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For a generation of kids, he became the bogey man, a folk-tale figure you were terrified of. I have an abiding interest in Bible John, the serial killer suspected of murdering three young women in Glasgow in 19. As a frustrated rock star, it gives me a real thrill. I’ve met various Rolling Stones, and I’ve had emails from Pete Townshend. Van Morrison got in touch because he knew Rebus was a fan of his music, and I ended up working with him. That was a wow moment – and he’s a Green, which is good! Chelsea Clinton wrote a piece about her favourite books, and mentioned Rebus. The president of Austria quoted from the preface to Set In Darkness in his opening address to the European Parliament a few months ago.

'The Oxford Bar in Edinburgh is Rebus’s home from home, and one of my favourite pubs'