Erin E. MacDonald is a professor of English at Fanshawe College’s School of Language and Liberal Studies in London, Ontario. She published a literary companion book on Ed McBain and edited a collection of essays on Robert Downey, Jr. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of American and Comparative Cultures and in Clues. Series Editor Elizabeth Foxwell, an Agatha Award winner, serves as managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection and is an editor at McFarland.

“Congratulations to Erin--I know how hard she worked. And she unearthed more than a few things I'd forgotten I’d written!”—Ian Rankin

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments deleteviiiPrefaceIntroduction: Past Guilt and Present FantasiesRankin’s Works in Chronological OrderThe Rebus SeriesRankin’s Works in Alphabetical OrderA Brief BiographyA Career ChronologyThe CompanionAppendix A: An Interview with Ian RankinAppendix B: Scots Words and Slang Found in Rankin’s WorksAppendix C: Map of Edinburgh City CenterAppendix D: Map of Edinburgh and AreaAnnotated BibliographyIndex

Erin E. MacDonald is a professor of English at Fanshawe College’s School of Language and Liberal Studies in London, Ontario. She published a literary companion book on Ed McBain and edited a collection of essays on Robert Downey, Jr. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of American and Comparative Cultures and in Clues. Series Editor Elizabeth Foxwell, an Agatha Award winner, serves as managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection and is an editor at McFarland.

“Congratulations to Erin--I know how hard she worked. And she unearthed more than a few things I'd forgotten I’d written!”—Ian Rankin

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments deleteviiiPrefaceIntroduction: Past Guilt and Present FantasiesRankin’s Works in Chronological OrderThe Rebus SeriesRankin’s Works in Alphabetical OrderA Brief BiographyA Career ChronologyThe CompanionAppendix A: An Interview with Ian RankinAppendix B: Scots Words and Slang Found in Rankin’s WorksAppendix C: Map of Edinburgh City CenterAppendix D: Map of Edinburgh and AreaAnnotated BibliographyIndex

Erin E. MacDonald is a professor of English at Fanshawe College’s School of Language and Liberal Studies in London, Ontario. She published a literary companion book on Ed McBain and edited a collection of essays on Robert Downey, Jr. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of American and Comparative Cultures and in Clues. Series Editor Elizabeth Foxwell, an Agatha Award winner, serves as managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection and is an editor at McFarland.

“Congratulations to Erin--I know how hard she worked. And she unearthed more than a few things I'd forgotten I’d written!”—Ian Rankin

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments deleteviiiPrefaceIntroduction: Past Guilt and Present FantasiesRankin’s Works in Chronological OrderThe Rebus SeriesRankin’s Works in Alphabetical OrderA Brief BiographyA Career ChronologyThe CompanionAppendix A: An Interview with Ian RankinAppendix B: Scots Words and Slang Found in Rankin’s WorksAppendix C: Map of Edinburgh City CenterAppendix D: Map of Edinburgh and AreaAnnotated BibliographyIndex