One of THE books of the year 2025, we are thrilled to welcome Nussaibah to the Wirral to chat about her debut book!

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION’A NEW NAME TO WATCH OUT FOR’ THE TIMES’THE DEBUT OF THE YEAR’ STYLIST’ELECTRIC’ GUARDIAN A wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love, family, religion and the decisions we make in pursuit of belonging. ‘By normal, you mean like you? A slag with a saviour complex?’Nadia is an academic who’s been disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, Rosy. She decides to make a getaway, accepting a UN job in Iraq.

Tasked with rehabilitating ISIS women, Nadia becomes mired in the opaque world of international aid, surrounded by bumbling colleagues. Sara is a precocious and sweary East Londoner who joined ISIS at just fifteen. Nadia is struck by how similar they are: both feisty and opinionated, from a Muslim background, with a shared love of Dairy Milk and rude pick-up lines.

A powerful friendship forms between the two women, until a secret confession from Sara threatens everything Nadia has been working for. ‘Funny, gripping and compassionate’ DOLLY ALDERTON’Not only hysterically funny but trenchant and necessary. I loved it’ INDIA KNIGHT’A raunchy, irreverent, touching and daring debut’ PARINI SHROFF’Essential reading’ JONATHAN COE’A breath of fresh air’ MARIAN KEYES’Original, funny and fearless’ NINA STIBBE

Neston Library, Neston, CH64 6QE

Wednesday 21st January 2026

Join Us for an Unmissable Evening of Crime Fiction!

We’re thrilled to welcome two outstanding crime authors – T. M. Payne and Caroline Corcoran – for an exclusive evening of conversation and insight.

Discover the stories behind their latest gripping novels, hear fascinating anecdotes from their writing journeys (and previous careers) and enjoy a rare opportunity to meet the minds behind the mysteries. Expect intrigue, inspiration and plenty of surprises – this is an event you won’t want to miss!

Tickets are £7 and refreshments will also be available.

Venue: Neston Club

We are thrilled to welcome back Lisa Jewell with the launch of her paperback.

There will be a SIGNING pre event from 6pm to 6.50  please make sure you get to the venue in plenty of time.

Doors 5.45

6.50 to 7.50 in conversation event with Lisa at The Neston Club.

Please note due to timings there will be NO POST EVENT SIGNING

The queen of the psychological thriller delivers another utterly compulsive page-turner, as a man with a host of secrets inveigles his way into a woman’s life.

He’s the perfect man.

He says he loves you.

You think he might even be made for you.

Before long he’s moved into your house – and into your heart.

And then he leaves for days at a time. You don’t know where he’s gone or who he’s with.

And you realise – if you looked back – you’d say to yourself:

DON’T LET HIM IN.

Don’t miss the new read-in-one-sitting Lisa Jewell novel; a cautionary story that could happen to YOU…

Tickets include a copy of the book £14.00

Couple ticket ( 2 people 1 book) £24.00

We're delighted to be welcoming four more brilliant authors to the Romiley shop on Wednesday 22nd October for another evening celebrating our love of all things Crime Fiction! Daniel Aubrey, Caroline Corcoran, Tom Mead and Lucy Nichol will talking to co-ownr Chris about their latest books The Dying Light, Tiny Daggers, The House at Devil's Neck and Girls to the Front. Tickets are just £5.00 and complimentary light refreshments are included. Copies of all four books will be available to purchase on the night and the authors will be happy to sign copies.

