Scottish crime writer Val McDermid's books have won the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year and the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize, have been named "New York Times" Notable Books, and have been nominated for the Edgar Award. She is the winner of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Crime Writing. She lives in the north of England.
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Gavin is an excellent writer; he can conjure up believable characters, evoke a credible setting and wrap the reader up in his language, but he can never seem to come up with a credible plot. On meeting Natasha at a creative writing group he thinks he has ... SEE MORE