And the Beat Goes On - Ian Rankin

A collection of John Rebus short stories from earlier and later in Rankin's career.  Interesting to see the evolution of the characters as Rebus and others take on more definite shapes and forms.  Not as rich and atmospheric as his novels, but still and enjoyable read.  At the end, there is an interesting short essay by Rankin on how he came to be writing the Rebus stories.  Interestingly, he says his original intent, his original focus was to write about the city of Edinburgh, and Rebus was more a convenient vehicle to get him into both the high life and the low life, and everything in between.