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Book Nook: The Complaints, by Ian Rankin
Book Nook: The Complaints, by Ian Rankin Vick Mickunas
Book Nook: The Complaints, by Ian Rankin
An interview with Ian Rankin about his new novel "The Complaints" (Little, Brown). The Complaints, by Ian Rankin (Little Brown) by Vick Mickunas April 11, 2011 Ian Rankin is one of the most popular mystery writers in the United Kingdom. For twenty years he wrote a series of detective novels featuring John Rebus, a cantankerous deputy inspector with the Edinburgh (Scotland) Police.

That series was written in chronological order so that when Rebus reached the mandatory retirement age Rankin simply ended it. That was a few years ago.

Rankin has just published "The Complaints." This book features Malcolm Fox, a very different sort of Edinburgh cop. Fox works in "The Complaints." His department is the Scottish equivalent of what we would call "Internal Affairs." Fox investigates other police officers.

In this interview Rankin talks about how he came up with this new character and whether or not this might become another series of books for him. And he mentions the possibility that he would consider bringing back the retired Rebus for more books after all.
Vick Mickunas created the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO in 1994. Over the years he has produced more than 1200 interviews with writers, musicians, poets, politicians, and celebrities. Vick Mickunas reviews books for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News Sun. © Copyright 2012, WYSO