Join us for a double-feature author talk at Felixstowe Library where we’ll be joined by crime writers Mandy Morton and Nicola Upson! Morton and Upson will be talking to us about their writing careers and their new Christmas books, Six Tails at Midnight ir The Christmas Clue. Copies of their books will be available to purchase and be signed after the talk.

Tickets are £8 each (cash only). Bookings can be made in-person at Felixstowe Library, over the phone by calling 01394 330850 or via email at felixstowe.library@suffolklibraries.co.uk.

Mandy Morton began her professional life as a musician. Her songwriting formed the basis of six albums during the 1970s and early 1980s, when she toured extensively with her band. More recently, she has worked as a freelance arts journalist for national and local radio, specialising in making music and theatre documentary. She is the co-author of a non-fiction theatre book, In Good Company, and lives with her partner in Cambridge and Cornwall, where there is always a place for an ageing long-haired tabby cat.

Nicola Upson was born in Suffolk and read English at Downing College, Cambridge. Her debut, An Expert in Murder, was the first in a series of crime novels to feature Josephine Tey – one of Britain’s finest Golden Age crime writers – and was dramatised for BBC Radio 4. Several of Nicola’s novels have been listed for the CWA Gold and Historical Daggers, and Sorry for the Dead was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. She is a member of the Detection Club, and in 2024 curated the acclaimed Murder by the Book: a celebration of twentieth century British crime fiction at Cambridge University Library. Nicola’s latest novel is The Christmas Clue, a festive mystery starring the real-life couple who invented Cluedo.

(Thumbnail photo by Cambridge Independent).