Tartan Noir Books

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Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1) Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 57,625 ratings — published 1987
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Cold Granite (Logan McRae, #1) Cold Granite (Logan McRae, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.07 — 23,523 ratings — published 2005
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Dying Light (Logan McRae, #2) Dying Light (Logan McRae, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 12,233 ratings — published 2006
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Laidlaw Laidlaw (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 5,795 ratings — published 1977
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Broken Skin (Logan McRae, #3) Broken Skin (Logan McRae, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 10,562 ratings — published 2007
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Flesh House (Logan McRae, #4) Flesh House (Logan McRae, #4)
by (shelved 18 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,618 ratings — published 2008
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The Blackhouse (Lewis Trilogy, #1) The Blackhouse (Lewis Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 45,020 ratings — published 2009
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Strip Jack (Inspector Rebus, #4) Strip Jack (Inspector Rebus, #4)
by (shelved 17 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 17,242 ratings — published 1992
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Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8) Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)
by (shelved 17 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,816 ratings — published 1997
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Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus, #7) Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus, #7)
by (shelved 16 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.03 — 16,707 ratings — published 1995
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Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10) Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)
by (shelved 16 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,711 ratings — published 1999
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Resurrection Men (Inspector Rebus, #13) Resurrection Men (Inspector Rebus, #13)
by (shelved 16 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.05 — 14,618 ratings — published 2002
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Still Midnight (Alex Morrow, #1) Still Midnight (Alex Morrow, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.60 — 8,924 ratings — published 2009
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Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus, #2) Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.83 — 25,660 ratings — published 1990
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The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16) The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16)
by (shelved 15 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.03 — 12,983 ratings — published 2006
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Exit Music (Inspector Rebus, #17) Exit Music (Inspector Rebus, #17)
by (shelved 15 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.13 — 18,124 ratings — published 2007
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The Black Book (Inspector Rebus, #5) The Black Book (Inspector Rebus, #5)
by (shelved 15 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.96 — 16,641 ratings — published 1993
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Tooth and Nail (Inspector Rebus, #3) Tooth and Nail (Inspector Rebus, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 20,806 ratings — published 1992
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Garnethill (Garnethill, #1) Garnethill (Garnethill, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.84 — 9,885 ratings — published 1998
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The Falls (Inspector Rebus, #12) The Falls (Inspector Rebus, #12)
by (shelved 15 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.05 — 15,489 ratings — published 2001
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Whisky from Small Glasses (DCI Daley, #1) Whisky from Small Glasses (DCI Daley, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,455 ratings — published 2012
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Raven Black (Shetland, #1) Raven Black (Shetland, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.96 — 57,080 ratings — published 2006
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Fleshmarket Close (Inspector Rebus, #15) Fleshmarket Close (Inspector Rebus, #15)
by (shelved 14 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.01 — 14,356 ratings — published 2004
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A Question of Blood (Inspector Rebus, #14) A Question of Blood (Inspector Rebus, #14)
by (shelved 14 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.08 — 14,593 ratings — published 2003
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Mortal Causes (Inspector Rebus, #6) Mortal Causes (Inspector Rebus, #6)
by (shelved 14 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.97 — 14,143 ratings — published 1994
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Blind Eye (Logan McRae, #5) Blind Eye (Logan McRae, #5)
by (shelved 14 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.13 — 8,776 ratings — published 2009
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Field of Blood (Paddy Meehan, #1) Field of Blood (Paddy Meehan, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 4,921 ratings — published 2005
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The Lewis Man (Lewis Trilogy, #2) The Lewis Man (Lewis Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.22 — 30,276 ratings — published 2011
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The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1) The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.95 — 27,572 ratings — published 1995
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Dark Blood (Logan McRae, #6) Dark Blood (Logan McRae, #6)
by (shelved 13 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.11 — 7,028 ratings — published 2010
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The Hanging Garden (Inspector Rebus, #9) The Hanging Garden (Inspector Rebus, #9)
by (shelved 13 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 14,271 ratings — published 1998
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Resolution (Garnethill, #3) Resolution (Garnethill, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,773 ratings — published 2001
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Even Dogs in the Wild (Inspector Rebus, #20) Even Dogs in the Wild (Inspector Rebus, #20)
by (shelved 12 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.20 — 15,168 ratings — published 2015
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Natural Causes (Inspector McLean, #1) Natural Causes (Inspector McLean, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 8,265 ratings — published 2012
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A Darker Domain (Inspector Karen Pirie, #2) A Darker Domain (Inspector Karen Pirie, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.01 — 15,713 ratings — published 2008
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Saints of the Shadow Bible (Inspector Rebus, #19) Saints of the Shadow Bible (Inspector Rebus, #19)
by (shelved 12 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.14 — 14,488 ratings — published 2013
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Set in Darkness (Inspector Rebus, #11) Set in Darkness (Inspector Rebus, #11)
by (shelved 12 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,882 ratings — published 2000
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Exile (Garnethill, #2) Exile (Garnethill, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,977 ratings — published 2001
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The Chessmen (Lewis Trilogy, #3) The Chessmen (Lewis Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.11 — 23,318 ratings — published 2012
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Standing in Another Man's Grave (Inspector Rebus, #18) Standing in Another Man's Grave (Inspector Rebus, #18)
by (shelved 11 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.08 — 18,261 ratings — published 2012
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Quite Ugly One Morning (Jack Parlabane, #1) Quite Ugly One Morning (Jack Parlabane, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.91 — 9,454 ratings — published 1996
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Close to the Bone (Logan McRae, #8) Close to the Bone (Logan McRae, #8)
by (shelved 11 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,049 ratings — published 2012
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The Distant Echo (Karen Pirie, #1) The Distant Echo (Karen Pirie, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 23,246 ratings — published 2003
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Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5) Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5)
by (shelved 10 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.18 — 11,347 ratings — published 2018
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Rather Be the Devil (Inspector Rebus, #21) Rather Be the Devil (Inspector Rebus, #21)
by (shelved 10 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 14,906 ratings — published 2016
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The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3) The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.00 — 12,188 ratings — published 2014
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The Complaints (Malcolm Fox, #1) The Complaints (Malcolm Fox, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.88 — 15,442 ratings — published 2009
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The End of the Wasp Season (Alex Morrow, #2) The End of the Wasp Season (Alex Morrow, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 3.83 — 8,814 ratings — published 2010
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Out of Bounds (Inspector Karen Pirie, #4) Out of Bounds (Inspector Karen Pirie, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 13,337 ratings — published 2016
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In a House of Lies (Inspector Rebus, #22) In a House of Lies (Inspector Rebus, #22)
by (shelved 9 times as tartan-noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,533 ratings — published 2018
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The Black Book by Ian RankinBlack and Blue by Ian RankinLet It Bleed by Ian RankinResurrection Men by Ian RankinKnots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin
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Knots and Crosses by Ian RankinCold Granite by Stuart MacBrideBlack and Blue by Ian RankinThe Blackhouse by Peter  MayHide and Seek by Ian Rankin
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