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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Rankin has named several of his novels after music albums and songs, among them ''Let it Bleed'', ''Black and Blue'' and ''Beggars Banquet'' (after the [[Music/LetItBleed Rolling]] [[Music/BlackAndBlue Stones]] [[Music/BeggarsBanquet albums]]), ''Dead Souls'' (after the Music/JoyDivision song) and ''Exit Music'' (after the Music/{{Radiohead}} song).
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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Rankin has named several of his novels after music albums and songs, among them ''Let it Bleed'', ''Black and Blue'' and ''Beggars Banquet'' (after the [[Music/LetItBleed Rolling]] [[Music/BlackAndBlue Stones]] [[Music/BeggarsBanquet albums]]), ''Dead Souls'' (after the Music/JoyDivision song) and ''Exit Music'' (after the Music/{{Radiohead}} song). This is just the tip of the iceberg as far as [[ShoutOut musical references]] are concerned.
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** The beginning of ''Black and Blue'' was inspired by a story he was told about a friend's brother who worked in the oil industry and was subject to a violent attack while visiting Edinburgh during a period of leave from the rigs.
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** The beginning of ''Black and Blue'' was inspired by a story he was told about a friend's brother who worked in the oil industry and was subject to a violent attack while visiting Edinburgh during a period of leave from the rigs.
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** The wartime massacre that is part if the back-story of ''The Hanging Garden'' was inspired by a visit he made to [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre Oradour-sur-Glane]] while he was living in France.
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** The wartime massacre that is part if of the back-story of ''The Hanging Garden'' was inspired by a visit he made to [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre Oradour-sur-Glane]] while he was living in France.
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** The wartime massacre that is part if the back-story of ''The Hanging Garden'' was inspired by a visit he made to [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre Oradour-sur-Glane]] while he was living in France.
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** The wartime massacre that is part if the back-story of ''The Hanging Garden'' was inspired by a visit he made to [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre Oradour-sur-Glane]] while he was living in France.France.
** The beginning of ''Black and Blue'' was inspired by a story he was told about a friend's brother who worked in the oil industry and was subject to a violent attack while visiting Edinburgh during a period of leave from the rigs.
** ''A Heart Full of Headstones'', which deals in part with investigations into [[DirtyCop police corruption]] and domestic violence (the perpetrator of the latter being a police officer who was involved in the former) was inspired by several news stories of police violence and misbehaviour, notably the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Everard 2021 murder of Sarah Everard]].
** The beginning of ''Black and Blue'' was inspired by a story he was told about a friend's brother who worked in the oil industry and was subject to a violent attack while visiting Edinburgh during a period of leave from the rigs.
** ''A Heart Full of Headstones'', which deals in part with investigations into [[DirtyCop police corruption]] and domestic violence (the perpetrator of the latter being a police officer who was involved in the former) was inspired by several news stories of police violence and misbehaviour, notably the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Everard 2021 murder of Sarah Everard]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Peter Mullan was originally considered to play Rebus in the TV adaptation; when that fell through, John Hannah (already on board as an executive producer) stepped in to play the role.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Peter Mullan was originally considered to play Rebus in the TV adaptation; when that fell through, John Hannah (already on board as an executive producer) stepped in to play the role.role.
* WordOfGod: Ian Rankin has had a lot of interesting things to say about the novels over the years; his thoughts can often be found in the introductions to omnibus editions and later publications of the earlier novels.
** For the first novel, ''Knots and Crosses'', he has said that his intention was not to write a crime novel but to write a SettingUpdate of ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
** He took the decision to move Rebus down to London for ''Tooth and Nail'' because he was living in London at the time of writing and not enjoying it, so "I brought Rebus to London so he could suffer, too".
** The wartime massacre that is part if the back-story of ''The Hanging Garden'' was inspired by a visit he made to [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre Oradour-sur-Glane]] while he was living in France.
* WordOfGod: Ian Rankin has had a lot of interesting things to say about the novels over the years; his thoughts can often be found in the introductions to omnibus editions and later publications of the earlier novels.
** For the first novel, ''Knots and Crosses'', he has said that his intention was not to write a crime novel but to write a SettingUpdate of ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
** He took the decision to move Rebus down to London for ''Tooth and Nail'' because he was living in London at the time of writing and not enjoying it, so "I brought Rebus to London so he could suffer, too".
