Ian Rankin: a best-selling Mystery/Detective author of Scotland Ian Rankin home page In the Periodic Table of the Elements, "Ir" stands for Iridium. In the Periodic Table of the Mystery Authors, "Ir" stands for Ian Rankin! Honorable Mentions: Return to Mystery/Detective Table of Contents Return to PERIODIC TABLE OF MYSTERY AUTHORS [Grateful acknowledgment to Professor Erich Friedman for his permission for me to use the table structure and color GIFs of the Periodic Table, above, whose Mystery Author roll-over status names and correlation of Element Abbreviations with Mystery Author names are not the fault of Professor Erich Friedman but purely the work of Professor Jonathan Vos Post] Ian Rankin