My favourite author is a man named Ian Rankin. He is most well known for writing books around the character Rebus. A police detective who lives in and around Edinburgh. The first Rebus novel came out in 1987 and he has kept his audience entertained with the ongoing journey of John Rebus's life since then.
The Rebus novels have been famous and loved world over, being best sellers in several countries. The first Rebus novel was 'Knots and Crosses' and the final one which was published in 2007 was called 'exit music'. I have read both of them and many inbetween. The quality stays throughout every book, Rankin never slips or faults-hence his huge fan base. 'Exit music' was a particular favourite of mine, because it was the final Rebus book. I was interested to see how such a complexed character would be left, how emotional it would be and most of all if Rankin could really pull of a spectacular finale...which he did.
It's great to read a series of novels that are all amazing in their individual right, i love a book that you literally can not put down and these books definitely fit the bill. I think they also look the part, every cover has been done in the same style, dark mysterious background pictures with and stamping font of Ian Rankin's name. I looked alot at these covers for inspiration whilst we did our book cover project in year one of graphics.
It's a pity the Rebus novels are now done but i think it was left on a high. They are now being made into TV dramas which are mainly shown on ITV.
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