Sunday 14th June: 11.30am Nicci French Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of journalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. The couple are married and live in London. There are 27 novels by Nicci French, including the bestselling Frieda Klein series, published in thirty-one languages. Their 25th novel Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? was shortlisted for British Book Awards Book of the Year 2024 Crime & Thriller. They have sold in excess of 15 million copies of their novels worldwide Their latest book is "What Happened That Night". After nearly 30 years in prison for the murder of his university friend Leo Bauer, Tyler Green is finally free. Meeting up with the group of friends who were there the night that Leo died, Tyler is looking to reconnect but hes also looking for answers. When another friend is found dead that night, his newfound freedom is put in jeopardy. Detective Maud OConnor is called to investigate but can she discover the truth, or is Tyler Green never going to be free?

From the pen of the best-selling author Kate Ellis. Enjoy a delicious meal from Caf 51 and test your abilities as a sleuth. The year is 1925 and in a small seaside town, local businessman, Charlie Montgomery, has been found dead behind the Crippengate Hotel. The doctor was called and, from the smell of bitter almonds on the body, he concluded that the victim was poisoned with cyanide. Only four people were in the building at the time, other guests and staff being out for the day. These four are the polices main suspects and they have each made statements. It is up to the audience to help the police discover the killer. No play acting required from participants, just sit back and enjoy the evening. 20 per person including 2 course meal. Choose Creamy Tuscan Chicken with mash and roasted carrots or Creamy Tuscan Bean Casserole with mash and roasted carrots Plus Lemon Pudding and cream Bar provided.

Saturday 13th June: 10.00am Millicent Binks. Millicent Binks is a writer, former costume designer and burlesque performer. Her work includes a column for The Evening Standard and a cover story for The Sunday Times Magazine that was optioned for TV by NBCUniversal. Her first book series, featuring English milliner and amateur sleuth Opal Laplume, is set in Paris, Hollywood and Scotland. Her latest book is Murder at the Scottish Ball. December 1934. Spending the holidays in a Scottish castle has made Opal Laplumes festive wishes come true. Sir Seamus Christmas Eve ball is legendary, and Opal dons her finest gown for an exquisite night of bubbles, baubles, and tartan kilts. But the festivities come to a screeching halt when their gracious host is electrocuted by some faulty Christmas lights.

Saturday 13th June: 11.30am Andrew Hunter Murray . Andrew Hunter Murray is a writer and broadcaster from London. His three previous novels (The Last Day, The Sanctuary, and A Beginners Guide To Breaking And Entering) have between them hit the Sunday Times top 10 bestseller charts, been Waterstones' Thriller of the Month and have been nominated for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. When not writing, Andrew presents The Naked Week on BBC Radio 4, cohosts the award-winning smash podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, writes jokes and journalism for Private Eye magazine, and hosts the Eyes podcast, Page 94. Andrew lives in London, in a house which largely belongs to someone else (Barclays). His latest book is Bad Deeds. Alex used to break into houses illegally. These days, its his job. Alex is part of a small firm of consultants who break into offices and homes to test their security. Its fun, its well paid, and hes very good at it. Its almost like hes grown up at last. But when he gets fired from his firm, evicted from his flat and dumped by his girlfriend, all in the same evening, he decides to steal one last job from his company without their knowing. A job they had already decided not to accept. Big mistake. Before long, Alex is in remote northern Scotland, following the trail of an ambitious young man who supposedly fell to his death with no witnesses in sight. And if Alex doesnt get to the truth soon, he may well be the next one over the edge...

