Exit Music
Exit Music is the seventeenth crime novel in the internationally bestselling Inspector Rebus series, written by Ian Rankin. It was published on 6 September 2007. Rankin has mentioned that his character Siobhan Clarke may in some way continue the franchise. The book is named after the Radiohead song "Exit Music (For a Film)".
Author | Ian Rankin |
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Country | Scotland |
Language | English |
Series | Inspector Rebus |
Genre | Detective novel |
Publisher | Orion Books |
Publication date | 6 September 2007 |
Media type | |
Pages | 496 |
ISBN | 978-0-7528-6860-8 |
OCLC | 122283613 |
Preceded by | The Naming of the Dead |
Followed by | Standing in Another Man's Grave |
Plot summary
Just a week before Rebus’s retirement, Rebus and Clarke are investigating the death of a famous Russian exile poet who was mugged and beaten to death on King's Stables Road. Then a sound recordist with close ties to the dead Russian poet turns up dead. Rebus searches for the killer of both men but is suspended for his over-enthusiastic interrogations and getting on the wrong side of powerful Scottish bankers and politicians. His last three days before retirement are spent working from his flat, trying to solve the case.
Awards
Won, ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Author of the Year, 2008 (awarded to Ian Rankin).[1]
References
- Allen, Katie (6 October 2008). "Rankin and P D James pick up ITV3 awards". theBookseller.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
External links
- Ian Rankin reads the opening to Exit Music on Guardian Unlimited's Books Blog
- Last.fm Rankin page
- Extraction from Ianrankin.net