Lin Anderson : Driftnet : Ottakar's event at Edinburgh 26th August 2003

the best-selling crime novel introducing
forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod

Also reading at Ottakar's ...

26th Aug 2003: The final Scottish event of the Ottakar's DRIFTNET launch 'tour' was at their George Street branch in Edinburgh.

Kenny, the Events Manager, confirmed that DRIFTNET had been selling in the George Street branch of at a rate comparable with what would be expected from a new book by a crime author such as Ian Rankin, and that DRIFTNET was Ottakar's 2nd fastest selling Scottish Book of the Month ever.

With people in attendance who had read DRIFTNET, and some who hadn't, Lin Anderson read some passages, introducing her character Rhona MacLeod, then took questions..

Comment was made on the 'lean' fast-moving writing style in DRIFTNET, and how the book, with a range of different characters, seemed to have a wide appeal, helping to explain it's success.

... back to DRIFTNET events schedule

Lin Anderson