A Criminally Good Day
Sunday 08 June
Maldon
This year we are heading to the historic town of Maldon for our Criminally Good Day. Join us for a thrill-packed afternoon featuring three tantalisingly good crime-writers – Sarah Hornsley, Cara Hunter and Stig Abell.
In partnership with Maldon Books.
These events are kindly supported by the Mayor of Maldon and Maldon Town Council.
Venue: Maldon Town Hall, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4RL
Tickets: £12 per event. £10 concessions (Students, Under 27s and Unwaged)
Ticket Deal: All 3 author events for £30 (£26 concessions)
Box Office: essexbookfestival.org.uk or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948
Make a Day of It! Ticket Deal
Tickets £12 per event or all 3 events for £30 (Concessions £10 per event or all 3 events for £26).
Discount automatically applied at checkout when tickets for all 3 events are booked:
1.00pm – Sarah Hornsley, Bad Blood
2.45pm – Cara Hunter, Making a Killing
4.30pm – Stig Abell, The Burial Place
Sarah Hornsley, Bad Blood
Sunday 08 June, 1.00pm
A night that changed everything…
Essex-based author Sarah Hornsley lived for years in Maldon, where her thrilling debut Bad Blood is set. A huge new voice in crime fiction, Sarah will be talking about writing and releasing her tense, compelling and cleverly plotted thriller. Secrets, lies and family ties unspool in this gripping, twisty, thrill-ride of a book.
Cara Hunter, Making A Killing
Sunday 08 June, 2.45pm
Author of Sunday Times & New York Times bestseller and TikTok sensation, Murder in the Family, the always impressive Cara Hunter will be discussing her latest book in the DI Adam Fawley series. Making a Killing is a brilliantly twisty and hugely entertaining police thriller.
‘Inimitable Cara Hunter: immersive, bold, twisty and tender’
– Nicci French
Stig Abell, The Burial Place
Sunday 08 June, 4.30pm
Times Radio presenter, Stig Abell, will be reflecting on how his love for classic crime and the detective novels of Dorothy L Sayers, Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, to name but a few, have influenced his own crime writing including his latest evocative book in the Jake Jackson crime series, The Burial Place.
‘This series is irresistible’
– Lee Child
Wildlife Detectives at The Wild Space, Maldon
As part of our Criminally Good Day the team at the Wild Space are opening this hidden green oasis for families to gently explore the wildlife and nature that can live happily in an urban environment.
There will be activities and a trail to follow that will test everyone’s detective skills and no matter what your age you will come away feeling more connected and knowledgeable!