Ian Rankin, the "king of tartan noir", is living up to the image. Leather-jacketed and windswept, he is perched on a rock on Arthur's Seat, on the kind of grey, misty day that Edinburgh does best ...

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Ian Rankin has told how he hopes his latest book will inspire people to discover the "universe" of the man often dubbed the godfather of Scottish crime writing. All Sections Dare to be Honest ...

As Scotland's secret king of crime, he's been overshadowed by the likes of Val McDermid and Ian Rankin… but was Bill Knox the REAL father of tartan noir?

Rankin, who was inspired by the Laidlaw books to begin writing the John Rebus detective series, has taken up the challenge of completing his mentor’s final work. ... master of Tartan Noir.

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