Rather Be the Devil
- Published
- 1 January 2016
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN-13
- 9781409159407
- Type
- novel
About this book
In the Inspector Rebus reading order, "Rather Be the Devil" sits between "Even Dogs in the Wild" and "The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories" as the 21st book, from 2016.
Key facts about Rather Be the Devil
Rather Be the Devil is a novel by Ian Rankin. Readers have had it since 2016. It runs to 320 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of Rather Be the Devil. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781409159407 to find the main one.
Rather Be the Devil is book 22 of 27 in the Inspector Rebus series. The series has 27 published books. However, the series starts with Knots and Crosses (1987). Midnight and Blue is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 10 October 2024.
Additionally, Ian Rankin writes Jack Laidlaw and Malcolm Fox as separate series. Those series sit on our crime fiction and police procedural shelves. Meanwhile, The Heights is the latest published Ian Rankin book on file, from 8 October 2026.
About Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime writer whose Inspector John Rebus series has become one of the defining bodies of work in modern British crime fiction, and whose Edinburgh setting -- rendered in unglamorous, atmospheric detail -- is as much a character in the books as Rebus himself. See every Ian Rankin book in order.
Its place in Inspector Rebus
Rather Be the Devil is book 22 in the Inspector Rebus series. It follows Even Dogs in the Wild. It is followed by The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories. See the full Inspector Rebus reading order.
John Rebus is a Detective Inspector with Edinburgh CID: a hard-drinking, rule-bending insomniac who solves cases as much through stubbornness and an instinct for the city's underside as through procedure. Ian Rankin builds each novel around a real strand of Edinburgh life — the tourist Old Town sitting on top of a much darker New Town of gangsters, corrupt councillors and old sectarian grudges — and lets Rebus's insubordination with his superiors (and his complicated, decades-long feud-turned-uneasy-alliance with…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409159414
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409159407