Simon Reade

Sep 22, 2024 | newburytoday.co.uk | Trish Lee |Ian Rankin |Simon Reade

Sir Ian Rankin’s latest play Rebus: A Game Called Malice is on tour exclusively on stage and you can catch it at Oxford at the end of next month. Following the success of the critically acclaimed BBC television series, Rankin’s much-loved detective Rebus makes his Oxford Playhouse debut in a brand-new stage production, playing from Tuesday, October 29 to Saturday 2 November. Written by Ian Rankin and Simon Reade, Gray O’Brien will star in the title role.

Jun 18, 2024 | britishtheatreguide.info | Ian Rankin |Simon Reade

Author(s):Ian Rankin and Simon ReadeRunning time:1h 45min approxVenue:Malvern Theatres, MalvernDates:21–26 Oct 2024 A splendid dinner party in an Edinburgh stately home concludes with a murder mystery game created by the hostess. A murder needs to be solved. But the guests have secrets of their own, threatened by the very game they are playing. And among them is Inspector John Rebus. True crime is his calling. Is he playing an alternative game, one to which only he knows the rules?

Nov 9, 2023 | waterstones.com | Ian Rankin |Simon Reade

A delicious, and somewhat drunken, dinner party segues into a murder mystery game created by the hostess. However, the parlour game may hold clues about the dark truths hiding just under the surface of this genteel gathering... As suspects, clues and red herrings are sifted - it seems one of the guests has an unfair advantage: John Rebus, an ex-detective who used to do this for a living. But is he playing another game, one to which only he knows the rules, that will soon be revealed?

Nov 9, 2023 | uk.bookshop.org | Jam Bookshop |Ian Rankin |Simon Reade

A delicious, and somewhat drunken, dinner party segues into a murder mystery game created by the hostess. However, the parlour game may hold clues about the dark truths hiding just under the surface of this genteel gathering... As suspects, clues and red herrings are sifted - it seems one of the guests has an unfair advantage: John Rebus, an ex-detective who used to do this for a living. But is he playing another game, one to which only he knows the rules, that will soon be revealed?