Murder under the Mistletoe at Heffers Bookshop

Join Heffers bookshop on 10th December for an evening of literary mystery and murder, with a hand picked selection of authors including Susan Grossey, Charlot King, Mike Ripley, Nicola Upson, Mandy Morton, Suzette Hill, Mark Ellis, Miranda Carter, Alison Bruce, Michelle Spring and Kate Rhodes.

Come along for a convivial evening and the opportunity to stock up on some signed books - and perhaps some Christmas gifts!

Your ticket includes a murderous cocktail (soft drinks also available).

Tickets are available from here.

Where:-        

Heffers Bookshop

20 Trinity Street, Cambridge CB2 1TY

Time:-

Thursday, 10 December 2015 from 18:30 to 20:00 (GMT)

Christmas Crime in Cambridge by Mike Ripley

(L to R - L C Tyler, Ayo Onatade & Richard Reynolds)

Last night’s “Christmas Chrime” party at Heffers majestic bookshop in Cambridge – a festive celebration of crime fiction complete with mince pies and mulled wine – had added value this year as it also saw the official launch of the new anthology called, very appropriately, Bodies in the Bookshop, from Ostara Publishing.

Devised by Heffers’ crime fiction supremo Richard Reynolds and edited jointly by the Detection Club’s Len Tyler and Shots’ very own Ayo Onatade, the Bodies anthology celebrates the famous ‘Bodies in the Bookshop’ parties held at Heffers for twenty years with twenty stories of murder, mayhem and a surprising number of rather lethal bookshops!

Among the distinguished – positively star-studded – cast of contributors are: Andrew Taylor, Peter Lovesey, Simon Brett, Stella Duffy, Christopher Fowler and Ann Cleeves and at the launch itself a goodly number of contributing authors were on hand to sign copies, including Cambridge’s own Alison Bruce and Michele Spring, Suzette A. Hill and Ruth Dudley Edwards.

Nicola Upson, Mandy Morton & Richard Reynolds

All those assembled used the launch party to join in a toast in honour of the late P. D. James, following a heartfelt tribute from crime-writer Nicola Upson who described Phyllis James as ‘a friend of crime writing and a friend of Heffers’ to whom everyone in the room – readers and writers – owed a significant debt'.

Pix show:

L C Tyler, Ayo and Richard Reynolds

Nicola Upson, who paid tribute to the late P D James, and RR.

Bodies in the Bookshop Pictures, Cambridge 2010

The evening of Thursday 15 July was the date for the 2010 Bodies in the Bookshop organised by the brilliant Richard Reynolds at Heffers Bookshop in Cambridge. As can be expected there were a large number of authors who spent their time talking to readers/fans and signing books. Here are some of the pictures from the event!



Alison Bruce
and
Patrick Lennon

Barbara Cleverly














Ann Featherstone
and Elliot Hall













JT Ellison

Leigh Russell and

SJ Bolton

Laurie R King and

Michelle Spring

R N Morris

LC Tyler and

Jim Kelly

Sara Townsend,

Mike Stotter (Shots Editor)

and Kirstie Long

"Michael Gregorio "

Sheila Quigley

Stav Sherez & Tom Bale

Zoe Sharp and

Tom Cain

Imogen Robertson

Adrian Magson and

Tom Bale

Emily Winslow and

Mike Ripley

Ali "Snapper" Karim

Christine Poulson

Judith and

Barry Forshaw

Ayo Onatade

and

Leigh Russell

(with Adam Creed)

Alison Bruce and a fan!