A Good Hanging and Other Stories

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| language = English

| series = Inspector Rebus

| genre = Detective fiction

| published = 1992 (Century)

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| pages = 253

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A Good Hanging and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by crime writer Ian Rankin.

It also exists as an audiobook, narrated by James MacPherson.{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Karen |date=2006-11-05 |title=A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin read by James Macpherson |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/a-good-hanging-and-other-stories-by-ian-rankin-read-by-james-macpherson-xcml76hqkpt |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}

The collection features Ian Rankin's popular Detective Inspector Rebus. The collection is of 12 short stories set in Edinburgh, where Ian Rankin sets the majority of his novels.

These twelve Rebus stories cover a chronological year in his life; "Playback" in March, "A Good Hanging" in August during the Festival Fringe and "Auld Lang Syne" in December.The Beat Goes On "Preface", page 1

The stories:

• "Playback"
• "The Dean Curse"
• "Being Frank"
• "Concrete Evidence"
• "Seeing Things"
• "A Good Hanging"
• "Tit For Tat"
• "Not Provan"
• "Sunday"
• "Auld Lang Syne"
• "The Gentlemen's Club"
• "Monstrous Trumpet