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Cake and Crime with Louise Candlish, Steph McGovern and Tim Weaver
July 4 @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
£15.00 – £50.00
We can’t wait for an afternoon of Cake and Crime with these three fantastic crime writers! Louise Candlish, Steph McGovern and Tim Weaver will be in conversation about their latest books, followed by drinks and cake, audience Q&A, and a book signing. Book your tickets now – it would be a crime to miss out!
Doors open at 1.30pm
The Priory Centre, St Mary’s, Monk Street, Abergavenny, NP7 5ND.
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About A Neighbour’s Guide to Murder by Louise Candlish
One woman’s secret is another’s scandal… It’s rare for a room in beautiful, iconic Columbia Mansions to be up for grabs and retiree Gwen is thrilled when its new occupant Pixie turns out to be the most delightful neighbour she could have wished for. Before long the two women have formed an unlikely age-gap friendship and Gwen is making herself useful to Pixie in all kinds of ways. But when a crime comes to light Gwen’s protective instincts go into overdrive, igniting an appetite for revenge that none of the residents are prepared for. The last thing they need in Columbia Mansions is a scandal. The last thing they want is a murder…
Louise Candlish is the bestselling author of 17 novels and her books are published all over the world. Her book Our House was adapted into a major four-part ITV drama and won the 2019 British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year. She lives in a South London neighbourhood not unlike the one in her books, with her husband, daughter (when she’s not at uni), and a fox-red Labrador called Bertie who is the apple of her eye.
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About Deadline by Steph McGovern
Your child has been kidnapped. You are live on television. Going live in 10, 9, 8…
Today is a huge day for TV reporter Rose’s career. A live interview with one of the most powerful men in the country, on one of the nation’s biggest TV shows. But when she hears an unfamiliar voice in her ear, she knows something is very wrong. Her earpiece has been hacked. She’s live on air in the middle of the interview and someone is telling her that they have kidnapped her family. In order to protect them, Rose must do exactly what the hijacker says. They are in control now.
Steph McGovern is an award-winning broadcaster who currently presents The Rest is Money podcast with Robert Peston. Steph has worked in journalism for over twenty years, eight of them as part of the BBC Breakfast family. She went on to present her own BAFTA-nominated live daily show, Steph’s Packed Lunch, on Channel 4 and is a regular Have I Got News for You panelist and host. Steph is an avid crime reader and has interviewed countless authors including Val McDermid, Harlan Coben, Ann Cleeves, Hilary Clinton, Lee Child and Don Winslow, as well as judging the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award at the Harrogate Crime Festival since 2019. Deadline is her first novel.
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About The Missing Family by Tim Weaver
One family… On a beautiful summer’s day, at a remote lake in the middle of Dartmoor, three members of the Fowler family take a dinghy out onto the water, leaving mother Sarah at the shore. Less than sixty seconds later, she checks to see where they are. The boat is drifting in the middle of the lake. It’s empty. Sarah’s family have completely vanished.
One killer… At the Skyline Casino in London, the security team have just made a headline-grabbing arrest: they’ve spotted and detained a man suspected of murdering a high roller. After locking him in one of their holding cells, the team station themselves outside and wait for the police. But when the cops arrive, they find something impossible. The killer is no longer inside the cell.
Two detectives... David Raker is an expert at solving missing persons puzzles – but these mysteries are unlike anything he’s ever seen. As he digs into the Fowler’s, his long-time ally – ex-detective, Colm Healy – tries to get to the bottom of what happened at the casino. But the men are in danger. Because, buried in the shadows of both cases, is a deadly secret that was never meant to come out.
Tim Weaver is the Sunday Times bestselling author of thirteen novels, including No One Home, The Blackbird and The Last Goodbye, and a short story collection. He is also the host and producer of the chart-topping Missing podcast and is currently developing an original TV series with the team behind Line of Duty. A former journalist and magazine editor, he lives near Bath with his wife and daughter.