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Crime writer Val McDermid admits she 'can't stop thinking of ways to kill people'
19.12.2021 - 08:09 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Crime writer Val McDermid has told how, wherever she goes, she can’t stop thinking of ways to kill people.
McDermid, known to her fans as the “Queen of Crime”, has bumped off hundreds of characters over more than 30 years as a novelist.
But she admitted she dreams up grisly endings for doomed characters wherever she goes – even on romantic breaks.
Speaking in BBC Scotland series The Big Scottish Book Club, to be shown tonight, she says: “My mind always goes there.
“It’s faintly embarrassing
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