When Val McDermid failed to publish a new novel last year, speculation was rife. Had the celebrated author been too busy ...

McDermid’s “1979,” a coming-of-age novel starring an intrepid female journalist, begins a welcome new series.

Prolific novelist Val McDermid offers writing wisdom and explains why she’s known as Scotland’s “Quine of Crime.” If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks ...

Karen Pirie is back on ITV and has been given a major promotion - but will the crime drama return for a third season?

Des and the teams are at the Edinburgh Festivals to break up the week's big news, including deputy first minister Kate Fobes’s announcement about stepping down at the next election, calls for Scotland ...

Spare a thought for Nicola Sturgeon. One minute she was in charge of a small country, trying to make it seem bigger by ...

Val McDermid on What It’s Like Judging the Man Booker Prize She read 171 books for the prestigious literary prize. “On Oct. 17, I’m going to sit down and read a book I have no obligation to ...

Recent novels by Jaime Lynn Hendricks, Jesse Q. Sutanto and Val McDermid feature crime writers in their plots December 13, 2023 6 min (Scarlet; Berkley; Atlantic Monthly) ...

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.

Val McDermid added, “I’m sure this adaptation will bring Karen many new fans as well as delighting her existing ones. Karen and the Historic Cases Unit are in very safe hands.” ...

The skeleton at issue in Val McDermid's new stand-alone mystery, "The Skeleton Road," is discovered by an acrophobic demolition surveyor atop a Victorian Gothic school in Edinburgh, Scotland.