About this book
Westwind, published in 1990, is a Cold War-adjacent techno-thriller built around a failing spy satellite and a race to stop a cover-up before it goes public -- Rankin's second standalone espionage novel before Rebus took over his career.
Key facts about Westwind
Ian Rankin wrote Westwind, a book on our list. It has been out since 1990. The book has 304 pages.
We list 1 edition of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781409196044 to find the main one.
Ian Rankin has 35 books on our list. 30 of them belong to a series, while 5 stand alone. All 35 are out now. Other books by Ian Rankin on file include Midnight and Blue (2024), A Heart Full of Headstones (2022), The Dark Remains (2021) and A Song for the Dark Times (2020).
Earlier, Watchman came out in 1988. After it came Hide and Seek in 1991. Since then, our list has added 31 more books by Ian Rankin.
Ian Rankin has 3 series on file, such as Jack Laidlaw, Inspector Rebus and Malcolm Fox. 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.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409196044