Crime authors are holding talks at Wirral libraries, including West Kirby, during June.
Four events will take place across the borough as part of National Crime Reading Month.
At West Kirby, Tina Payne, whose debut novels feature Detective Sheridan Holler, will be speaking on Wednesday 18 June at 2.30pm.
Tina was born in Hampshire but now lives in New Brighton, and once worked as a police case investigator within the domestic violence unit, and uses her policing background knowledge to add edge to her books.
The other events are:
Bebington Library
Monday 2 June at 7pm: Police officer turned author Gina Kirkham, Wirral resident and crime writer David Jackson and Luca Veste, who is of Italian-Scouse heritage, are in conversation.
Wallasey Central Library
Tuesday 17 June at 2.30pm: Thriller writer, TM Logan. His novels have sold more than two million copies in the UK and are translated into 22 other languages. Five of his novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers and two of them – The Holiday and The Catch – have been adapted for television.
Monday 23 June at 2:30pm: Liverpool writer Kate Ellis. Kate has written 28 novels featuring archaeology graduate, DI Wesley Peterson and five supernatural crime novels featuring DI Joe Plantagenet. She also wrote a trilogy set in the aftermath of the First World War featuring Scotland Yard detective DI Albert Lincoln.
Tickets for all the events are £5, which includes light refreshments, and can be booked at https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/national-crime-reading-month-at-wirral-libraries-4065913. Alternately, tickets can bought at the hosting library.
National Crime Reading Month is an annual event led by the Crime Writers’ Association in collaboration with the Reading Agency. It aims to promote crime writing right across the genre.
The Wirral events are sponsored by the Friends groups of the hosting libraries.