We are delighted to begin the year with some exciting author events. We would love you to join us for one, or more, of our events. You can book online via ticket source by clicking the link below, or in person at the shop.

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An evening with John Connolly -The Instruments of Darkness

Warwick Methodist Church, Warwick, CV34 4TH

Tue 14th May 2024, 6.30pm

25 years since John Connolly introduced millions of readers to Private Investigator Charlie Parker, he returns, with Parker’s darkest and most perplexing case…

A child missing. A mother accused. Charlie Parker Is their only hope.

In Maine, Colleen Clark stands accused of the worst crime a mother can commit: the abduction and possible murder of her child. Everyone - ambitious politicians in an election season, hardened police, ordinary folk - has an opinion on the case, and most believe she is guilty.But most is not all. Defending Colleen is the lawyer Moxie Castin, and working alongside him is the private investigator Charlie Parker, who senses the tale has another twist, one involving a husband too eager to accept his wife's guilt, a disgraced psychic seeking redemption, and an old crooked house deep in the Maine woods, a house that should never have been built. A house, and what dwells beneath.

John Connolly will be presenting his latest book: The Instruments of Darkness

There will be a Q & A and an opportunity to get books signed.

General Admission, one person and includes one copy of the book £20.00

General Admission, two people and one copy of the book £25.00

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An evening with Guy Hale - The Croaking Raven

Warwick Books, Warwick, CV34 4SL

Tue 21st May 2024, 6.30pm


DC Toby Marlowe has just landed his dream posting but the quiet streets of Shakespeare's Stratford are about to suffer a reign of terror. A name from the past has returned, intent on revenge.

A series of murders go unsolved but Toby realises that the killer seems to be following the plot of Hamlet. Can Toby and his boss, DS Fred Williams, find the killer before all the actors at the RSC are dead? The Croaking Raven doth bellow for revenge.

Join us for a evening with author Guy Hale talking about his latest book The Croaking Raven. He will talk about his latest book and experieces as an author. There will be a Q&A and Guy will be available to sign copies of his books. Light refreshments will also be provided.

General Admission £6.00

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An evening with Sarah Hilary and Louise Candlish - Sharp Glass and Our Holiday

Warwick Quaker Meeting House - Please use entrance through archway, Warwick, CV34 4SL

Tue 9th July 2024

Sarah Hilary - Sharp Glass Trapped in a house by a man who believes she is someone she isn't, one woman must find a way to escape her captor. The last thing she remembers is standing outside the empty house. One she was employed to pack, ready for removal. Her job is her life. It is her compulsion to take care of an owner’s precious possessions, to do whatever it takes to help them move on. Now she is cold, dirty, damp, trapped in its cellar with no chance of escape, miles from anywhere. His prisoner. And then he returns. Her captor believes she holds the answers to why a young girl was murdered a year ago. He refuses to let her go until she reveals her secrets. But he doesn’t know she has hidden depths, and an anger she works hard to control. The battle lines are drawn. They are the only two people who can solve the mystery of the dead girl, but when the truth is revealed whose life will shatter…?
Sarah Hilary's debut, Someone Else's Skin, won the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year Award and was also a World Book Night selcetion, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and a finalist for both the Silver Falchion and the Macavity Awards in the US. No Other Darkness, the secomd in her DI Marnie Rome series, was shortlisted for a Barry Award. The series continued with Tastes Like Fear, Quieter Than Killing, Come and Find Me and Never Be Broken. Sharp Glass is her third standalome novel, following Black Thorn and Fragile.


Louise Candlish - Our Holiday A gripping, twisty new thriller from the bestselling author of Our House. Charlotte and Perry have owned their cliff top holiday home in Pine Ridge for years. They’ve worked hard for it – why shouldn’t they enjoy it? Even if the locals can’t afford to live in the village these days. Now city friends Amy and Linus have bought a second home nearby and when the two families descend, they plan lazy days at the beach and evenings sipping rosé and watching the sun set from Charlotte’s summer house veranda. But this summer is different. A group of locals – headed by the charismatic Robbie – will stop at nothing to make the second home owners pay for their holiday. By the end of their break, marriages will be torn apart, friendships shattered and crimes exposed. And one of them will have lost their life.
Louise Candlish is the bestselling author of 16 novels and her books are published all over the world. Her book Our House was adapted into a major four-part ITV drama and won the 2019 British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year. She lives in a South London neighbourood not unlike the one in her books, with her husband, daughter (when she's not at uni), and a fox-red Labrador called Bertie who is the apple of her eye.

General Admission £10.00

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A venue fit for a king! It was a fantastic evening, they had arranged it all perfectly. I am gobsmacked and over the moon all at once!
— H.M. Castor, Author

We’re delighted to host a rich series of literary events in and around Warwick. These include our popular 'Meet the author' events. The talks usually last about an hour, followed by questions, and then there is an opportunity to meet the speaker and have a book signed. Previous authors Melvyn Bragg, Jodi Picoult, Kate Williams, Professor Edith Hall and Dr Elizabeth Goldring. These events take place across Warwick including the beautiful Lord Leycester Hospital. We also support Warwick Words Festival.

Refreshments provided by local independent businesses are served at all of our events!

Huge thanks for a fab event yesterday!
— Warwickshire Schools Library Service