Val McDermid on Dorothy Dunnett
Val McDermid, fellow Scot and crime writer
I first encountered Dorothy Dunnett via The Lymond Chronicles just down the road from her birthplace in Kirkcaldy Central Library. I was a voracious reader and whenever I found a novel that captured my imagination, I wanted more. So in my early teens, I drank in the world of Francis Crawford of Lymond, loving the atmosphere and the loving detail of the setting, and fascinated by the twists and turns of Lymond’s life and relationships. Now readers are cleaving to period narratives produced by such writers as Hilary Mantel and Maggie O’Farrell, surely it’s only a matter of time before Dorothy Dunnett is rediscovered by a wider audience?
Val McDermid is the author of Karen Pirie and the Wire in the Blood novels. More at ValMcDermid.com.
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