The Matter of Genre: Ian Rankin and the Tartan Noir Novel

In this book the Author focuses primarily on the original sequence of the Inspector Rebus novels published between 1987 and 2007, a period in which Ian Rankin established the character’s voice, the series’ thematic concerns, and its distinctive Edinburgh setting. By focusing on these formative works – from Knots and Crosses to Exit Music – she hopes to show how Rankin plays with crime fiction conventions in order to create a truly Scottish crime novel (or Tartan Noir novel).