Saturday 13th June: 2.00pm Harriet Tyce. Harriet Tyce grew up in Edinburgh and studied English at Oxford University before doing a law conversion course at City University. She practised as a criminal barrister in London for nearly a decade and subsequently completed an MA in Creative Writing - Crime Fiction at the University of East Anglia. She lives in north London. Her first novel, Blood Orange, published in 2019 to huge critical acclaim and her second, third and fourth novels The Lies You Told, It Ends at Midnight and A Lesson in Cruelty have been Sunday Times bestsellers. Harriet was a contestant on The Traitors Series 4. Witch Trial is her fifth novel. Two teenage girls. One murdered classmate. And a modern-day witch trial that will divide the nation. When 18-year-old Christian Shaw is found dead in an Edinburgh park, the city reels - and the shock only deepens when police charge her best friends, Eliza Lawson and Isobel Smyth, with her murder. As social media explodes and headlines scream for justice, rumours of bullying spiral into something darker: whispers of rituals, obsession, and a teenage pact gone wrong. Matthew Phillips, a respected heart surgeon, is reluctantly called for jury duty on the case. But as the trial unfolds - and the girls reveal a chilling defence no one saw coming - he begins to question everything: the motives, the evidence, even his own judgement. Who's telling the truth? Who can be trusted? And what really happened to Christian Shaw? Let the Witch Trial begin . . .

Saturday 13th June: 5.00pm Julie Wassmer. Julie Wassmer is a professional television drama writer, working on various series including ITV's London's Burning, C 5's Family Affairs and BBC 's Eastenders which she worked on for 20 years. Murder at St. Alfreds is the brand-new book in the Whitstable Pearl crime series, starring restauranteur and detective Pearl Nolan (now a major TV drama, starring Kerry Godliman). For almost two centuries, St Alfred's Church in Whitstable, Kent, has held special significance in the lives of its parishioners including for private detective, Pearl Nolan, owner of the Whitstable Pearl restaurant. Pearl's son, Charlie, was christened in the church and her oyster fisherman father, Tommy Nolan, is buried in the old churchyard. Now, St Alfred's is about to play another part in Pearl's life as the setting for her wedding to Canterbury police detective, DCI Mike McGuire. But two fateful events are about to threaten this happy occasion the discovery of a body on hallowed ground and the return of a ghost from Pearl's own past...

Sunday 14th June: 10.00am Salman Shaheen Salman Shaheen is a British politician, journalist and novelist. He has written for the Guardian, New Statesman, Huffington Post, & the Observer. Born in Norwich in 1984, Salman grew up near Beccles, Suffolk. He studied Social & Political Sciences at Jesus College, Cambridge, before going on to complete the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia. He now lives in Brentford, West London. Salman is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Freebourne is his first novel. After learning of his wife's affair with his best friend and business partner, divorced and unemployed MindTech entrepreneur Dr Harry Coulson arrives in the idyllic English town of Freebourne, looking to start a new life. But any hopes of quietly picking up the pieces of his broken world are shattered when he steps off the train to discover the body of a young woman lying in the snow. It's almost as if she'd been left there for him to find. Harry does everything he can to help. But as a stranger arriving on the night Freebourne witnesses its first murder in over a century, he not only becomes a suspect in the woman's killing but finds himself caught in a deadly game between science, faith, and free will - in a secret far darker and more terrifying than anything he could have imagined.