Venue: Neston Club

In The Hawk is Dead, Queen Camilla will take a leading role alongside her favourite fictional detective, Peter James’ Roy Grace. Combining Peter’s classic fast-paced thriller with extensive behind-the-scenes research at Buckingham Palace. The Hawk is Dead is the not to-be-missed publishing event of the autumn, and the perfect entry point into the world of Roy Grace for anyone yet to meet him. Opening with a cinematic derailment of the royal train, The Hawk is Dead takes Roy Grace deep into the heart of Buckingham Palace, when he is called upon to solve a murder and what looks to be a royal assassination attempt. Queen Camilla, a well-known book-lover and reading champion through her charity The Queen’s Reading Room, has always been one of the very first people to receive each Grace novel, and has a starring role, alongside His Majesty King Charles, in Peter’s latest thriller. Peter James says: ‘It’s a decade since I discovered Queen Camilla is a Roy Grace fan and we’ve since built up a great rapport. She asked me when I might set a Roy Grace novel in London … and the seed was sown. Where better in London than Buckingham Palace? It has been the most fascinating research I’ve ever done, learning about the inner workings of the Royal Household and the Palace.’

We are thrilled to be welcoming Richard Armitage back to the Wirral to celebrate the publication of his new book The Cut.

Venue is Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight.

You saw her die. Thirty years ago, one of Ben Knott's schoolfriends was murdered. Another went to prison.

The story ended. The village of Barton Mallett tried to move on. Now her killer is back. As the murderer's sentence ends, the village is chosen as the unlikely location for a feature film by a Hollywood producer, with Ben's son Nathan cast in the leading role.

Can you keep hiding the truth?As the film takes shape, Ben begins to recognise the storyline - from his own past. As his son becomes immersed in a tale of bullying and retribution, things turn dangerous, and an uncomfortable truth begins to emerge. Ben must choose between the safety of his children and reopening the wounds of the past.

How much is he willing to risk to protect his family - and himself?


Tickets for this event are £22 and include a hardback copy of The Cut.

27/08/2025 7:00 pm

We are delighted to welcome back Jo Cunningham who will be discussing A Calculated Murder, the second of her Una McMurray mysteries.

If you haven’t yet met Una McMurray, you’re in for a treat! With more than a touch of black humour and laugh out loud situations, I believe there’s a bit of Una in all of us! Join Jo Cunningham to hear all about the background to her cosy crime series featuring Una McMurray, unlikely detective!

Surely, statistically, the international cat show scene shouldn’t be this… lethal?

Keen to make her mark in her new job in pet insurance, Una’s first task is to calculate whether cat ownership extends human lifespan. Tragically, that’s not the case for prizewinning cat owner Jeff Bridgely – a most improbable accident has ended his dreams of triumphing at the upcoming International Cat Show.When a second competitor dies in mysterious circumstances, the maths just doesn’t add up. Una vows to resolve this suspicious data discrepancy and impress her new project team, especially condescending Tim and ambitious trainee Patti.After borrowing Pedro the cat and brushing up on her feline facts, Una dives deep undercover in the cutthroat world of cat shows. Competition is fierce, but what Pedro lacks in pedigree, he makes up for in character. Although as Pedro’s odds of winning shorten, so do Una’s chances of survival…Armed with razor-sharp logic, analytical expertise and a scruffy moggy sidekick, can actuary Una catch the cat show killer before she becomes the latest fatal statistic?

Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants ‘Clever and very funny’

Serena Kent ‘A deliciously subversive mystery: witty and wry – and ingenious where it counts!’

Jessica Irena Smith  ‘Eleanor Oliphant meets The Thursday Murder Club‘

Tickets £10 with the opportunity to redeem the cost against a copy of Jo’s new book, A Calculated Murder’, on the night.

The Beaufort Park Hotel Mold

This popular event is back! Once again, I’ll be running it in conjunction with one of the best writers I know, author of Sea State, Tabitha Lasley.

This popular event is back! Once again, I’ll be running it in conjunction with one of the best writers I know, author of Sea State, Tabitha Lasley.

Join bestselling thriller writers Andrea Mara and Jane Casey for an evening of Wine & Crime. They will discuss their careers and latest books "It Should Have Been You"  &  "The Secret Room" with Caroline Corcoran, author of "What Happened on Floor 34?" Tickets start at £7.00 and include a glass of wine.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

The workshop will provide you with practical methods, tips, tricks and ideas to get your words onto the page in a format that will make agents and editors take notice. The session will end with a Q&A so that we can tailor advice to what you need and the stage you are at.