Death Is Not the End

First edition (publ. Orion Books)

Death Is Not The End is a 1998 novella by crime-writer Ian Rankin. It features his popular protagonist Inspector John Rebus. Originally published as a standalone volume, it is now available in the Beggar's Banquet short story collection. The story from the novella was later expanded as part of a sub-plot to the full-length Rebus novel Dead Souls. The novella gets its title from the Bob Dylan song of the same name.

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)

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

Non-fiction	Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey (2005) Jackie Leven Said (2005, With Jackie Leven)

Graphic novels	Dark Entries (2009)

Plays	Dark Road

Short stories	An Afternoon (1984) Voyeurism (1985) Colony (1986) Trip Trap (1992) Marked For Death (1992) Well Shot (1993) Someone Got to Eddie (1994) A Deep Hole (1994) Adventures in Babysitting (1995) Natural Selection (1996) Auld Lang Syne (1997) Principles of Accounts (1997) Death is Not the End (1998) The Hanged Man (2000) Saint Nicked (2003) Soft Spot (2005) Not Just Another Saturday (2005) Sinner: Justified (2006)

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