Sunday 14th June: 2.00pm Anna Mazzola & Abir Mukherjee. Anna Sharpe is the pseudonym of Anna Mazzola. She's the award-winning author of three historical thrillers plus one ghost novel. Her debut novel, The Unseeing, won an Edgar Allan Poe award in the US. Her third novel, The Clockwork Girl, set in 18th century Paris, reached number 11 in the Sunday Times Chart. In her latest book, Notes on a Drowning Alex, a legal aid lawyer takes on the case of Rosa, whose teenage sister Natalia has been found drowned in the Thames. Initially dismissed as an accident by the police, Rosa believes there is more to the story & seeks Alex's help. As Alex investigates, she is haunted by the unresolved disappearance of her own sister, which adds a personal stake to her quest for justice. Kat, a Special Adviser to the Home Secretary, has her own troubled past and is drawn into the investigation when she uncovers a series of cover-ups related to Natalia's death. Despite their complicated history, Alex and Kat must work together to navigate a web of political corruption and powerful adversaries who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets. Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels set in 1920s India and the British Book Awards Crime Thriller of the Year 2025 Hunted. His books have been translated into sixteen languages and won various awards including the CWA Dagger for best Historical Novel, the Prix du Polar Europen, and the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing. He also co-hosts the popular Red Hot Chilli Writers podcast which takes a wry look at the world of books, writing, and the creative arts, tackling everything from bestsellers to pop culture. Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in Surrey with his wife and two sons. Every floor has its secrets. Washed-up American heart-throb George Abercrombie hates India, even from the rarefied heights of his apartment on the 68th floor of the Pinnacle, Mumbais grandest luxury skyscraper. He hates the noise, he hates the heat and maybe hes even grown to hate his much younger wife, the newest queen of Bollywood, Sweety Sahota. When George wakes from a drunken stupor to find Sweety murdered in their bedroom, he knows he will be the prime suspect. But where is her computer, her phone and where has his personal assistant gone? As George scrambles to piece together the night, others in the building are covering their tracks. Sweetys assistant must find who is blackmailing her, and a servant who knows too much goes on the run. Welcome to the Pinnacle. A place where murder meets luxury and the worlds most privileged depend on the most desperate.

Sunday 14th June: 3.30pm Simon Brett. Simon Brett is the author of over 100 books, many of them crime novels, including the Charles Paris, Mrs Pargeter and Fethering series. Simon was chairman of the Crime Writers Association from 1986 to 1987 and of the Society of Authors from 1995 to 1997. He was also President of the Detection Club and was awarded the 2014 CWA Diamond Dagger. In 2016 he was awarded an OBE for services to literature. For Major Bricket, attending church in his village of Stunston Peveril in Suffolk is a good way to keep up with the village gossip. Having only recently retired from a career where he was privy to many international secrets, the Major likes to stay in the know. Events take a turn one Sunday though when, after the morning service, Major Bricket notices the door to the bell tower open... and finds a body at the bottom of the stairs. The dead man is dressed in a suit and dog collar. But who is he? And could someone in Stunston Peveril have killed him? Perhaps predictably, most of the village.

Sunday 14th June: 5-6.30pm Murder Mystery Plotting Class: Plot Your Novel in One Hour with Millicent Binks! A fun workshop to brainstorm the bones of a unique mystery story! We will use the concept of secrets to extract motives, red herrings, character leverage, clues and twists! No need to bring anything. Pens and paper provided! Signed copies of Millicent Binks murder mysteries will be available to purchase!

THIS SHOW WILL SELL OUT. For one massive night of stand-up, comedy heavyweight Geoff Norcott takes the headline spotand when Geoffs name is on the bill, tickets disappear in a heartbeat. One of the UKs most sharp-witted and in-demand comedians, Geoff is a household name from Live at the Apollo, The Last Leg, and Backstage with Katherine Ryan. His unique, fearlessly funny take on the world has packed out national tours and made him a definitive voice in British comedy. Seeing him in this setting is a "where-were-you" momentdon't let it pass you by. Joining him is the high-octane Irish powerhouse Keith Farnan. A master of satirical storytelling and a veteran of Michael McIntyres Comedy Roadshow, Keith brings a manic, brilliant energy that has made him a global circuit favorite. And thats not all two more acts are still to be revealed. We are currently finalising two Special Guest TBC slots to round out this stacked lineup. Were keeping these under wraps for now, but rest assured, they are the kind of additions that make a night legendary. Big Names. Secret Guests. One Unforgettable Night. Tickets are strictly limited, and demand is already surging. Dont wait. Dont risk the FOMO. Secure yours now before youre the one scrolling through the highlights wishing youd grabbed a seat while you had the chance. [Book Now to Guarantee Your Seat]