Ian Rankin News

Joseph Knox's SIRENS (Crown; February 20, 2018) is a riveting thriller about a damaged undercover detective navigating a web of politicians, drug lords, missing persons, and his own flawed department. This is Knox's first novel, though he writes with the polished assurance of a well-seasoned author-perhaps because, as the crime buyer for the British book retailer, Waterstone's, he is himself a bona fide expert in the genre. When first published in the UK last year, SIRENS debuted on the Sunday Times bestseller list and remained there for weeks. The Times praised it as 'top league' in the genre, while Lee Child called it 'razor sharp.... very special indeed' and Val McDermid declared it a 'powerhouse.' Tightly plotted and dripping with atmospheric grime, SIRENS is gripping noir at its finest, at once a classic and yet completely fresh.

The first images of Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith in a new production of Ronald Harwood's THE DRESSER were released today, along with two new cast members: Selina Cadell and Harriet Thorpe.

Director Sean Foley, who has recently enjoyed sell-out success adapting and directing The Painkiller in the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company season of Plays at the Garrick will, starting this autumn, under producer Mark Goucher, direct two new productions in the West End.

Canongate is to become the digital publisher of Muriel Spark's seminal novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, as part of a nine book deal agreed by Louisa Joyner, Editorial Director of Fiction, with Georgia Glover at David Higham Associates on behalf of Muriel Spark's Estate.

Van Morrison selects his best and most iconic lyrics, spanning 50 years of writing and representing his entire creative journey.

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Ovation Network will premiere an Ovation original film, DOORS OPEN, tonight, April 13 at 8 p.m. ET, based on the 2008 novel by crime writer Ian Rankin.

Ovation Network will premiere an Ovation original film, DOORS OPEN, on Saturday, April 13 at 8 p.m. ET, based on the 2008 novel by crime writer Ian Rankin.

Ovation, the only network devoted to artists and every kind of artistic expression, will premiere an Ovation original film, DOORS OPEN, on Saturday, April 13 at 8:00 pm ET.

The New Group presents Eric Bogosian in DRACULA: The Vampire Play in Three Acts, Dramatized by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston adapted from Bram Stoker's classic novel, Dracula. The special reading will take place March 8th, 2009 at The Acorn @ Theatre Row 410 West 42nd Street (between 9th & 10th Avenues) at 7pm.

The New Group presents Eric Bogosian in DRACULA: The Vampire Play in Three Acts, Dramatized by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston adapted from Bram Stoker's classic novel, Dracula. The special reading will take place March 8th, 2009 at The Acorn @ Theatre Row 410 West 42nd Street (between 9th & 10th Avenues) at 7pm.

Popular comic and political satirist brings new show Off-Broadway