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June 2026
June 2 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Thriller

Troublemaker

Lesley Kara in conversation with Chris Penhall

Best-selling author of The Rumour, Lesley Kara, will be talking about her sharp, incisive and claustrophobic new novel. Troublemaker is a masterful psychological thriller which asks how do you solve a murder when no one believes it took place? Read more

June 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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When I Kill You

B.A. Paris

The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon B. A. Paris joins us to talk about writing twisty and nail-biting thrillers, including her latest chilling and unsettling book, When I Kill You. Read more

June 12 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
  • Great Dunmow BookFest
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A Criminally Good Night – What Happened That Night

Nicci French in conversation with Linda Stratmann

We are delighted to be launching the Great Dunmow BookFest with a Criminally Good Night commencing with best-selling crime-writing duo Nicci French, who will be discussing their 27th novel, a new psychological thriller, What Happened That Night, with fellow crime-writer Linda Stratmann. Read more

June 12 @ 8:15 pm - 9:15 pm
  • Great Dunmow BookFest
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A Criminally Good Night – Witch Trial

Harriet Tyce in conversation with Samantha Lee Howe

Continuing our Criminally Good Night we have Traitors’ Faithful and best-selling author of Blood Orange, Harriet Tyce, discussing her page-turning extra-ordinary new novel, Witch Trial. Two teenage girls. One murdered classmate. And a modern-day witch trial that will divide the nation. Read more

June 23 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Based on a True Story

Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan, million copy best-selling author of Anatomy of a Scandal, talks about her latest ‘utterly addictive’ thriller, Based on a True Story - a compelling novel about power, money and lies. A famed children’s author summons her family and friends to her exquisite manor house on the cliffs but on the eve of a lavish party someone threatens to expose the lie she’s kept up for over half a century. Read more

June 24 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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From Bombay to Bond, via a Small Town Killing

Vaseem Khan

Best-selling crime writer Vaseem Khan takes us on an exhilarating journey from the post-Independence complexities of his Malabar House novels to contemporary Britain's MI6 and the exploits of James Bond. His new series, beginning with Quantum of Menace, brings to life one of spy fiction's most iconic characters - but who was the real Q? Read more