An evening with... Alis Hawkins

Name: An evening with... Alis Hawkins
Start: 2025-10-13T19:30:00+01:00
Location: 18,High Street, NP8 1BD Crickhowell, United Kingdom

Schedule

Mon, 13 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

18,High Street, NP8 1BD Crickhowell, United Kingdom | Govilon, WA

We can’t wait to spend the evening with CWA Dagger shortlisted author of historical crime fiction and mysteries – and Book-ish favourite – Alis Hawkins! We will be celebrating the launch of 'The Hunters Club', the third book in the Oxford Mysteries series and the evening will include an audience Q&A and a book signing.
About 'The Hunters Club'>>>
If you’re not with them… you’re against them. Oxford, 1883. Young men are being found bound, gagged and hooded at the gates of their colleges in the small hours. Basil Rice, Jesus College fellow, is asked by the senior proctor to investigate. But matters of sexual purity are dangerous, as it lays Basil open to unwelcome scrutiny of his own private life. Meanwhile, the University Vice Chancellor’s Court has wrongly imprisoned a young shopgirl from the town, and she seeks the services of young academic and budding journalist, Non Vaughan, to clear her name. The uncovering by Basil of a secret society, The Venatores, and the murder of a student, cause Non and Basil to join forces. But is justice possible in a world so unjust and dangerous?
‘An excellent historical mystery dripping with atmosphere that exposes the chauvinism, misogyny and bigotry of late Victorian England’ The Times
‘Real figures from history rub shoulders with those invented by Hawkins – and her inventiveness is prodigal’ Financial Times
'Fearlessly tackles taboo attitudes of the era, taking aim at misogyny, homophobia, and sexual politics. An excellent addition to the historical mystery canon. Marvellous!’ Vaseem Khan
‘Brilliantly researched, rich in atmosphere and with two likeable and intriguing protagonists at the centre’ Philip Gwynne Jones