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 Rebus novel was published in 1987; the Rebus books are now translated into 22 languages and are bestsellers on several continents.
A project for Oxfam, OxCrimes is a collection of short stories from some of the very best crime fiction writers.
From the Blurb:
For 2014, Oxfam and Profile have turned to crime in order to raise a further £200,000 for Oxfam's work.
A special treat read and hurried because the latest one was released last week. I'm fairly sure I'm never going to catch up every again.
From the Blurb:
It's been some time since Rebus was forced to retire, and he now works as a civilian in a cold-case unit. So when a long-dead case bursts back into life, he can't resist the opportunity to get his feed under the CID desk once more. But Rebus is as stubborn and anarchic as ever, and he quickly finds himself in deep with pretty much everyone, including DI Siobhan Clarke.