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Sleuths! The English Riviera Festival of Crime and Thriller Writing

Torbay Libraries and the Torbay Bookshop are pleased to present the fourth annual English Riviera Festival of Crime Writing. Tickets for all events are on sale now from the Palace Theatre Box Office on 01803 665800.

Events Programme 18 - 21 April 2012

Wednesday 18 April

Thursday 19 April

Friday 20 April

Saturday 21 April

What the writers have said about Sleuths!

“I enjoyed my visit to Sleuths! and found the atmosphere welcoming and friendly and I thought Paul Trainer was a first class interviewer.  A good audience and intelligent questions, a lovely setting - what more could a writer ask for?”
M C Beaton, author of the Agatha Raisin series
“Having now been twice to Torbay’s Sleuths!, I can safely say that, of all the dozens of lit-fests and similar events I’ve attended over the years, this is the most enjoyable – not only for the friendliness of the organisers and the attractive locations but for the great audiences, who are so responsive and well informed about crime fiction. I hope to be invited back yet again.”
Bernard Knight, author of the Crowner John series of Medieval Murders
"The setting was magnificent, the organisation so smooth that the whole event was like a party with books and with friends. What more can one ask? If you have the chance come and enjoy."
Anne Perry, creator of the Thomas Pitt & William Monk novels
"The Sleuths Crime Festival offered a fresh new programme for readers and aspiring writers of crime fiction. With venues overlooking the lovely Torbay coast and smooth-running organisation, the events were rewarding and stimulating...."
Rebecca Tope, writer of the Costwold murder mystery series



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