Saturday 14th June: 2.00pm Barbara Nadel. Lunch not included but can be book separately. Barbara Nadel is a full-time crime writer. She currently produces two series: firstly the Cetin Ikmen series set in modern Istanbul and secondly the Hakim and Arnold series set in contemporary London. In 2005, she won the CWA Silver Dagger for her Ikmen book Deadly Web and in 2024 this series was adapted for TV as The Turkish Detective which was broadcast on BBC2. Barbara has a degree in psychology and prior to working as a full-time writer, she worked in psychiatric hospitals and in the community. She enjoys wandering about in cities, magic and reading obscure non-fiction no-one has ever heard of. She is married with a son and grandson and is owned by a cat called Terry. The Wooden Library is the 27th mystery featuring etin kmen and Mehmet Sleyman, stars of BBC Twos gripping crime drama series The Turkish Detective. Sleymans cousin, Nurettin, has bought the Wooden Library, an ancient building in Istanbul. kmen sets to work cataloguing the contents and discovers the dead body of Senol Ulusoy, the man who sold Nurettin the library. Sleymans detective team must dig deep to reveal a truth that is rooted in the past as well as the present.