“I started my career in 1977 as a journalist in Glasgow and the misogyny, fear and bigotry that reigned in the Daily Record newsroom was staggering,” says McDermid. These experiences inspired "1979," in which young journalist Allie Burns searches for a career-changing story only to find one uncomfortably close to home. In this world of hard-bitten men, no one can be trusted. Join McDermid as she shares it all with writer and journalist Zoë Strachan.
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