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Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Author Ian Rankin revealed that he upset villagers in Rosemarkie after setting a grisly murder tale there. The Rebus creator set his 2012 detective novel Standing In Another Man’s Grave in the Ross-shire village. It featured Inspector Rebus investigating the disappearance of a missing girl, and uncovering a link between a series of seemingly unconnected disappearances. Mr Rankin owns a home in Cromarty, which neighbours Rosemarkie, and is often recognised when out and ...

© Supplied by Granite Noir Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Aberdeen’s celebrated crime fiction festival welcomed guests from across the globe this weekend on its entirely virtual debut. Forced to take their show online this year due to coronavirus restrictions, thousands tuned in to catch some the best international and home-grown talent speak at the Granite Noir festival. It offered both live and pre-recorded aut...

Updated: 23/02/2021, 1:12 pm Aberdeen’s international crime writing festival Granite Noir attracted audiences from more than 50 countries with its virtual events being viewed more than 14,000 times. Readers from 52 countries including Canada, Bangladesh, South Africa, Brazil and New Zealand tuned in to last weekend’s festival which took place online due to the current restrictions in place. Organisers of Granite Noir declared the first online programme a huge success with its 15 events being viewed more than 14,000 times – a figure expected to grow as audiences watch events On Demand. T...

A village on the edge… As a massive storm batters the Scottish coast, Gordon Smith's home is falling into the North Sea. But the crumbling headland has revealed what he's got buried in his garden: human remains. A house full of secrets… With the storm still raging, it's too dangerous to retrieve the bodies and waves are devouring the evidence. Which means no one knows how many people Smith's already killed and how many more he'll kill if he can't be found and stopped. An investigator with nothing to lose… The media are baying for blood, the top brass are after a scapegoat, and ex-Det...

Updated: February 21, 2021, 7:08 pm © Supplied Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Two of Scotland’s top crime writers say it is more challenging to portray their police protagonists as heroes amid mounting global distrust of officers. Ian Rankin and Stuart MacBride discussed their work in one of the highlights of the weekend’s virtual Granite Noir crime-writing festival. The pair opened the award-winning event, whi...