Wednesday 7th October 7pm at Savoy Theatre, Monmouth
Ticket £12 (£3 off the book at the event)
Celebrating 40 years of being published with her 40th novel, CWA Diamond Dagger winner Ann Cleeves will talk about her new novel, The Dying Light.
Ann Cleeves is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn, who can be found on television in ITV’s Vera, BBC One’s Shetland and ITV’s The Long Call respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide. Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She also spends her time advocating for reading to improve health and wellbeing and supporting access to books. In 2021, her Reading for Wellbeing project launched with local authorities across the North East. In 2022, she was awarded an OBE for her services to reading and libraries.
The Dying Light:
Detective Matthew Venn returns in a dark new mystery where the deadliest truths are those in the shadows…
Venn is called in to investigate a puzzling death. The body of a young woman has been found in the swimming pool of a luxurious holiday home in North Devon, and her best friend is missing. The property, Tide House, belongs to Paul Armstrong – a rising political star; a fact that quickly draws intense media scrutiny.
As a scorching heat wave rages and further tragedy strikes, Venn and his team begin questioning a community brimming with secrets. The dead woman and her friend had been spotted at a nearby music festival the day before, an event which brought locals and outsiders together. Some of whom may have been more connected with the Armstrongs than first thought.
Caught between a powerful family’s secrets and a powder keg of local tensions, Venn must navigate a treacherous path. Knowing that the real answers lie not in what people say, but in the silence that they keep…
The Dying Light will be published by Pan Macmillan on October 8th at £22. Ann will sign copies of the book at the event and ticketholders are entitled to £3 off the book at the event (1 ticket per book)