The event will begin at 7.30pm, to be followed by a book signing and refreshments. Tickets cost £8 and are available from the festival website. All proceeds from Cowbridge Book Festival will be donated to The Noah’s Ark Appeal and the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research Fund.

7.30-9pm on Wednesday, 16 May at Cowbridge United Free Church, Westgate, Cowbridge CF71 7AE.

For further information and tickets see:

http://cowbridgebookfestival.co.uk/

Belinda Bauer will be visiting Emerson’s Green Library on Tuesday, 1 May.  Do come along to hear her talk about her work, answer your questions and meet with as many of you as possible….

6.30pm on Tuesday, 1 May at Emerson’s Green Library, Emerson Way, Emerson’s Green, South Gloucestershire, BS16 7AP.

Tickets for this event cost £2.50 for library members and £5.00 for non-members and are available from all South Gloucestershire Libraries.

For further information see:

http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/exeres/deda13bf-33e9-43da-abf3-187043abf3a5

‘Surprise, of course, is the most potent aspect of suspense. And Belinda Bauer knows exactly how to manipulate that element, right until the very end. What’s more, in three stunning, variously linked novels in just three years, she’s shown, not just how to keep surprise bubbling explosively away, but to do it with extraordinary dexterity, maturity and feeling… This is the brilliant end of an outstanding trilogy.’ DAILY MIRROR 

‘Bauer has established a reputation for plunging her characters into unimaginable gore. Her third novel easily matches her previous efforts, exposing village bobby Jonas Holly…to events unprecedented in British crime fiction. The British countryside has never appeared so alien or so macabre.’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘Finders Keepers has an enjoyably creepy premise… But it’s the book’s humour that really shines. Bauer reveals her Gold Dagger-winning writing credentials in her neat skewering of everyday pomposities and her wry asides.’ THE OBSERVER

‘Belinda Bauer’s third book represents a remarkable achievement: almost a return to the good old Victorian triple-decker novel of suspense, but created with a deftness that allows each book to stand alone…The story rushes along on a tide of suspense, but creates a plausible cast of characters, including Steven’s harsh and twisted family, from whom he is at last extracting some elements of reluctant affection. The solidity of this background, and the brisk actuality of Bauer’s observation, give the macabre events centre-stage a hellish reality.’ THE INDEPENDENT

At the height of summer a dark shadow falls across Exmoor. Children are being stolen from cars. Each disappearance is marked only by a terse note – a brutal accusation. There are no explanations, no ransom demands… and no hope.

Policeman Jonas Holly faces a precarious journey into the warped mind of the kidnapper if he’s to stand any chance of catching him. But – still reeling from a personal tragedy – is Jonas really up to the task?

Because there’s at least one person on Exmoor who thinks that, when it comes to being the first line of defence, Jonas Holly may be the last man to trust…

Stylist: ‘Bauer is one of the leading names in crime fiction. This year, Darkside, a literary thriller about the hunt for a killer was a big hit. She wrote Everything Must Go after a trip to Ikea. “I don’t have children but it looks relentless,” she explains. “This story was inspired by a visit to Ikea with my sister and her daughter, and my neighbours, who have twins.”’

And the great news is that you can read it HERE!

Make sure you pick up a copy today and read this exclusive short story for yourselves!

‘Rickman’s Merrily Watkins series is one of the great treasures of contemporary crime fiction set in the Border Country. Bauer’s Exmoor thriller Blacklands won the CWA Gold Dagger. Griffiths’ forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway goes down the mean lanes of Norfolk. Chaired by Paul Blezard.’

For tickets: http://www.hayfestival.com/p-3669-phil-rickman-belinda-bauer-elly-griffiths.aspx

Belinda’s debut novel Blacklands led her to be hailed as the woman most likely to lead the fight back against the Scandinavian crime-wave. Now Blacklands has been longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2011! Please vote for Belinda Bauer HERE: http://www.theakstons.co.uk/

When: Monday 9th May @ 7pm

Where: Walter Henry’s Bookshop (12 High Street, Bideford, EX39 2AA)

Tickets: £3

For more information, call the book shop on 01237 425727

This is your chance to talk to Belinda about what inspires her, how she develops her characters, and your own dreams about writing!

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