The Mindful Detective, 10am – 11.30am
Laurence Anholt discusses his trilogy of leftfield mysteries set in and around Lyme Regis that feature the unlikely crime-fighting duo of wisecracking single mum, DI Shanti Joyce, and her reluctant partner, Buddhist detective Vincent Caine – a cop who feels too much for his own good.
Chair: Paddy Magrane
Speaker: Laurence Anholt
Kia Abdullah 
Tony Kent 
Harriet Tyce
Wrong side of the law, 12pm – 1.30pm
Three explosive legal thrillers take readers from the White House to the school gates, and behind the closed doors of the courtroom as their authors navigate the deep waters of what makes a great legal thriller.
Chair: Ayo Onatade
Panellists: Kia Abdullah, Tony Kent and Harriet Tyce
Leye Adenle 
Tony Kent 
William Shaw 
Barbara Nadel
Wish you were here?, 2.30pm – 4pm
After two years of lockdown, who wouldn’t want to get away from it all, if only in the pages of a great novel? Our panellists are ready to whisk you off to the dark side of sunny Lagos, the bustle of Istanbul, and aboard a luxury yacht bound for the Caribbean with deadly stowaways in tow.
Chair: Tony Kent
Panellists: Leye Adenle, Barbara Nadel and William Shaw
Charlotte Philby 
Paul Burston 
Erin Kelly 
Winnie Li
Reputation: the longest shadow, 4.30pm – 6pm
Reputations can define or destroy. Three authors look at the ways reputation can shape a protagonist, for better or worse, and what happens when it all comes crashing down.
Chair: Paul Burston
Panellists: Erin Kelly, Winnie M Li and Charlotte Philby
Alan Johnson 
Harriet Tyce
From Cabinet Minister to crime writer: Alan Johnson, 6.30pm to 8pm
Former Home Secretary and the author of the acclaimed biography, This Boy, Alan Johnson talks about his love of crime fiction and a first foray into the genre, his contemporary thriller The Late Train to Gipsy Hill.
Chair: Harriet Tyce
Speaker: Alan Johnson
