Book Talk: Murder on the Royal Crescent

Join Harriet F Townson and Dr Amy Frost for an evening exploring Murder on the Royal Crescent, a gripping new crime novel set in Bath in 1936.

About the Author

Harriet F Townson is the pen name of bestselling novelist Harriet Evans. Her debut crime novel D is for Death was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award last year. She lives in Bath with her family and writes full time, when not distracted by her children, other books, gardening, her jumpsuit collection and star-gazing.

About Murder on the Royal Crescent

An irresistible ode to Golden Age crime, where Nancy Mitford meets Miss Marple over a glittering Christmas in Bath, 1936.

On a frosty day in December 1936, librarian and part-time detective Dora Wildwood is summoned to Bath. She has no idea what will unfold but she is glad to go; recent events have left her longing to disappear.

Arriving on the world-famous Royal Crescent, Dora quickly learns of Daisy Palmer, whose unsolved murder looms large over the Georgian city. Daisy’s fiancé, Lord Frank Meroe, lives on as an eccentric recluse, his house full of clutter and abandoned treasures, as labyrinthine as it is magnificent.

Then, on the twentieth anniversary of Daisy’s death, murder is committed once more. As Christmas trees are lit and carol singers gather, Dora is drawn into a tangle of feuding families, suspicious antiquarian dealings and a conspicuous silence from everyone involved. For in the city of Jane Austen, loyalties run deep… and dangerously so.

Talks are 45mins-1hr with additional time for questions and discussion. Bar serves wine and soft drinks.

Tickets: £10

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