The Falls
- Published
- 1 January 2001
- Pages
- 496
- ISBN-13
- 9780312206109
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Falls (2001) is the twelfth Rebus novel and, at 496 pages, among the series' longest, continuing Rankin's use of Edinburgh itself as almost a character alongside his detective.
Key facts about The Falls
Ian Rankin wrote The Falls, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2001. The book has 496 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780312206109 to find the main one.
The Falls is book 13 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
The Falls is book 13 in the Inspector Rebus series. It follows Set in Darkness. It is followed by Resurrection Men. 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 0752877259
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780312206109