Sat 24 July  |  Crown Hotel  |  2pm

White-knuckle readers – those who like a good helping chills with their kills – are a growing breed. More and more, crime books are ratcheting up the terror factor to spine-chilling levels as traditional boundaries between genres become less important. Barry Forshaw keeps the lights firmly on while discussing things that go bump in the night with Karen Rose, Peter James, Steve Mosby and Christopher Fowler, four writers who have stood on both sides of that fine line between horror and crime.

Tickets: £8.50