Ian Rankin
The Scottish novelist Ian Rankin will be at the Sleuth of Baker Street on Wednesday November 18, from 2 to 3 p.m. as part of the launch of his latest work Even Dogs in the Wild. This is the 20th story featuring Detective Inspector John Rebus, the character on which Mr. Rankin has built his career. Sleuth of Baker Street is at 907 Millwood Road at Sutherland Drive. (416) 483-3111. Ian Rankin lives in Edinburgh with his wife Miranda and their two sons Jack and Kit near the authors JK Rowling, Alexander McCall Smith and Kate Atkinson. He appears as a character in McCall Smith’s 2004 novel, 44 Scotland Street. In 2011 a group of ten book sculptures were deposited around Edinburgh as gifts to cultural institutions and the people of the city. Many of the sculptures made reference to the work of Rankin, and an eleventh sculpture was a personal gift to him.
