Alys Cummings on Murder Most Cryptic - Monday 23 November, 7.30pm

We are hugely looking forward to an entertaining, potentially puzzling evening with Alys Cummings on her debut novel Murder Most Cryptic. Alys is a writer and journalist based on the north-east coast. She is an Emerging Creative Associate with New Writing North and a member of their North East Novelists group. As a producer and director, Alys has made documentaries for BBC Panorama on subjects including domestic abuse, the world of the UK’s conspiracy theorists, and avoidable deaths in maternity care. She is somewhat nutty about cryptic crosswords...

Murder Most Cryptic is published on 8 October.

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Nina is a promising young journalist. She’s also an alcoholic. Once a week, she attends a recovery group in the local church hall. When a stranger walks in one night, the group think they might have a new member. Until he promptly drops dead. The police believe it’s nothing more than an accident. But the group soon realise there’s more to this mystery than meets the eye, when they discover a cryptic crossword clue hidden in the dead man’s pocket – the answer to which is Murder.

As more mysterious and threatening clues start appearing in a newspaper crossword, Nina and team must work to crack this cryptic case. Can they solve the clues, and catch a killer? Or will the next crossword spell death for one of them…

If you love Ludwig, have a hankering for Janice Hallett, or simply like to settle down with a coffee and the crossword, Murder Most Cryptic is for you!