Crime Detective Mystery Thriller Group discussion

Ian Rankin's favorite current tracks per The Guardian newspaper (UK): http://www.theguardian.com/books/musi...

Writers are frustrated musicians. Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Some writers are real musicians: Jo Nesbo. I am an amateur musician but not creative enough to be a writer.

Ian Rankin on BBC Radio 4 Extra: "The Serpent's Back"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02m6s19

18th century black comedy set in the seething Old Town of Edinburgh, where the resourceful if low-born Mr Cullender (caddie, manservant and general dogsbody) goes in search of a double murderer.

Ian Rankin's play stars Alexander Morton as Cully, Richard Greenwood as Gisborne and Wendy Seager as the Lady.

Crime writer Ian Rankin is best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. He's one of the most widely-read crime novelist in the UK, with many of his novels translated into numerous languages

Produced by Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.

Simon Mayo of BBC Radio 2 asked Ian Rankin what were his Desert Island books

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080jpr6

What are yours? (You already get a Bible and a copy of Shakespeare.)

From BBC Radio Scotland:

Good Cop, Bad Cop
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07zx9wc

Former detectives Tom Wood and Peter Ritchie ask Ian Rankin to explain his relationship with fictional hero John Rebus and why he can't give him up.