Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Val McDermid and Nicola Sturgeon have been friends for the past decade - Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images When Val McDermid failed to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Val McDermid divides her time between Edinburgh and the East Neuk of Fife near St Andrews, and enjoys wintry walks in snowy ...

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Winter officially ends next month, but in Louisiana, we assume the gig is already up. Though it’s only February, the days grow longer, brighter, bluer, greener and more glorious, like a canvas filling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nicola Sturgeon is to headline an “eclectic” literary festival along with crime writers Ian Rankin and Val McDermid. Pitlochry ...

Edinburgh's Christmas has announced multi-award winning actor Alan Cumming and author of bestselling book The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins will join book lovers Val McDermid and Nicola Sturgeon for ...

The Scottish author Val McDermid is best known for her crime writing, a world of brutal murders and dark alleyways. But contrast that with her latest book, where, among other things, she meditates on ...

We have entered the torpor of deep winter. Here in Minnesota, where I live, the snow and cold keep me indoors in the short afternoons and, too often, napping. But for Val McDermid, these cold, dark ...

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 ...

For crime novelist Val McDermid, soup recipes always involve a bit of a rummage through the cupboards, whether it’s a trusty Scotch broth or a hearty Mediterranean blend of beans and root vegetables.