Thursday 21 February 2019

Mentioned in Dispatches: Capital Crime & John Connolly



I am delighted to have been asked to assist the team behind the highly anticipated Capital Crime Convention this coming September in London; though I’m not sure what I’ll be doing apart from drinking Gin, and talking about crime and thriller fiction in a bar, and sharing anecdotes about the surreal nature of life.

This Capital Crime event looks exciting. It’s torn from the mind of David Headley, the literary agent, literary judge, renowned bookseller and true bibliophile.

David and his bookstore Goldsboro Books in Cecil Court, London hosts many literary events, including Crime in the Court, and now, with his team have embarked upon London’s first Capital Crime Convention.

This new convention is a true labour of love managed by a team of devotees who find pleasure and insight, within the darkest edge of literature – Crime and Thriller Fiction. So, it is delightful be able to attend the inaugural event, hosted in London.

A selection of extraordinary crime and thriller writers have announced their attendance. I’d book as soon as you can as it is selling out fast.


Due to my fascination with Thriller Fiction, I was delighted to see the espionage subgenre well represented with the appearance of Tom Brady, Dame Stella Rimington, Frank Gardner, Robert Harris and Charles Cumming – among many, many other great authors from across the diverse crime and thriller genre.

For more information about the guest authors attending click HERE

And one of the guests is the elegant and insightful John Connolly, a writer many of us have followed for many years, with his dark and award-winning Charlie Parker detective series, as well as his other remarkable work, such as THIS and THIS and THIS

Many of us were staggered last year by John Connolly’s very different work “He” as well as his last Charlie Parker Novel.

So ahead of John’s appearance at Capital Crime, we were pleased that he is doing his Canned Heat Act, hitting the road again, as his highly anticipated A BOOK OF BONES is about to be unleashed.

John’s previous work THE WOMAN IN THE WOODS is on sale in paperback today throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, giving you plenty of time to read the 16th Charlie Parker novel before the 17th, A BOOK OF BONES, which is published in the UK and Ireland on April 18.

In the deep woods of Maine, the spring thaw reveals the remains of a woman who carries no identification but a star of David near her body. The physical evidence shows that she gave birth shortly before her death, but searchers find no sign of the child. Charlie Parker’s attorney, Moxie Castin, hires the detective to follow the investigation into this woman’s death, and especially into the fate of her child — but Parker is not the only one looking for whatever this woman left behind.

While it’s not always necessary to have read earlier books in the series to appreciate each Parker novel, A BOOK OF BONES picks up directly where THE WOMAN IN THE WOODS leaves off, so it’s probably best to read this one first.

The US paperback of THE WOMAN IN THE WOODS goes on sale on May 14.

The American and Canadian editions of A BOOK OF BONES will be available across the Atlantic on October 29.

Publicity plans for the US edition are still in development, and will be announced in due course.


Photo Credit :(c) 2016 Ayo Onatade 

A BOOK OF BONES: The UK Tour

The UK tour begins in Ireland on the book’s publication date, April 18th, and then cross the Irish sea to the British Mainland.

The Full Tour Schedule is available by CLICKING HERE

But be sure to check again at the link above, as dates do alter due to the vagaries of time, the concept of reality, climate change, but should be unaffected by Brexit, in case you worry about border crossings.

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Tuesday, April 23rd at 12:30 pm
Waterstones Newcastle
Emerson Chambers, Blackett St
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7JF
0191 261 7757

CORBRIDGE
Tuesday, April 23rd at 7:00 pm
Forum Books event at The Chapel
Corbridge
Northumberland NE45 5AW
Tickets £10 (includes a welcome drink on arrival and £5 off the new book)
01434 632931

EDINBURGH
Wednesday, April 24th at 7:00 pm
Edinburgh Bookshop event at South Wing of the Eric Liddell Centre
15 Morningside Rd
Edinburgh EH10 4DP
Tickets £5 (can be redeemed for £5 off the book)
0131 447 1917

ST ANDREWS
Thursday, April 25th at 8:00 pm
Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews
7 Greyfriars Garden
St Andrews KY16 9HG
Tickets: £20 includes the latest book; Early bird ticket £6, redeemable against a copy of the latest book
01334 585111

ST BOSWELLS
Friday, April 26th at 7:30pm
The Mainstreet Trading Company
Main Street
St Boswells TD6 0AT
Tickets £10 (includes a glass of wine on arrival)
01835 824087

KENDAL
Saturday, April 27th at 7:00 pm
Kendal Library
Stricklandgate, Kendal
Cumbria LA9 4PY
Tickets £5
01539 713520

LIVERPOOL
Sunday, April 28th at 12:00 pm
Waterstones Liverpool
12 College Ln
Liverpool, L1 3DL
Free
0151 709 9820

CHESTER
Sunday, April 28th at 3:00 pm
Waterstones Chester
14 Eastgate St
Chester CH1 1LF
Free
01244 345066

CARDIFF
Monday, April 29th at 1:00 pm
Waterstones
2A The Hayes
Cardiff CF10 1WB
Free
029 2066 5606

SWANSEA
Monday, April 29th at 6:30 pm
Waterstones
The Old Carton Cinema
17 Oxford St
 Swansea SA1 3AG
Tickets £3, redeemable against the book
01792 463567

BASINGSTOKE
Tuesday, April 30th at 12:30 pm
Waterstones—Wesley Walk
35 Wesley Walk
Basingstoke, RG21 7BE
Free
01256 460646

BRIGHTON
Tuesday, April 30th at 7:30 pm
Waterstones Brighton
71-74 North Street
Brighton
East Sussex BN1 1ZA
Tickets £4, includes a glass of wine on arrival
01273 206017

SOUTHAMPTON
Wednesday, May 1st at 12:30 pm
Waterstones Southampton—West Quay
West Quay Shopping Centre
Western Esplanade
Southampton, SO15 1QE
Free
023 8023 2118

NEWPORT
Wednesday, May 1st at 7:00 pm
Waterstones Newport—Isle of Wight
118 High St
Newport PO30 1TP
Tickets £3, redeemable against the book when bought at the event
01633 223977

YEOVIL
Thursday, May 2nd at 1:00 pm
Yeovil Library
King George Street
Yeovil BA20 1PY
Tickets £3 available from Waterstones or Yeovil Library
01935 479832

BATH
Thursday, May 2nd at 8:00 pm
Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath
The Paragon
Bath BA1 5LS
Tickets: £20 includes the latest book; Standard ticket £7 (fully redeemable against a copy of the featured book).
01225 428111

TAUNTON
Friday, May 3rd at 6:30pm
Brendon Books
Old Brewery Buildings, Bath Place
Taunton
Somerset TA1 4ER
Tickets £5
01823 337742

EXETER
Saturday, May 4th at 7:00 p.m.
Waterstones Exeter
Roman Gate, 252 High Street
Exeter EX4 3PZ
Tickets £4
01392 423044

OXFORD
Sunday, May 5th at 3:00 p.m.
Blackwell’s Bookshop—Oxford Westgate
Westgate Shopping Centre, Queen St
Oxford OX1 1PE
Free
01865 980380

WOODBRIDGE
Tuesday, May 7th at 1:00 p.m.
Browsers Bookshop event at Woodbridge Library
New Street
Woodbridge IP12 1DT
Tickets £18 includes a copy of the book, and one additional ticket without the book can be purchased for £10
01394 388890

John and Charlie are waiting on confirmation of three additional events in England, which we hope to announce shortly.

More information about John Connolly’s work is available HERE

More Information about Capital Crime is available HERE



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