Between the Lines is my favourite box set – and its beating heart is its characters
What makes a box set work? It’s not rocket science. It comes down to what makes all fiction work – strong storytelling, characters whose fate we care…
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What makes a box set work? It’s not rocket science. It comes down to what makes all fiction work – strong storytelling, characters whose fate we care…
By Val McDermid
The Scottish capital has a long tradition of crime fiction. Now one of the genre’s modern proponents comes home.
By Val McDermid