Join us for an evening with the incredible Val McDermid! Val will be in conversation with Broadcaster and Presenter Phil Williams and we'll be hearing all about her latest book in the Karen Pirie series, Silent Bones as well as her life and career as the author who the Independent call 'The Queen of Crime.' Having written over 47 books - selling 19 million copies worldwide - and with a multitude of awards to her name, Val is an institution in the crime fiction community and we know this will be an unforgettable evening.

Tickets are £10 for a ticket only or £25 including a hardback copy of Silent Bones. There will be a selection of books from Val's extensive back-catalogue to also buy on the night.

Parking is included in the ticket price and refreshments can be purchased from the on-site bar at the beautiful Stockport Guildhall.

About Val McDermid:

Val McDermid is an international number one bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than forty languages.

Her multi-award-winning series and standalone novels have been adapted for TV and radio, most notably the Wire in the Blood series featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan. The Karen Pirie novels have now been adapted for a major ITV series.

Val started writing Report for Murder in 1984, and it was published by The Women's Press in 1987. The rest is history… She finally gave up the day job in April, 1991, and has been making her living by writing ever since. She was the Manchester Evening News' crime reviewer for four years, and still reviews regularly for various national newspapers. She also write occasional journalism and broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland.

About Silent Bones:

A thrilling new novel in the Karen Pirie series from number one bestseller and Queen of Crime, Val McDermid

The truth is buried just beneath the surface...

When torrential rain causes a landslide on a motorway in Scotland, it reveals a crime scene: someone hid a body in the tarmac eleven years before. Journalist Sam Nimmo had been the prime suspect in the murder of his fiancée when he disappeared, and now DCI Karen Pirie and her Historic Cases Unit must find out who buried him, and why.

Meanwhile in Edinburgh, new evidence reopens a closed case and the accidental death of a hotel manager starts to look like murder. But what did Tom Jamieson's book club have to do with his demise – and what will they do to keep their secrets?

Karen and her team begin to untangle a web of lies, one which connects their murder cases with Scotland's rich and powerful. They will be tested to their limits – and possibly beyond . . .