Reading order · 2 books · 2009 to 2011 · Set in Edinburgh
Malcolm Fox Books in Order
Malcolm Fox works for the Complaints, the unit that investigates other police officers in Edinburgh. A careful, sober man, he is the opposite of Rebus, and after his own two novels he becomes a regular in the Rebus books.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 2009 to 2011
- First book
- The Complaints
- Latest
- The Impossible Dead (2011)
- Setting
- Set in Edinburgh
The reading order
Every Malcolm Fox book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in Edinburgh
- 1The Complaints2009With Malcolm FoxMalcolm Fox works in the Complaints, investigating other police officers.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Impossible Dead2011With Malcolm FoxMalcolm Fox and his team are sent to Fife to look into police officers who may have covered for a corrupt colleague.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read The Complaints first, then The Impossible Dead. Fox then joins Rebus, beginning with Standing in Another Man’s Grave.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Malcolm Fox |
|---|---|
| 1 The Complaints | LLead |
| 2 The Impossible Dead | LLead |
Characters in the Malcolm Fox books
1 character from Ian Rankin’s chart, with the number of Malcolm Fox books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Malcolm FoxComplaints officer, later in Major Crimes | 2 | The Complaints 2009 |
Crossovers with Ian Rankin’s other series
- Rebus: Malcolm Fox also appears in 7 of its books