Inspector Rebus span a broad spectrum of Scotland, including council estates, tenements, business districts, nightclubs, prisons, dying mining towns, secluded villages and desolate hillsides, as well as the better-known pubs and streets of Edinburgh. Some of these locations are fictional, although they may be based on real places. For example, the Pilmuir estate is a conflation of the two real Edinburgh locations Pilton and Muirhouse. Other locations, such as the Oxford Bar, Arden Street, and St Leonards police station, are real. Frequent references to real places, or local politics firmly ground the Rebus series in the real world. Another strong feature of
Inspector Rebus on any of the Rankin novels. It was entitled "The First Stone". Ron Donachie starred as Rebus in BBC Radio 4's dramatizations of "The Falls" (2003), "Resurrection Men" (2004), "Black and Blue" (2008), "Strip Jack" (2010), "The Black Book" (2012), "Set in Darkness" (2014) and "A Question of Blood" (2016), having previously played Rebus's Chief Constable in the TV series. A brand new story written for the stage by Ian Rankin and adapted by playwright Rona Munro titled "Rebus: Long Shadows" will premiere at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre from 20 September to 6 October 2018 before touring the UK. The