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    My Scotland
    My Scotland
    My Scotland
    Audiobook3 hours

    My Scotland

    Written by Val McDermid

    Narrated by Val McDermid

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    About this audiobook

    In My Scotland, number one bestselling author Val McDermid takes readers to the landscapes she has known all her life, and the places where her stories and characters reside. This remarkable book uncovers Val's own Scotland in all its glory - from the iconic Isle of Skye to the majestic streets of Edinburgh; from the undiscovered hideaways of the Highlands to the wild and untamed Jura.

    Featuring excerpts from Val McDermid's bestselling novels and charting Karen Pirie's Fife to Lindsay Gordon's Glasgow, My Scotland is an unforgettable and uniquely personal journey.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateAug 15, 2019
    ISBN9781528885911
    My Scotland
    Author

    Val McDermid

    Val McDermid is a number one bestseller whose novels have been translated into more than forty languages, and have sold over nineteen million copies. She has won many awards, including the CWA Gold Dagger the LA Times Book of the Year Award and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for outstanding achievement. She writes full-time and divides her time between Edinburgh and East Neuk of Fife.

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    • 5/5
      Very interesting insight into Val’s fascination with Scotland and how that helps develop her plots and characters.

      Not really a biography, but more of an overview of her experiences and use of Scottish cities and landscape to make her books more realistic and engaging. A good 3.5 hour listen.
    • 5/5
      Brilliant! A great overall perspective on her oevre, the settings that inspired her and the pre-eminent position of Place in that ternary diagram of Place - People - Plot.