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ALEX GRAY Gray’s most recent novel, The Darkest Goodbye, is the thirteenth novel starring DCI William Lorimer, often aided in his cases by psychologist and criminal proi ler Dr Solomon Brightman. Set on the gritty streets of Glasgow, Lorimer’s investigations have seen murdered Kelvin FC football players, bodies in the river Clyde and security threats to the Commonwealth Games. ■ 15 Aug, 8.30pm, £8 (£6). IAN RANKIN Rankin is the creator of Edinburgh-based detective John Rebus, who has sipped whisky, played vinyl and solved crimes for nearly 30 years across 20 novels. Bestsellers on several continents, the series has been translated into 22 languages. Rankin has received numerous awards, honorary doctorates and an OBE. Rebus has now retired from the force but it hasn’t slowed him down. ■ 16 Aug, 8.15pm, £12 (£10); 24 Aug, 8.15pm, £12 (£10).
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STUART MACBRIDE Published in January, In the Cold Hard Ground is MacBride’s tenth full-length novel starring tenacious detective Logan McRae and his foul-mouthed superior Steel. The pair have hunted some of Aberdeen’s worst criminals, including a human butcher in a Margaret Thatcher mask. MacBride also makes a mean plate of stovies, having won the World Stovies Championship in 2014. ■ 19 Aug, 7.15pm, £12 (£10). VAL MCDERMID McDermid is the author of multiple crime series with protagonists including journalist Lindsay Gordon, PI Kate Brannigan, Inspector Karen Pirie and the dynamic duo of psychologist Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan. She has sold over 11 million copies worldwide and her gripping i ction can be enjoyed in 30 different languages. ■ 22 Aug, 8.15pm, £12 (£10).
MARK BILLINGHAM Actor, comic and screenwriter Mark Billingham is the author of 13 crime novels starring London-based DI Tom Thorne, as well as several stand-alone thrillers. His i rst book was adapted for television in 2010, starring David Morrissey as Thorne, and later works In The Dark and Time Of Death are both being adapted for the BBC. ■ 27 Aug, 8.45pm, £12 (£10). RAGNAR JONASSON Jonasson is the author of the Dark Iceland series of novels, Snowblind, Nightblind and Blackout. With two more in the Siglufjörður-based series still to come, TV rights have been sold to the producers of Amy. He also co-founded Iceland Noir, Reykjavik’s crime writing festival. ■ 28 Aug, 8.30pm, £8 (£6). All events at Charlotte Square Gardens, 0845 373 5888 .
34 THE LIST FESTIVAL 11–18 Aug 2016