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

Rebus author Sir Ian Rankin has been announced as a guest programmer for the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival later this year.

The position will see the award-winning novelist put his own spin on the event, including some new events for the programme.

Slow Horses’ novelist Mick Herron has been awarded the highest honour in UK crime fiction. View on euronews ...

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 ...