Character · Malcolm Fox · 9 books
Malcolm Fox
Malcolm Fox is an Edinburgh detective who starts out in the Complaints, investigating fellow officers. A careful, teetotal man who looks after his ageing father, he is everything Rebus is not, and after his own two novels he becomes a regular and unlikely ally in the Rebus books.
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Character facts
- First appearance
- The Complaints (2009)
- Latest appearance
- A Heart Full of Headstones (2022)
- Books
- 9 (2 as lead, 6 major, 1 minor)
- Series
- Malcolm Fox, Rebus
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Circle
- Malcolm Fox
Where to meet Malcolm Fox
Malcolm Fox first appears in The Complaints (2009), as the lead, book 1 of the Malcolm Fox series.
Every book with Malcolm Fox
In publication order, with the size of their role in each.
- 2009LThe Complaintslead · Malcolm FoxBuy
- 2011LThe Impossible Deadlead · Malcolm FoxBuy
- 2012MStanding in Another Man’s Gravemajor role · RebusMeets RebusBuy
- 2013MSaints of the Shadow Biblemajor role · RebusForced to work with RebusBuy
- 2015MEven Dogs in the Wildmajor role · RebusBuy
- 2016MRather Be the Devilmajor role · RebusBuy
- 2018MIn a House of Liesmajor role · RebusBuy
- 2020·A Song for the Dark Timesminor role · RebusBuy
- 2022MA Heart Full of Headstonesmajor role · RebusBuy
Appears most often with
| Character | Books together |
|---|---|
| Big Ger CaffertyMorris Gerald Cafferty, Edinburgh crime boss | 7 |
| John RebusEdinburgh detective, later retired and working cold cases | 7 |
| Siobhan ClarkeDetective who rises from Rebus’s junior to lead investigator | 7 |
| BrilloRebus’s dog | 5 |
| Darryl ChristieYoung gangster rising to rival Cafferty | 4 |
| Deborah QuantPathologist and Rebus’s partner | 4 |