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Author Chris Brookmyre on creating Scotland's answer to Miss Marple for his latest thriller
Retired librarian Penelope Coyne solves murders in her sleepy Perthshire village In a sleepy corner of Perthshire, an octogenarian sleuth has got yet another murder on her mind. Penelope Coyne, the new character introduced at the start of Chris Brookmyre…