Back from left; Lin Anderson, librarian Fiona Dakers, Caro Ramsay and Aline Templeton.Fron from left; Montrose librarian Christine Sharp, Carnoustie & Monifieth librarian Hazel Cook and Hendry Logan from Arbroath Library.
Arbroath Library welcomed three of Scotland’s top female crime writers for an evening of insight into their work.
To celebrate Crime Month, Lin Anderson, Caro Ramsay and Aline Templeton talked to visitors about Scottish crime writing and their own characters and novels.
Lin’s first novel Driftnet was an immediate bestseller back in 2006 and she is now working on her ninth novel featuring tough, sexy forensic expert Dr Rhona MacLeod as well as a film script based on her short story Dead Close.
Caro Ramsay’s first novel, Absolution, was also a bestseller and was short-listed for the Crime Writer Association’s New Blood Dagger award in 2008. Aline Templeton’s DI Marjory Fleming novels, set in Galloway, are popular with Angus readers.
She is a member of the Scottish Parliament cross party group for media and culture.
