Novelist Sir Ian Rankin has been announced as the first ever guest programmer for an “epic” crime writing festival. Sir Ian ...

And Nicholas Rankin is a proven storyteller, a former radio producer for the BBC World Service whose previous books include a fine biography of the war correspondent George Steer. In researching Ian ...

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