As part of Firle Vintage Fair at Firle Place. Panel discussion with bestselling authors Dorothy Koomson, William Shaw and Ali Carter, chaired by Patrick Easter. How do these writers manage their plots, their characters, and their crimes? What drives them – and what drives their books? Bring your questions and learn from the masters . […]

Doff your cap. Watch your airs and graces. From the upper-class parlour game (the butler did it) to Get Carter’s working class hero, what does crime fiction tell us about class today? ‘Queen of Gangland Crime’ Kimberley Chambers has been a street trader and a Sunday Times bestseller, Renee Knight explores power and money in […]

Sarah Ward and Friends, with Elly Griffiths and William Shaw Sarah Ward is a Derbyshire-based crime writer whose detective DC Connie Childs solves crimes within the Peak National Park. Why are the best crime novels reliant on a defined sense of place almost as if ‘place’ is a character in itself? Sarah Ward ‘guests edits’ […]