Rebus and roll: Ian Rankin’s new gig as a ‘dad rock’ singer

Best Picture are an Edinburgh band with a twist – their lead singer is one of Britain’s most popular crime writers

‘Tell you what,” says Ian Rankin, “I wish I could move like Jagger.”

We are in the Oxford Bar, the Edinburgh pub famous as the place where Rebus – Rankin’s fictional detective – does his drinking. But we are not here to talk about a book. Rather, to hear a confession of sorts: Ian Rankin is the singer in a hitherto secret band.

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