Val McDermid entertains at Hay Festival
Our great crime writer Val McDermid, launched her first children's book with dedication at this years Hay Festival. The rhyming illustrated story begins: "My granny is a pirate! She's sailed the seven seas / She captured many pirate ships / But was always home for tea."
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