Join novelists James Ellson and Andrew Lowe for a one-night-only celebration of locally-based crime fiction.

James and Andrew will be in conversation, discussing their highly successful series', set respectively in Greater Manchester, and the Peak District. James will be discussing his latest novel, The Rule of Threes, the most recent entry in the DCI Castle series. Andrew will be exploring Blood Never Sleeps, a thrilling new chapter in his Jake Sawyer series.

Every ticket comes with a copy of either James' or Andrew's book, which they will sign and dedicate on the night.

About The Rule of Threes

In South Manchester, duty does not take days off.

Days before his wedding, DCI Rick Castle is pulled into the one case he cannot refusefinding a missing protected witness who could finally bring down an untouchable Mancunian crime lord.

The trail leads him to the desolate Scottish Highlands and explodes into violence and conspiracy, revealing a suspected leak within the police. Cut off from support, and fearful he's being watched, Rick pushes on.

But the closer Rick gets to the witness, the closer his family gets to danger, turning his obsessive investigation into a fight he cannot walk away fromand a battle for survival he may not win.

If the case does not break him, they will go after the one thing that will.

About Blood Never Sleeps

A detective who can't move on. A killer who won't let go.

Detective Jake Sawyer has found an uneasy peace.

But when an ex-colleague is found dead at his Mediterranean villa in an apparent suicide, Sawyer's fragile calm is shattered, and he embarks on a dangerous private investigation that tests everything he's learned about letting go.

From the sun-soaked terraces of Ibiza to the rain-slick alleys of Manchester, Sawyer uncovers a deadly conspiracy that could reach the highest levels of the UK police.

But he has a shadow on his back: a bounty hunter who knows about the murderous pact he shares with a notorious fugitive.

As Sawyer's secrets are forced into the light, he must choose between the man he's trying to become and the darkness that has always defined him.

About James Ellson

James Ellson is a former Detective Inspector with the Greater Manchester Police, and is a graduate of MMU's Creative Writing programme. When he left the police he started writing, and his debut novel The Trail was published in 2020. The Trail was longlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award.

His years in the CID in Stockport give his novels gritty authenticity. His Manchester-set DCI Castle series is now being traditionally published by Vinci Books with the latest in the series, The Rule of Threes, published on the 3rd July.

Born in Surrey, James now lives on a smallholding in the Peak District, which includes bees and an orchard.

About Andrew Lowe

Andrew Lowe grew up in Manchester and is the author of the compelling DCI Jake Sawyer series set in the Peak District. The series has been hugely successful in ebook, selling over a quarter of a million copies in total, and is now traditionally published in paperback by Vinci Books. The latest in the series Blood Never Sleeps is published in April.

Alongside his work as a novelist, Andrew is a journalist and writing coach, having written for The Guardian and Sunday Times, in addition to having contributed to numerous books and magazines.