How Val McDermid's time as a newspaper journalist inspired a new crime series

The Book Show

English - November 28, 2021 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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Scottish crime writer Val McDermid's new book, 1979, is the beginning of a new series inspired by her own experience as a newspaper journalist in the 1970s and 80s.
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