Outlander actress Lauren Lyle reprises her role as detective Karen Pirie in the first glimpse of season two of ITV's highly ...

Lauren Lyle has been a regular face on TV screens in recent years, thanks to her role as Marsali MacKimmie Fraser in Outlander, but she also led ITV drama Karen Pirie.

The first-look images promise another must-watch thriller with the Outlander star front and centre. Karen Pirie season two is ...

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.

Val McDermid manages to stay at the top of her game in her latest, “Past Lying” (Atlantic Monthly, $27). Set against the dullness and dread of the early pandemic, she sends her Edinburgh ...

The clues were there early on that Val McDermid had the potential to become one of the world’s leading crime writers, a multiple-award winning household name with 39 books translated into more ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

By Marilyn Stasio In Val McDermid’s “Splinter the Silence,” cyberbullying persuades a strong, self-assured woman to take her own life. By Marilyn Stasio Raith Rovers, a soccer team in ...

Val McDermid will be appearing at this summer's Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate. Picture: Charlotte Graham. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post ...

Alan Cumming said: “Val and Nicola are both huge inspirations to me, and I can't wait to share a stage to talk about our shared passion for books.” Paula Hawkins said: "There are few things I ...

Put Nicola Sturgeon, former First Minister and MSP for Glasgow South Side and Val McDermid, Queen of Crime, together and what you get from the firm friends is books, books and more books. Books ...

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon and crime writer Val McDermid have told how books drew them together and remain the “mainstay” of their friendship, ahead of a December event in ...