Platform will be interviewing Ian - who is also an OU honorary graduate - to help celebrate the release of his new book The Impossible Dead - and we'd like you to submit your questions.
For those familiar with Ian Rankin novels, this latest in the series sees the return of Malcolm Fox and his team from Internal Affairs. They've been sent to Fife to investigate whether fellow cops covered up for a corrupt colleague, Detective Paul Carter. But what should be a simple job is soon complicated by intimations of conspiracy, cover-up - and a brutal murder, a murder committed with a weapon that should not even exist. The spiralling investigation takes Fox back in time to 1985, a year of turmoil in British political life.
Ian was born in Cardenden, Fife, in 1960, and completed an MA in English Language and Literature at the University of Edinburgh. His first crime novel, Knots and Crosses, was published in 1987. The hero of that book, Detective Inspector John Rebus, has gone on to appear in another 14 novels.
As well as receiving an Honorary Degree, he and his wife have studied with the OU and his mother-in-law was a tutor.
If you are interested in winning a signed copy of his latest book, please post your question in the comments box below by Monday 7 November. Please note that you'll need to be logged in to Platform with your OU username and password (or guest account) in order to post comments. Alternatively you post via Facebook (below) or email us at platformeditor@open.ac.uk
A winning question will be selected and put to Ian Rankin and the interview will be published on Platform at the end of November.
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I have read nearly all the Rebus books, and some short stories too. I wonder where he is now? He had no life outside the job. Has he really retired? Is he sitting in the corner of the Oxford all day, doing the crossword and downing pints? Does Siobhan drop in now and again? Has he been beaten up by some lowlife as he staggered home, now he hasn't a badge? I can't believe I care so much, but I do!
David
Brilliant question David - thanks for posting it. I am exactly the same when books or tv shows end, you are left wanting more. I think that is a sign of a great writer!
Jenny, Platform Team
hi, my question is, how would you get away with murder?
thank you
How much of yourself went into Rebus? Were you a dark and moody heavy drinker? The photograph above does not imply a lot of happiness.
Hello BookGroupers,
Sorry about the piece of self-promotion on the first thread as a new member, but I thought you'd be interested in my recent Q&A with Ian Rankin for my BookRambler Blog.
j
Do you think that it is possible for someone, especially from the police, medical profession or fire service etc., to commit the perfect crime without detection?