In a 2007 interview with BBC Radio Scotland, Rankin corrected his interviewer in the description of Exit Music as not the last Rebus novel, but Rebus's retirement novel.

Rankin said it was possible that his new character, Inspector Fox, may either bump into Rebus or end up on an investigation that has something to do with a skeleton in Rebus's closet.

A lot of Rebus's character foibles are glossed over in the adaptations, for example his large LP collection and the frequent popular music references and thoughts that Ian Rankin weaves into the stories.

Aberdour (;, ) is a scenic and historic village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland.

Kinglassie ( Gaelic: Cille MoGhlasaidh ) is a small village in central Fife, Scotland.

He is the patron saint of Kinglassie in Fife, and is venerated in Kyntire ( Benedictines, Husenbeth ).

The Mitchell Hall, built 1896, was donated to the community by Alexander Mitchell Farmer at Redwells Farm. Alexander also donated the first Parish Church organ. The Mitchell Hall is used by local community groups, and is an asset to the wider Fife community.

* Fife mining museum, formed 1992, is located in Kinglassie at the back of the Kinglassie Miners Welfare Institute but has recently closed.

* A public house in Taunton is named after Warbeck, a cafe and shop in Fife

Clackmannanshire ( and from the meaning ' Stone of Manau '), is a local government council area in Scotland, and a lieutenancy area, bordering Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Fife.

* King Creosote, is a nickname of an independent singer-songwriter from Fife, Scotland.

Dunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland Parish Church located in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

The Stirling Scottish Parliament ( or Holyrood ) constituency created in 1999 is one of nine within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region.

Made by industrial trainees at Babcock Rosyth Defence Ltd ship and submarine dockyard in Fife, the new box is made of yellow pine, with a brass handle and lock, covered in scarlet leather and embossed with the Royal initials and crest and the Chancellor's title.

The area committee of Fife council is called City of Dunfermline Area Committee.

Some of these troops established themselves at Kinghorn in Fife, and after they destroyed the house of William Kirkcaldy of Grange, according to Knox, Mary declared, " Where is now John Knox's God?

My God is now stronger than his, yea, even in Fife.

* Camp Fife is located on the Bear River near Cutler Dam, just outside of Fielding, Utah

The Ukiah vicinity is now home to some of the most prestigious wine labels in the nation, including Brutocao, Fife, Parducci, Frey, and Bonterra.

Fife Lake is a village in Grand Traverse County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

The village is situated within Fife Lake Township near the junction of U. S. Route 131 and M-186 ( which serves as an eastward extension of M-113 ).

Fife Lake Township is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

* The Village of Fife Lake is within the township at the junction of U. S. Route 131 and M-186.

* Fife Lake is the southwest and the Fife Lake ZIP code, 49633, serves the southwest corner of Boardman Township.

The first European settler in present-day Upper St. Clair was John Fife, who settled near what is now the intersection of Washington and McLaughlin Run roads in 1762.

The Duke of Fife, the Marquess of Milford Haven, the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and the Lady Saltoun, and their respective families, as well as Lord Harewood's descendants, are so distant in kinship from the reigning Sovereign that they are relatives, rather than members, of the Royal Family.

The Kingsley ZIP code, 49649, serves the majority of Paradise Township, as well as the southwest corner of Union Township, the western portion of Fife Lake Township, a portion of northern Greenwood Township, the northeast corner of Hanover Township, a large portion of western Mayfield Township, and the southwest corner of Blair Township.

There are 4 schools located in Edgewood: Alice V. Hedden Elementary which is part of the Fife School District, Northwood Elementary and Mountain View Elementary which are part of the Puyallup School District, and Edgemont Junior High, which is part of the Puyallup school district as well.

The Fife Public Schools serve both the cities of Fife and Milton, as well as pockets of Edgewood, and Federal Way.

' In August 2008 fifteen chicks raised in Norway were released at a secret location in Fife, in expectation of reintroducing the species in the east coast of Scotland as well.

Falkirk is well situated both for access by rail from England and for access to other parts of Scotland excluding Fife, which has no direct rail link to Falkirk other than morning and evening commuter services from Kirkcaldy to Glasgow.

Before his psychosis, however, he wrote an impressive novel about the difficult transition to modernity in his own Gaeltacht, called An Druma Mór (" The Big Drum " or " The Fife and Drum Band "), as well as a powerful and introspective account of his travels called Mo Bhealach Féin (" My Own Way ").

Inverkeithing and its hinterland are also served by the Ferrytoll Park and Ride, off Hope Street, which provides car parking and access to bus services to Edinburgh city centre, South Gyle, Edinburgh Airport, Livingston and many parts of Fife, as well as links to the Scottish Citylink coach network.

The club shares rivalries with fellow Fife sides Cowdenbeath and Raith Rovers as well as Falkirk.

Rosyth is within the Cowdenbeath constituency of the Scottish Parliament, currently held by Helen Eadie of the Labour Party, as well as the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region.

Variations of the name were said to have been common in the parish of Ballantrae, as well as in the counties of Aberdeen, Fife, Lanark, Perth, Angus, Renfrew, Ayr, Dumbarton, Stirling and the Lothians.

Braemar has a golf course, two large hotels ( Fife Arms and Invercauld Arms ) as well as many smaller hotels and private homes offering bed and breakfast style accommodation and a large SYHA hostel.

Anstruther is in the North East Fife UK Parliament constituency ( MP is currently Sir Menzies Campbell of the Scottish Liberal Democrats ), Fife North East Scottish Parliament constituency ( MSP is currently Rod Campbell of the SNP ) as well as the Mid-Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliamentary region and the Scotland European Parliament constituency.

Robertsons was well known for the quality of its workmanship and was chosen to build the first 15-Metre yacht designed by the legendary William Fife ( Shimna, 1907 ).

Records of Danish attacks on nearby islands, particularly Inchcolm as well as Fife and Lothian may mean that it was used in some capacity by them.

Fife Yachts were built in Fairlie until well into the 20th century.

Following his departure from the Pars in 1990, he had unproductive spells with Montrose and Inverness Thistle, as well as a spell in charge of Fife Junior outfit Rosyth Recreation.

Witness to both grants were some prominent churchman connected with Melrose: magnates like Earl Donnchadh II of Fife, the latter's son Máel Coluim, Gille Brigte, Earl of Strathearn, as well as probable members of Donnchadh's retinue, like Gille-Osald mac Gille-Anndrais, Gille-nan-Náemh mac Cholmain, Gille-Chríst Bretnach (" the Briton "), and Donnchadh's chamberlain Étgar mac Muireadhaich.