The Naming of the Dead

The Naming of the Dead
First edition
AuthorIan Rankin
LanguageEnglish
SeriesInspector Rebus
GenreDetective fiction
PublisherOrion Books
Publication date
2006
Publication placeScotland
Media typePrint
Pages416 pages
ISBN0-7528-6858-6
OCLC69022319
Preceded byFleshmarket Close 
Followed byExit Music 

The Naming of the Dead is a crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the sixteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It is set in Edinburgh in July 2005, in the week of the G8 summit in Gleneagles.