Charming is not a word that typically comes to mind in connection with Val McDermid’s crime novels. One of the ace practitioners of the “Tartan Noir” school of hard-boiled fiction (along with William ...
The author beloved for her gripping, psychologically complex “tartan noir” selects her killer reads for the festive season ...
Based on the novel by best-selling author Val McDermid, the second season of the tense Scottish police drama “Karen Pirie” ...
Edited by Lee Child. Simon & Schuster, $27 (464p) ISBN 978-1-5011-4159-1 Each of the 11 collaborative tales in this stellar sequel to the International Thriller Writers’ anthology FaceOff (2014) pairs ...
EXCLUSIVE: ITV is adapting Val McDermid’s series of cold case investigations Karen Pirie from Harlots writer Emer Kenny and Bodyguard producer World Productions. The British commercial broadcaster has ...
Forget flashy TV shows like “CSI.” Well, maybe don’t forget them. But take them with a grain of salt. That’s one theme of “Forensics,” an energetic, eye-opening work of reporting by the distinguished ...
There are few other crime writers in the same league as Val McDermid. Her stories are ingeniously plotted, moody and typically quite hefty. "Out of Bounds," her latest book featuring Scottish ...
Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the Scottish crime writer Val McDermid, whose books often veer into dark and creepy territory, relishes the coming of winter. Many people may regard it as a ...
Nicola Sturgeon last night thanked her close friend and crime writer Val McDermid for supporting her during the police probe into SNP finances. The former First Minister told an audience at the ...
Plus: A marquee cast tackles a Kenneth Lonergan play, and Glenn Close, Beanie Feldstein, Audra McDonald and Melissa Errico go digital. By Elisabeth Vincentelli She read 171 books for the prestigious ...
Val McDermid’s first crime novel, “Report for Murder,” was published in 1987 while the Scottish native worked in as Northern bureau chief for a Sunday tabloid. In the three decades that followed, ...
There are few other crime writers in the same league as Val McDermid. Her stories are ingeniously plotted, moody and typically quite hefty. “Out of Bounds,” her latest book featuring Scottish ...
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