Orion
Orion
Orion
Orion
The first novel in Rankin's brilliant new Malcolm Fox series.
Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as 'the Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints'.
Malcolm Fox works for The Complaints. He's just had a result and should be feeling good about himself. But he's middle-aged, sour and unwell. He also has a father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship.
In the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck and he's dirty. Problem is, no one can prove it. But as Fox takes on the job, he learns that there's more to Breck than anyone thinks. This knowledge will prove dangerous, especially when murder intervenes.
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Masterminds | Getting stuck: Where's the twist?
Masterminds | Research and discovery when writing
Masterminds | Rebus changing over time
Masterminds | Rebus' health issues
Masterminds | If Rebus were real . . .
Rather Be the Devil | Reading by Ian Rankin #Rebus30
Rather Be The Devil | Introduction by author Ian Rankin #Rebus30
Standing in Another Man's Grave - by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin discusses his latest book, The Impossible Dead
Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin
Masterminds | Have you ever been in a bar fight?
Masterminds | Police work in crime novels
Masterminds | Getting stuck: Where's the twist?
Masterminds | Research and discovery when writing
Masterminds | Rebus changing over time
Masterminds | Rebus' health issues
Masterminds | If Rebus were real . . .
Rather Be the Devil | Reading by Ian Rankin #Rebus30
Rather Be The Devil | Introduction by author Ian Rankin #Rebus30
Standing in Another Man's Grave - by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin discusses his latest book, The Impossible Dead
Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first novel The Flood was published in 1986, while his first Rebus novel, Knots & Crosses, was published in 1987. The Rebus series is now translated into twenty-two languages and the books are bestsellers on several continents. Ian has received an OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his wife and two sons.