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Featuring: Larsson’s publisher, Christopher MacLehose; Eva Gedin, Larsson’s original editor and publisher at the Swedish firm Norstedts; Mark Lawson and Barry Forshaw. The phenomenon returns. Exactly 10 years after publication of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, August 2015 saw a new story based on Larsson’s universe and characters, written by the brilliant David Lagercrantz. His publishers have c...

Featuring: Val McDermid, Renee Knight, Clare Mackintosh, Ben McPherson and Lucy Ribchester. The return of the panel dedicated to showcasing the year’s most dazzling debut authors! Always a sell-out, this event will see Queen of Crime Val McDermid in the hot seat to hand-pick four of the brightest new talents ready for a new crime wave. She’ll be inviting Renee Knight, Clare Mackintosh, Ben McPhers...

Chicago meets Kirkcaldy. Two Queens of the genre. One stage. Before there was Lisbeth Salander there was V I Warshawski. Sara Paretsky revolutionised the mystery world when she introduced V I in Indemnity Only. By creating a believable investigator with the grit and the smarts to tackle problems on the mean streets, she challenged a genre in which women typically were either vamps or victims. Pare...

Featuring: Belinda Bauer, Wiley Cash, Jonathan Freedland, Nicci French and Cath Staincliffe. Is the crime novel essentially an up-dated morality tale? The crime genre can help us contemplate some of the most important questions of our time. How can the press spend so many column inches on the tragic overdose of a Hollywood star when hundreds of drug-related deaths go unreported every year? Is murd...

Featuring: Lee Child, Steve Mosby, Peter Robinson, Nick Quantrill and Frances Brody. It's known as God's own county. Naturally. Aside from the best beers, proper brews and rollicking Dales, Yorkshire 'appens to be murderously good for the crime genre. As Harrogate is the epicentre for crime writing's biggest celebration of the genre we celebrate local folk and devotees of the county. Lee Child may...