Val McDermid

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scaryfairy28 · 22/08/2011 08:56

Any fans?

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CocktailQueen · 22/08/2011 09:57

Me - love her books! Scary but good.

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scaryfairy28 · 22/08/2011 10:08

I got her newest one at the Edinburgh book festival. Can't wait to get it started, jacko vance is back!

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elkiedee · 23/08/2011 13:26

I've been reading her books since her first series about Lindsay Gordon.

elkiedee · 23/08/2011 13:28

As well as her books, Val McDermid also does a lot of work with events and supporting other up and coming crime writers. She founded a crime festival in Harrogate and organised the first 3, it's now been going for about 8 years.

Bloodybridget · 23/08/2011 13:37

I like her - as far as I can tell from reading interviews etc - but tbh I don't think she's a good writer. And the levels of sadistic violence in the Tony Hill novels are quite alarming.

candytuft63 · 23/08/2011 13:41

If you ever get the chance to see her at an author event, she is lovely. Very warm, funny and interesting. I have known Val for years, so cannot claim to be unbiased, but she is a treat to meet. I book a lot of authors for events and she is probably the crime fans favourite. I just dont know how she finds the time to do everything

BecauseImWorthIt · 23/08/2011 13:43

I love her books.

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 23/08/2011 13:53

I saw her at Wigtown last year and have all her works. :)

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scaryfairy28 · 23/08/2011 15:27

Bridget- maybe try one of her stand alone ones there no where near as violent. I agree they can be quite gruesome she's the only author who I've ever had to skip a bit in a book! She did justify it recently by saying the crimes have to be like that or the unit Carol and Tony are part of wouldn't be dealing with them.

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Saltire · 24/08/2011 08:30

I've read a few of her books but not he Tony Hill ones, I find them too gruesome.. I've jsut finished Trick of the Dark which was good

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