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The Crime Writer at the Festival

Siobhan Redmond

Val McDermid

Kirsteen Cameron

The Crime Writer at the Festival: Same Crime, Next Year

Same Crime, Next Year

BBC Radio 4 - The Crime Writer at the Festival, Same Crime, Next Year

Short story by Val McDermid, inspired by the unique atmosphere of crime writing festivals.

Short story by Val McDermid, co-founder of the Theakston's Crime Writing Festival, held annually in Harrogate, and now the biggest celebration of the genre in the world.

Short story series celebrating the unique atmosphere of Crime Writing Festivals. Tonight, a new story by Val McDermid, who is one of the co-founders of the Theakston's Crime Writing Festival, held every July in Harrogate, and which has become one of the biggest celebrations of the genre in the world.

Her story "Same Crime, Next Year" is set at Harrogate and imagines the fallout from a torrid affair between two crime writers.


Reader: Siobhan Redmond

Writer: Val McDermid

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron

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