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  Author Ian Rankin
  Country Scotland
  Language English
  Genre Detective Novel
  Publisher Orion Press
  Release Date 1987
  Media Type Print ( Hardback & Paperback )
  Pages 256 pp
  Isbn ISBN 0-7528-7718-6
  Followed By Hide And Seek


''Knots and Crosses'' is a 1987 Novel by Ian Rankin . It is the first of the Inspector Rebus novels. It was written while Rankin was a postgraduate student at the University Of Edinburgh . In the introduction to this novel, Rankin states that Rebus lives directly opposite the window in Marchmont that he looked out of while writing the book.


CHARACTERS AND NOTES

  • Detective Sergeant John Rebus - Lead character, hard drinking, Scottish detective with a troubled past.

  • Michael Rebus - John's younger brother, rich from following his fathers career in stage hypnotism, but with a few secrets to hide.

  • Detective Inspector Gill Templer - The Press Liaison officer on the abduction case, and Rebus' on-off love interest