SCOTTISH crime writer Val McDermid has said she “missed a trick” by making one of her leading women a gin drinker instead of a whisky fan ...
SCOTTISH crime writer Val McDermid has said she “missed a trick” by making one of her leading women a gin drinker instead of aThe Tartan Noir author, known for hits such as The Distant Echo, said that well-meaning fans send her bottles of gin due to her character Karen Pirie having a taste for it – but even the smell makes McDermid herself “faintly queasy”.
“I do feel that I made a tactical error in making Karen a gin drinker,” the author told the Whisky Talks podcast. “I still think it suits her personality, but as a result, I've generously been given quite a few bottles of gin.“My partner and her colleagues assure me these are lovely, but I can't drink any as I over-indulged to the point of being sick for three days back when I was a student. The very smell still makes me faintly queasy.” McDermid was talking to a podcast from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society , the world’s largest whisky club with some 37,000 members – including the author. McDermid said: “I’ve always enjoyed a dram, so I missed a trick by not making Karen like our national spirit. “When I was developing my new series, 1979 and 1989, I took the opportunity to correct this by making the main character Allie Burns a malt whisky drinker.”starring Outlander's Lauren Lyle , with a second season currently in development. McDermid said that, when writing the books, she had seen the growing gun industry in Scotland and decided to make Pirie a fan of the tipple. The author was speaking to the SMWS podcast on the 40th anniversary of the club’s founding when she made the comments.
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