Murder Most Cryptic - Alys Cummings

We are hugely looking forward to an entertaining, potentially puzzling evening with Alys Cummings on her debut novel Murder Most Cryptic, chaired by Rebecca Phillipson, author of How to Get Away with Murder. Get your tickets for Monday 23 November here.

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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…