Inspector Rebus novels

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Knots and Crosses Collectors Edition

The first Inspector Rebus novel, released as a special hardback to mark the 20th Anniversary of its first publication

'It was 28th April. Wet, naturally, the grass percolating water as John Rebus walked to the grave of his father, dead five years to the day.' This is our first glimpse of the Scottish policeman with the puzzling name... before Ian Rankin hit the bestseller lists, before Rebus became a national institution...

A story of the brutal abduction and murder of young girls, at first it seems that Detective Sergeant John Rebus, smoking and drinking too much, his own young daughter spirited away south by his disenchanted wife, is just one of many policemen hunting the killer. Then messages begin to arrive: knotted string and matchstick crosses - taunting Rebus with pieces of a puzzle only he can solve.

So begins the case that introduced the crime world to one of its most compelling characters. Whether you're turning the pages for the first time, or reliving the mystery, Knots and Crosses is unmissable reading. This special hardback collector's edition includes deleted scenes from the original novel, plus facsimiles of Rankin's original notes, one of which states: "Male hero (a policeman?)".

"At least they've cropped it so you don't see the doodles... It seems like a hell of a long time ago that I wrote it, a student in one room in Arden Street with a rickety table and a typewriter." Ian Rankin in an interview for The Scotsman