New Releases by Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin''s guide to the places in Scotland that have provided inspiration for his bestselling Inspector Rebus novels. ''His novels are playing a significant part in redefining Scotland''s image of itself in literature'' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY In REBUS''S SCOTLAND Ian Rankin uncovers the Scotland that the tourist never sees, highlighting the places that inspired the settings for the Inspector Rebus novels. Rankin also reveals the story of Rebus and how he came into being, who he is, and what his - and Rankin''s - Scotland is like. With over 100 evocative photographs, specially commissioned to reflect the text, REBUS''S SCOTLAND is the perfect gift for anyone interested in Scotland or in the novels of Ian Rankin.

Beggar''s Banquet is a new collection of short stories from Ian Rankin. In 1997 he was awarded the Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction for Black and Blue. His subsequent Rebus novels have all been international bestsellers.

Vigilantes appear in a housing complex in Edinburgh after police reveal a convicted child molester is living among them. Inspector Rebus, already up to his ears with a released serial killer, is put on the case.

Damon Mee was last seen in a blurred security video on the dance floor of a Kirkaldy nightclub. It was a routine missing persons case and it wasn''t even on his patch, but inspector John rebus said he''d look into it as a favour to the boy''s father, a friend from his school days. In the deft hands of Ian Rankin, the ripples of the investigation widen rapidly. They lead to the club''s greasy owner, to a slightly bent casion croupier, to a drop dead blonde whose name nobody seems to know, to a Hibs striker with a talent for goals and a weakness for gambling and finally to the shadowed men who call the shots in Edinburgh''s underworld. When it''s over, Rebus has repaid a debt and his boss has received an unexpected birthday present.

Detective Sergeant John Rebus must solve the case of the "Edinburgh Strangler" before the killer strikes again.