Stig Abell, The Burial Place

Times Radio presenter, Stig Abell, will be reflecting on how is 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

This event will include an audience Q&A and after the event there will be an opportunity to get your book signed by Stig Abell.

Part of A Criminally Good Day

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. In partnership with Maldon Books.

This event is kindly supported by the Mayor of Maldon and Maldon Town Council.

Sunday 8th June, 4.30pm
Venue: Maldon Town Hall, Market Hill, Maldon, CM9 4RL
Tickets: £12 per event. £10 concessions (Students, Under 27s and Unwaged). All 3 events for £30 (£26 concessions)
Box Office: essexbookfestival.org.uk or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948

Ticket Deal

Make a day of it! 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

The Burial Place by Stig Abell

The new evocative crime thriller from the author of the Sunday Times bestselling debut Death Under A Little Sky.

‘An immersive, intelligent delight with huge atmosphere and heart. My favourite new crime series’ – Lucy Foley

A beautiful landscape…

It began as the project of a lifetime – a group of archaeologists, uncovering the remains of a Roman settlement on a beautiful hill in the glorious English countryside.

A looming threat…

But, the idyll is shattered when they begin receiving threatening letters. Former city detective Jake Jackson, now enjoying a quieter life in the local village, is pulled in to investigate.

A killer closing in…

Soon, threatening letters are the least of their problems, when a murderer strikes. And now the race is on for Jake to find them, before they kill again…

Order a copy of The Burial Place by Stig Abell from the Essex Book Festival online bookshop at bookshop.org

Stig Abell

Stig Abell loves detective novels above any other literature, film, TV or plays. For decades he’s immersed himself in the novels of Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler and Ruth Rendell, John D. MacDonald and James Ellroy.

Away from books, he presents the breakfast show on Times Radio, a station he helped to launch in 2020. He has been a regular presenter on Radio 4’s Front Row and was the editor and publisher of the Times Literary Supplement. Death Under A Little Sky won the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award at CrimeFest 2024.