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3.8/5 LibraryThing Language English Publisher Orion Books Media type Print Preceded by The Naming of the Dead | 4.1/5 Goodreads Country Scotland Series Inspector Rebus Publication date 6 September 2007 Originally published 6 September 2007 Genre Detective fiction Page count 496 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Followed by Standing in Another Man's Grave Similar Ian Rankin books, Inspector Rebus books, Crime Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ian rankin on exit music
Exit Music is the seventeenth crime novel in the internationally bestselling Inspector Rebus series, written by Ian Rankin. It was published on 6 September 2007. The title was released simultaneously by Rankin himself at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and by a special promotion featured on internet music networking site last.fm, arranged by the publisher to celebrate the theme of music which has run throughout the series. The cover was also revealed on the site. Rankin has mentioned that his character Siobhan Clarke may in some way continue the franchise. The book is named after the Radiohead song "Exit Music (For a Film)".
Contents
Ian rankin talks about exit music
Plot summary
Just a week before Rebus’s retirement, Rebus and Clarke are investigating the death of a famous Russian exile poet who was mugged and beaten to death on King's Stables Road. Then a sound recordist with close ties to the dead Russian poet turns up dead. Rebus searches for the killer of both men but is suspended for his over-enthusiastic interrogations and getting on the wrong side of powerful Scottish bankers and politicians. His last three days before retirement are spent working from his flat, trying to solve the case.
Awards
Won, ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Author of the Year, 2008 (awarded to Ian Rankin).