A Good Hanging and Other Stories

A Good Hanging and Other Stories
	First edition
Author	Ian Rankin
Language	English
Series	Inspector Rebus
Genre	Detective fiction
Published	1992 (Century)
Publication place	Scotland
Media type	Print
Pages	253
ISBN	0-7126-5148-9

AuthorIan Rankin

LanguageEnglish

SeriesInspector Rebus

GenreDetective fiction

A Good Hanging and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by crime writer Ian Rankin.

It also exists as an audiobook, narrated by James MacPherson.^[1]

The collection features Ian Rankin's popular Detective Inspector Rebus. The collection is of 12 short stories set in Edinburgh, where Ian Rankin sets the majority of his novels.

Structure

These twelve Rebus stories cover a chronological year in his life; "Playback" in March, "A Good Hanging" in August during the Festival Fringe and "Auld Lang Syne" in December.^[2]

The stories:

"Playback"
"The Dean Curse"
"Being Frank"
"Concrete Evidence"
"Seeing Things"
"A Good Hanging"
"Tit For Tat"
"Not Provan"
"Sunday"
"Auld Lang Syne"
"The Gentlemen's Club"
"Monstrous Trumpet

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[2]

v t e 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 In a House of Lies A Song for the Dark Times A Heart Full of Headstones Midnight and Blue
Short story collections	A Good Hanging and Other Stories The Beat Goes On
Characters	John Rebus
Television	Rebus (2000–07) "Strip Jack" "Resurrection Men" "The First Stone" "The Naming of the Dead" Rebus (2024–present)
Stage	Long Shadows

v t e 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) In a House of Lies (2018) A Song for the Dark Times (2020) The Dark Remains (2021; with William McIlvanney) A Heart Full of Headstones (2022) Midnight and Blue (2024)
Short story collections	A Good Hanging and Other Stories (1992) Beggars Banquet (2002) The Beat Goes On (2014)
Plays	Dark Road (2013) Long Shadows (2018)
Short stories	Death is Not the End (1998)
Related articles	Inspector Rebus

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