Exit Music

This article is about the Ian Rankin novel. For the Radiohead song, see Exit Music (For a Film). For the Radiohead tribute album, see Exit Music: Songs with Radio Heads.

Exit Music

Author	Ian Rankin
Country	Scotland
Language	English
Series	Inspector Rebus
Genre	Detective novel
Publisher	Orion Books
Publication date	6 September 2007
Media type	Print
Pages	496
ISBN	978-0-7528-6860-8
OCLC	122283613
Preceded by	The Naming of the Dead
Followed by	Standing in Another Man's Grave

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)".

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).^[1]

Ian Rankin announces the title at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

References

↑ Allen, Katie (2008-10-06). "Rankin and P D James pick up ITV3 awards". theBookseller.com. Retrieved 2008-10-06.

External links

Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series

Novels	Knots and Crosses Hide and Seek Tooth and Nail Strip Jack The Black Book Mortal Causes Let it Bleed Black & Blue The Hanging Garden Dead Souls Set in Darkness The Falls Resurrection Men A Question of Blood Fleshmarket Close The Naming of the Dead Exit Music Standing in Another Man's Grave Saints of the Shadow Bible Even Dogs In The Wild Rather be the Devil

Characters	John Rebus

Television	Rebus "The First Stone"

Works by Ian Rankin

Novels	The Flood (1986) Knots and Crosses (1987) Watchman (1988) Westwind (1990) Hide and Seek (1991) Tooth and Nail (1992) Strip Jack (1992) The Black Book (1993) Witch Hunt (1993) Mortal Causes (1994) Bleeding Hearts (1994) Let It Bleed (1995) Blood Hunt (1995) Black & Blue (1997) The Hanging Garden (1998) Dead Souls (1999) Set in Darkness (2000) The Falls (2001) Resurrection Men (2002) A Question of Blood (2003) Fleshmarket Close (2004) The Naming of the Dead (2006) Exit Music (2007) Doors Open (2008) A Cool Head (2009, Quick Reads) The Complaints (2009) The Impossible Dead (2011) Standing in Another Man's Grave (2012) Saints of the Shadow Bible (2013) Even Dogs In The Wild (2015) Rather be the Devil (2016)

Short story collections	A Good Hanging and Other Stories (1992) Beggars Banquet (2002)

Plays	Dark Road

Short stories	Death is Not the End (1998)

Related articles	Inspector Rebus

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