Review

A Song For Dark Times, Ian Rankin's latest Rebus novel, is the perfect antidote for our own strange days

By Penelope Cottier
Updated November 28 2020 - 7:27am, first published 12:00am
  • A Song for Dark Times, by Ian Rankin. Orion, $32.99.

Ian Rankin's creation Detective Inspector John Rebus has endured in the bestseller lists for the past 30 years, having first appeared in Knots and Crosses in 1987. Rankin's Rebus novels are basically police procedurals but with a grim undertone that has led to them being called "tartan noir".

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