Val McDermid

I’ve made lots of friends and valued connections here on Twitter. But I’ve had enough of the vitriol, the lies, the apparently endless faking of the truth for hideous ends. Thank you, all of you who have interacted with me over the years. But I’m out of here. See you on Bluesky.

this will be great fun! as the main website is... not entirely helpful, here's a direct ticket link: edwinterfest.com/whats-on/val-m…

WRONG DATE!!! The event is 15th December!!! Sorry…

Val McDermid and Nicola Sturgeon to visit Edinburgh this Christmas for in-conversation event list.co.uk/news/45944/val…

Iranian rapper and human rights activist Toomaj Salehi was arrested two years ago today in #Iran. He remains unjustly imprisoned and is denied access to health care. Join us in calling for his release. Change your X banner today and #FreeToomaj. @OfficialToomaj @HRF

Brilliant news for book lovers and authors alike! Topping & Company to open ‘largest independent bookshop in the country’ in York thebookseller.com/news/topping--…

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@JaneyGodley Thank you for your courage in the face of its opposite, for your wit and wildness, and for the richness of your friendship. I’ll miss you, doll.

I’m now at end of life care - palliative care-and will be going into a hospice for the foreseeable - thanks to everyone who sends me love and support- you’ve been amazing

What Can ‘Slow Horses’ Tell Us About Modern Britain? rusi.org/explore-our-re…

@PaulKay1991 Marvellous! Did they get it right?

@valmcdermid #WritingCommmunity Did anyone see Beat The Chasers on Friday?

@doug_johnstone @OrendaBooks Obviously you need a hobby...

How the hell did THIS happen?

I'm so excited at the prospect of a new book from the insightful and compassionate Gwen Adshead! bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-s…

🎙️📚 The latest podcast, in collaboration with @BloodyScotland, is with the finalists for this year's McIlvanney Prize, who include @davidbishop @cbrookmyre @valmcdermid @radiomukhers & @kimtsherwood.🗡️ Full details, & all the ways to listen, are here 👉 bit.ly/4d5T5hj

Particularly sadistic murders take place in Germany and the Netherlands, but nobody makes the connection apart from two female police officers chatting online in The Last Temptation by @valmcdermid #bookreview buff.ly/47nYor9

‘Talent is classless’: bold project launched to create centre for writing in north-east England theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

Looking forward to hanging with Māori writer Michael Bennett in UK next week. I first met Michael when he was part of a team helping fight against wrongful conviction of a young Maori man who spent 21yrs in prison. Remarkable man, and author #yeahnoir @BloodyScotland @NgatiRanana

We were lucky to have McIlvanney Prize finalist @valmcdermid help us launch our 2024 programme back in June. Her latest, Past Lying, is "A welcome return for the much-loved Karen Pirie in this satisfying novel which contains a few in-jokes for lovers of Scottish crime writing".

You wrote it, I just read it!

Death of a Court Lady. From a series of eighteenth-century Japanese watercolours depicting the nine stages of a decaying corpse or 'kusōzu'. Found in @valmcdermid's brilliant book, Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime.