Tag: Val McDermid

Dram-it: Scots author wishes she had made her most popular character enjoy whisky instead of gin

SCOTS author Val McDermid admits she made a "tactical error" by making her most popular character a gin fan as she keeps receiving bottles...

Crime writer wishes “sh***y” 2016 to burglars who ransacked her home

A TOP Scots crime writer has launched an four-letter tirade against burglars who ransacked her house. Val McDermid revealed that her home in Stockport, Greater...

University of Dundee forensic investigation course receives 10,000 applications in first month

  A FREE online who-done-it murder mystery course launched last month by the University of Dundee has been inundated with applications. More than 10,000 people have...

Crime writers face stiff competition to give name to morgue

TEN of the world’s leading crime writers are vying for the honour of having a new morgue and research facility at the University of...

Restaurant to star in Rankin novel

By Andrea McCallum A KIRKCALDY businessman has forked out more than £1,000 to have his restaurant used in the latest novel by one of Scotland’s...

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