 · Video, Nasty · Ian Rankin · ss Constable New Crimes 2 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Constable, 1993 332 · Talk Show [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv Winter’s Crimes 23 ed. Maria Rejt, Macmillan UK, 1991 349 · Castle Dangerous [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1993 368 · The Wider Scheme · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1996 379 · Unknown Pleasures · Ian Rankin · ss Mean Time ed. Jerry Sykes, Bloodlines, 1998 394 · In the Frame [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Winter’s Crimes 24 ed. Maria Rejt, Macmillan UK, 1992 409 · The Confession · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2000 415 · The Hanged Man · Ian Rankin · ss Something Wicked ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon, 1999 423 · Window of Opportunity [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1995 432 · The Serpent’s Back [Cullender] · Ian Rankin · nv Midwinter Mysteries 5 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1995 450 · No Sanity Clause [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Sunday Telegraph December 24 2000, as “Father Christmas’s Revenge” 457 · Death Is Not the End [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · na Orion, 1998 505 · Atonement [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv

A Cool Head by Ian Rankin (Orion, February 19, 2009, 978-0-7528-8449-3, £3.99, 107pp, tp, na)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Dark Entries by Ian Rankin (Vertigo Crime, 2009, 978-1-4012-1386-2, $19.99, 214pp, hc, gn) [John Constantine]     Illustrated by Werther Dell’Edera; Lettered by Clem Robbins Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Dark Remains by Ian Rankin & William McIlvanney--- see under William McIlvanney.

Dark Road by Ian Rankin & Mark Thomson (Orion, 2014, 978-1-4091-5263-7, £12.99, 214pp, hc, pl)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Dead Souls by Ian Rankin (Orion, October 1999, 0-75280-723-4, £9.99, 406pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 10 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Doors Open by Ian Rankin (Orion, September 2008, 978-0-7528-9070-8, £18.99, 260pp, hc, n.)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin (Orion, November 5, 2015, 978-1-4091-5936-0, £19.99, 345pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 20 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Exit Music by Ian Rankin (Orion, September 6, 2007, 978-0-7528-6860-8, £18.99, 380pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 17 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Falls by Ian Rankin (Orion, November 12, 2001, 0-75282-130-X, £16.99, 399pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 12 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin (Orion, 2004, 0-75285-112-8, £17.99, 399pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 15 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Flood by Ian Rankin (Polygon, 1986, 0-948275-09-X, £9.95, 188pp, hc, n.)     Reissued in hardcover in 2005. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

A Game Called Malice by Ian Rankin & Simon Reade (Orion, November 9, 2023, 978-1-398-72113-5, £18.99, 121pp, hc, pl) [Insp. John Rebus]     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin (Century, 1992, 0-7126-5148-9, £14.99, 218pp, hc, co) [Insp. John Rebus]     A collection of 12 stories documenting 12 months in the life of John Rebus. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 1 · Playback [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Winter’s Crimes 22 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1990 21 · The Dean Curse [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 45 · Being Frank [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 57 · Concrete Evidence [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 77 · Seeing Things [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 97 · A Good Hanging [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv 121 · Tit for Tat [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 139 · Not Provan [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 153 · Sunday [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 165 · Auld Lang Syne [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 179 · The Gentleman’s Club [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 195 · Monstrous Trumpet [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv

The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin (Orion, September 1998, 0-75280-721-8, £16.99, 335pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume nine in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin (Orion, October 22, 2022, 978-1-398-71145-7, £22.00, 331pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     The Waterstones special edition includes the short story “Smudges”. Volume 24 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. · The Smudges [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Heart Full of Headstones (special Waterstones edition) by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2022

Herbert in Motion and Other Stories by Ian Rankin (Revolver, 1997, 0-9530449-0-4, 64pp, pb, co)     Limited to 200 copies. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 5 · Herbert in Motion · Ian Rankin · ss Perfectly Criminal ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1996 19 · The Serpent’s Back [Cullender] · Ian Rankin · nv Midwinter Mysteries 5 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1995 36 · My Shopping Day [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 51 · No. 79 · Ian Rankin · ss

Hide & Seek by Ian Rankin (Barrie & Jenkins, March 14, 1991, 0-7126-3896-2, £12.99, 210pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume two in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin (Orion, October 13, 2011, 978-0-7528-8953-5, £18.99, hc, n.) [Malcolm Fox]     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin (Orion, October 2018, 978-1-4091-7688-6, £20.00, 372pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     The Waterstones’ hardcover special edition has a sticker on the cover noting that the book includes the short story “A Life in Records”. However, the title of the story within the book is “On an Island”. The Waterstones’ special edition of the paperback edition uses “A Life in Records” as the title of the story. Volume 22 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. · On an Island [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss In a House of Lies (special Waterstones edition) by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2018

In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin (Orion, May 13, 2019, 978-1-4091-7690-9, £7.99, 428+10pp, tp, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Reprint (Orion 2018) crime novel. This copy is labelled “Exclusive to Waterstones” and contains a retitled version of the short story from the Waterstones edition of the hardback. · A Life in Records [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss In a House of Lies (special Waterstones edition) by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2018, as “On an Island”

John Rebus by Ian Rankin (The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007, $65.00, 33pp, hc, nf)     Issued in a signed limited edition of 100 numbered cloth copies. Also available in a leatherbound edition, limited to 26 lettered copies signed by Rankin. #8 in a series of Mysterious Profiles written for New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop.