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SCOTTISH writer Val McDermid has said it would have broken her father's heart to see Raith Rovers signing David Goodwillie.

RENOWNED author and former Raith Rovers director Val McDermid has renounced her lifelong support for the club after it signed David Goodwillie.

Val McDermid: Queen Of Crime looks to the past in uncertain times of coronavirus Updated: 18/02/2021, 9:26 am © Supplied Val McDermid, who is appearing at Granite Noir, has started a new quintet of novels. Legendary Scots crime writer Val McDermid is busy using lockdown to go back to the future as she works on a brand new series of novels. With all the uncertainty surrounding life in the time of coronavirus, Val – who will be one of the main attractions at next month’s Granite Noir crime-writing festival – feels she can’t use her usual, contemporary voice in her writing. So instead s...

Updated: January 30, 2021, 9:55 am © Supplied Val McDermid, who is appearing at Granite Noir, has started a new quintet of novels. Legendary Scots crime writer Val McDermid has declared herself “very happy” at the casting of the lead role in a new ITV cold-case drama series set in St Andrews. But Val is keeping tight-lipped about the identity of the actress who has won the role of her young detective Karen Pirie. Adapted from Val’s acclaimed novels by Emer Kenny, the story sees a group of suspects from an old closed murder case begin dying in suspicious circumstances. She has few qualm...