tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post5032373422357494790..comments2024-03-24T06:32:13.194+13:00Comments on Crime Watch: Val McDermid at the Women's Bookshop in AucklandKiwicraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-36003369342118072182010-09-02T00:52:55.517+12:002010-09-02T00:52:55.517+12:00Oh, I'm so jealous. She's my favorite crim...Oh, I'm so jealous. She's my favorite crime author! I would love to meet her someday. She's the inspiration behind all my books.<br /><br />CDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-76499634133960724252010-09-01T21:02:22.932+12:002010-09-01T21:02:22.932+12:00I heard her speak at the Budleigh Salterton Litera...I heard her speak at the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival in front of a very prim and proper, upper middle class audience [well apart from me] and she had us completely entranced with her stories of Glasgow and Oxford. I had steered clear of the Hill/Jordan books after watching a TV adaptation thinking the author must be an ogre, but she is charming.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-89255918945581101642010-09-01T20:42:09.357+12:002010-09-01T20:42:09.357+12:00Her other series aren't as brutal/violent/gory...Her other series aren't as brutal/violent/gory as the Hill and Jordan books Bernadette, although they still do involve some dark crime of course.Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-88068146153513058972010-09-01T20:37:35.341+12:002010-09-01T20:37:35.341+12:00I just listened to a podcast of Val McDermid's...I just listened to a podcast of Val McDermid's recent appearance at the Melbourne Writer's Festival and I can see how she would have captivated an audience for such a long time. She really did seem to give of herself in a very non-self promoting way. I've found her Tony Hill books a bit too violent for my liking but she explained the reason well in her interview and I will definitely be checking out this latest of her books.Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.com