Doors Open

Set in a very different Edinburgh to that inhabited by DI John Rebus, this new thriller will show a whole new side to Ian Rankin. With echoes of OCEAN'S 11 and THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, this novel centres on the glamorous uber-world of the Scottish capital. Mike Mackenzie is a self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the devil in his soul. He is looking for something to liven up the days and settles on a plot to rip-off one of the most high-profile targets in the capital - the National Gallery of Scotland. So, together with two close friends from the art world, he devises a plan to a lift some of the most valuable artwork around. But of course, the real trick is to rob the place for all its worth whilst persuading the world that no crime was ever committed...

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"Life without Rebus was never going to be easy [but] this new Rankin ride, still around Edinburgh but from a slightly different, non-cop perspective, is brilliant. It's fast, violent and edgy." -- Sue Arnold THE GUARDIAN "It's a brave author who kills off the golden goose ... but Ian Rankin has produced a most satisfying, if tongue-in-cheek, new venture in DOORS OPEN. James MacPherson, the narrator, has as much fun with a new repertoire of Edinburgh characters and the sardonic DI Ransome as he did with Rebus, et al." -- Christina Hardyment THE TIMES "A really great listen, with reader James Macpherson." -- Kati Nicholl DAILY EXPRESS "After dispatching DI Rebus in his previous novel, a demob-happy Ian Rankin is in lighter, almost humorous mood. ... James Macpherson always adds value and, in an eerie, suspenseful epilogue, he gets to reveal, solely by his accent, the identity of the plotters' nemesis." DAILY TELEGRAPH "Here is proof that there is life after Rebus ... The tough Scots narration gives it all a suitably harsh edge." THE OLDIE "Gripping." DAILY TELEGRAPH

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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, and the Rebus books are now translated into thirty-six languages and are bestsellers worldwide. Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America's celebrated Edgar Award for Resurrection Men. He has also been shortlisted for the Anthony Award in the USA, won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the Deutscher Krimipreis. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Hull and the Open University. A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts. Rankin is a number one bestseller in the UK and has received the OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons. James Macpherson has played DCI Jardine in Taggart for sixteen years, and has acted on stage in plays as diverse as The Taming of the Shrew and works by Hamish Wilson. He has presented a regular books programme for Radio Scotland - for which he has interviewed Ian Rankin. He won a Gold Award for his reading of Strip Jack at the Spoken Word Awards 2004. He lives in Glasgow.

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