Crime and Thrillers Writers visit Cromarty

3 Apr 2013 in Highland, Writing

Next weekend, April 13th and 14th sees a major crime and thriller event in Cromarty on the Black Isle. Four of the UK’s most outstanding writers of this genre will be talking about their work and illustrating their own different styles.

Anne Perry, who now lives in Ross Shire, began her publishing career with The Cater Street Hangman. Published in 1979, this was the first book in the series to feature the Victorian policeman Thomas Pitt and his well-born wife Charlotte. It was filmed and broadcast on ITV featuring a young Keely Hawes. This is arguably the longest sustained crime series by a living writer. Midnight At Marble Arch is the latest in the series, released September 2012.

In 1990, Anne started a second series of detective novels with The Face of a Stranger. These stories are set about 35 years before and features the private detective William Monk and volatile nurse Hester Latterly. The most recent of these (18th in the series) is Blind Justice (April 2013).

Anne won an Edgar award in 2000 with her short story “Heroes”. The main character in the story features in an ambitious five-book series set during the First World War. None of her books has ever been out of print, and they have received critical acclaim and huge popular success: over 26 million books are in print world-wide. Her books have appeared on bestseller lists in a number of foreign countries, where she has also had excellent reviews. The Times selected her as one of the 20th Century’s “100 Masters of Crime”.

Anne’s most recent stand-alone is The Sheen on the Silk, set in the exotic and dangerous world of the Byzantine Empire, and is a critical success. Come and meet Anne along with the other writers who include David Hewson, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid all in Cromarty next weekend. For more information, please visit the Cromarty Arts Trust website at www.cromartyartstrust.org.uk or phone 01381 600354.

Source: Cromarty Arts Trust