Ian Rankin and Vanda Symon

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  Photo taken last week during Ian Rankin's visit to Dunedin as part of his NZ tour to promote his latest book - Standing In Another Man's Grave

  
  They have several things in common of course - both are successful writers of crime fiction. Rankin lives in Edinburgh while Vanda Symon lives in Dunedin, the old Scot's name for Ediburgh. Both have sometimes difficult principal characaters - Rankin the irascible John Rebus and Symon the sassy Sam Shephard. 
  Of course Symon is still a comparative novice with a handful of novels published while Rankin's list stretches way into the twenties.
  I eagerly await their next books.
  
  Footnote:
  I lifted the above photo, without permission, from Vanda Symon's Facebook page!