Join authors James Henry and C.L. Miller for an evening discussion on their latest books at our bookshop, followed by a book signing. Tickets include a glass of fizz or a non-alcoholic beverage.

Date: Thursday 24th April

Time: 7pm

Tickets: £5

Nearest car parks: White Horse Lane or Butt Lane

About James Henry & The Winter Visitor

James Henry is the pen name for James Gurbutt. He has written four prequels to R.D Wingfield's Frost series and three Essex-based novels featuring DI Nick Lowry. He works in publishing and lives in Essex.

Essex, February, 1991. The weather is biting cold. Everyone would rather be somewhere warmer, which is why it's a big surprise when a wanted drug smuggler, Bruce Hopkins, risks a return to his old haunts in Colchester after a decade long exile on the Costa del Sol. Lured back by a letter from the wife Hopkins left behind, no one is more surprised than him when he finds himself abducted and stripped bare only to be sent to a watery grave in the boot of a stolen Ford Sierra. The police wonder if it could be retaliation from a Spanish gang, sending a warning to their English counterparts? DS Daniel Kenton is teamed up with the unorthodox DS Brazier to investigate a crime wave which takes in not only the murder of an expat dope smuggler, but a sophisticated arson attack on a Norman church and the unexpected suicide of an ageing florist. Could there possibly be a thread that connects them?

About C.L. Miller & The Antique Hunters series

Cara started working life in publishing as an editorial assistant for her mother, Judith Miller on the Miller's Antique Price Guide and as a researcher for the Antique Hunter's Guide to Europe and then went into hospitality and events. After she had children, she decided to follow her long-held dream of becoming an author and took time out to concentrate full-time on her writing. Cara lives in a medieval cottage in Dedham Vale, Suffolk with her family.

Her book was written in consultation with international antiques expert, Judith Miller (1951 – 2023) a regular specialist on BBC Antiques Roadshow. Judith was also the co-founder of the bestselling annual Miller's Antiques Price Guide started in 1979. She went on to write more than 120 books on antiques and interiors.

Join Freya and Aunt Carole for more sleuthing in the highly anticipated second instalment in your new favourite crime series, The Antique Hunters. The Antique Hunter's: Death on the Red Sea is a cosy crime read for fans of the Antiques Roadshow. When a painting vanishes from a maritime museum – and a dead body is found nearby – the newly established Lockwood Antique Hunter's Agency, Freya Lockwood and her Aunt Carole, are called to investigate. Following a lead that takes them aboard a glamorous antiques cruise sailing toward the Red Sea in Jordan, they quickly discover that the ship's art gallery is filled with stolen antiquities. Each and every one of them is also listed in Freya's late mentor's journals detailing unsolved cases. In chasing a murderer with a stolen painting, they may have found something more sinister than they could've imagined...

If you would like a signed copy of either authors' books but aren't able to attend the event, do get in touch with us at [email protected]