On October 12th at 7pm Maxim Jakubowski will be chairing a panel at Waterstones Piccadilly, featuring four of the five shortlisted authors for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger: Tim Baker, Bill Beverly, Jax Miller and Nicholas Searle, discussing their books and the award – for which Maxim is chair of judges.

Not to be missed – and we’ll know who the winner is by then, too, after the Dagger Awards Gala Dinner on Oct 11.