Join us for a dash of festive murder as we welcome crime author Fiona Leitch to Falmouth this December! Fiona will be in conversation about her latest festive addition to her Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker series, The Cornish Christmas Pantomime Murder.
(Oh no she isn’t… Oh yes she is…)
Monday 8th December, 6:30pm
Above the Bookshop
£8/£6 – tickets include a glass of wine or a soft drink
Books will be available at the event
The Cornish Christmas Pantomime Murder
It’s Christmas in Penstowan, and local amateur dramatics group the Penstowan Players are putting on their annual pantomime. This year it’s ‘Aladdin’, and half the town have been drafted in to help, including Shirley Parker, who only has a small part in the chorus but will no doubt upstage everybody, and Tony Penhaligon, who’s treading the boards as the baddie, Abanazar. Ex-Metropolitan police officer turned caterer Jodie Parker has managed to get away with not appearing, but only if she agrees to cater the opening night party.
But it’s not just terrible jokes, quick costume changes and backstage chaos that wait in the wings… When a corpse lying next to Aladdin’s bloodstained magic lamp, it’s time for Jodie and her partner, DCI Nathan Withers, to find the killer.
Was it the genie of the lamp or an overly harsh theatre critic? Or does someone in the Penstowan Players have a dark secret they will do anything to protect?
Fiona Leitch is an author, tea drinker, and Jammie Dodger enthusiast. She writes the Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker series for HarperCollins, because she loves thinking about Cornwall, food, and murdering people (not necessarily in that order). Her biggest claims to fame are being thrown out of a TV studio debate by John Craven, having the shortest stand-up comedy career ever, and playing a French hen in a non-denominational school Christmas play, which she is definitely not still bitter about. She is a sucker for a happy ending (though not for the victim, obviously), a romantic subplot, and a cheesy pun. Her novels are currently in development with BBC Studios and Union Pictures.
The Cornish Christmas Pantomime Murder (£9.99) is due to be published on 9th November if you’d like to pick up a copy ahead of the event.