Why do people kill?
Rachel Amphlett and Vicky Newham will discuss why people kill, and what motivates the killers in their books. Rachel Amphlett is the author of the Kent-based Detective Kay Hunter series, and Vicky Newham is the author of Turn a Blind Eye, the first b...
Escaping from Greece with Jason Monaghan
In an ideal world that should be ‘Escaping to Greece’, as like so many other Brits I’m just longing for some sunshine and warm sea. The closest I’ve come so far this pandemic is organising ‘Greek Nite’ for my family bubble, with kebabs, d...
Author talk with Rachel Amphlett
Rachel Amphlett will be in conversation at the library, chatting about her Kent-based Detective Kay Hunter books and why the county became the focus of her writing for this police procedural series. The evening will include Rachel reading an exclusiv...
Kimberley Chambers – The Sting
Best friends Tommy Boyle and Scratch always had each other’s backs. Dragged up in care, and cruelly betrayed by everyone they trusted, they made a pact to fight their way out of the gutter – together. Old loyalties die hard on the streets of Lond...
Librarians Asked to Nominate for CWA Dagger in the Library 2018
Libraries are now voting for the winner of the Dagger in the Library 2018, after Mari Hannah took the award in 2017. The CWA’s Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by a crime writer that users of libraries particularly admire. It is ...
CWA Christmas Party
This is our bi-annual Christmas party and is free for CWA members. There is a £5.00 charge for guests. [Please note this is subject to VAT plus a small booking fee levied by EventBrite] Please book your spots here...
Bryan Mason on Writing about Serial Killers in Hotwells, Bristol
Bryan Mason will be in conversation with Prof. Leroy White from the University of Exeter about Bryan's debut novel Shaking Hands with the Devil. Bryan will cover areas including the long genesis between drafting and getting published, characterisatio...
Victoria Taylor – Haven
Welcome to Haven; a community of families living together in isolation from the outside world. No-one is allowed into this alternative life- except perhaps the occasional teenage girl to bring in a new bloodline for their sons. Becky, a private inves...
Lindsey Davis talks online about latest Flavia Albia novel A Comedy of Terrors
Online through Online Teams at Hertfordshire Libraries on Tuesday 9 November at 7pm. Bestselling 'mistress of Roman Crime', Lindsey Davis talks about A Comedy of Terrors, set in Ancient Rome. The next book in the thrilling, immersive Flavia Albia s...
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