** The wartime massacre that is part if the back-story of ''The Hanging Garden'' was inspired by a visit he made to [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre Oradour-sur-Glane]] while he was living in France.
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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Rankin has named several of his novels after music albums and songs, among them ''Let it Bleed'' (after the [[Music/LetItBleed Rolling Stones album]]), ''Dead Souls'' (after the Music/JoyDivision song) and ''Exit Music'' (after the Music/{{Radiohead}} song).
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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Rankin has named several of his novels after music albums and songs, among them ''Let it Bleed'' Bleed'', ''Black and Blue'' and ''Beggars Banquet'' (after the [[Music/LetItBleed Rolling Stones album]]), Rolling]] [[Music/BlackAndBlue Stones]] [[Music/BeggarsBanquet albums]]), ''Dead Souls'' (after the Music/JoyDivision song) and ''Exit Music'' (after the Music/{{Radiohead}} song).
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* DisownedAdaptation: Rankin didn't like the first attempt at a Rebus series, as he felt that John Hannah was wrong for the part. He wasn't much happier with the retooled version starring Ken Stott either, and as a result he stopped writing new Rebus novels altogether until the production company's option on them expired.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Rankin didn't like the first attempt at a Rebus series, TV adaptation, as he felt that John Hannah was wrong for the part. He wasn't much happier with the retooled version starring Ken Stott either, and as a result he stopped writing new Rebus novels altogether until the production company's option on them expired.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Peter Mullan was originally considered to play Rebus in the first TV adaptation; when that fell through, John Hannah (already on board as an executive producer) stepped in to play the role.
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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Rankin has named several of his novels after music albums and songs, among them ''Let it Bleed'' (after the [[Music/LetItBleed Rolling Stones album]]), ''Dead Souls'' (after the Music/JoyDivision song) and ''Exit Music'' (after the Music/{{Radiohead}} song).
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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Rankin has named several of his novels after music albums and songs, among them ''Let it Bleed'' (after the [[Music/LetItBleed Rolling Stones album]]), ''Dead Souls'' (after the Music/JoyDivision song) and ''Exit Music'' (after the Music/{{Radiohead}} song).song).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Peter Mullan was originally considered to play Rebus in the first TV adaptation; when that fell through, John Hannah (already on board as an executive producer) stepped in to play the role.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Peter Mullan was originally considered to play Rebus in the first TV adaptation; when that fell through, John Hannah (already on board as an executive producer) stepped in to play the role.
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* AccentDepundent: ''Knots and Crosses'', the first novel in the series, is intended as a pun on "noughts and crosses". This works in Scottish accents, which have undergone the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot%E2%80%93caught_merger cot-caught merger]] making "knot" and "nought" homophones, but not in the rest of Great Britain, which does not have this vowel merger.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Rankin didn't like the first attempt at a Rebus series, as he felt that John Hannah was wrong for the part. He wasn't much happier with the retooled version starring Ken Stott either, and as a result stopped writing new Rebus novels altogether until the production company's option on them expired.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Rankin didn't like the first attempt at a Rebus series, as he felt that John Hannah was wrong for the part. He wasn't much happier with the retooled version starring Ken Stott either, and as a result he stopped writing new Rebus novels altogether until the production company's option on them expired.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Rankin didn't like the first attempt at a Rebus series, as he felt that John Hannah was wrong for the part. He wasn't much happier with the retooled version starring Ken Stott either, and as a result stopped writing new Rebus novels altogether until the production company's option on them expired.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Rankin didn't like the first attempt at a Rebus series, as he felt that John Hannah was wrong for the part. He wasn't much happier with the retooled version starring Ken Stott either, and as a result stopped writing new Rebus novels altogether until the production company's option on them expired.expired.
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Rankin has named several of his novels after music albums and songs, among them ''Let it Bleed'' (after the [[Music/LetItBleed Rolling Stones album]]), ''Dead Souls'' (after the Music/JoyDivision song) and ''Exit Music'' (after the Music/{{Radiohead}} song).
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Rankin has named several of his novels after music albums and songs, among them ''Let it Bleed'' (after the [[Music/LetItBleed Rolling Stones album]]), ''Dead Souls'' (after the Music/JoyDivision song) and ''Exit Music'' (after the Music/{{Radiohead}} song).
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