Andrea Mara in conversation with Jane Casey - Nottingham

Looking for a new obsession? Andrea Mara and Jane Casey are back with their new unpredictable and twisty thrillers! Come and hear them talk about their new books at our exciting event.

Such a Nice Girl

Everyone has secrets. Even your daughter…

The morning after a glamorous, luxury wedding, you and your best friend go to wake your twenty-four-year-old daughters. You open the door to their shared room in the pool-house and find a lamp smashed on the floor, a blood stain on the carpet, a ringing phone – and both girls are nowhere to be seen.

The police come and you discover something shocking. Something inexplicable. Is one of your daughters trying to K*ll the other? And that’s when you and your best friend begin to unravel what's really going on between the girls.

You need to work together to find your daughters, testing your friendship to its limits. And you can’t help but wonder: which girl is the killer and which is the victim?

Andrea and Jane will talk about their new books before an audience Q&A and book signing.

The Secret Room

A closed door. An impossible M**der.

2:32 p.m. Wealthy, privileged Ilaria Cavendish checks into a luxury London hotel and orders a bottle of champagne. Within the hour, her lover discovers her submerged in a bath of scalding water, dead.

At first glance it looks like an accident. No one went in with her. No one came out. But all the signs point to M**der.

For DS Maeve Kerrigan, the case is a welcome distraction. But when shock news hits close to home, affecting her partner, DI Josh Derwent, she faces the toughest challenge of her career. And if she fails her world will never be the same again…

Andrea Marais a number one Sunday Times, Irish Times and Kindle bestselling author, whose books have sold more than one million copies across all formats. The TV adaptation of her 2021 book, All Her Fault, aired in November 2025 to huge critical and audience acclaim, with Sarah Snook (Succession) playing the lead. It became the most-watched TV show in America during the first week of its release. Her most recent novel, It Should Have Been You, was a number one bestseller in Ireland for six weeks, and a top ten Sunday Times bestseller in the UK. Her book No One Saw a Thing was also a Sunday Times number one bestseller and has sold over half a million copies. Andrea lives in Dublin with her husband and three children. You can find her on Instagram @andreamaraauthor.
Jane Casey was born and brought up in Dublin. A former editor, she has written twelve crime novels for adults and three for teenagers. Her books have been international bestsellers, critically acclaimed for their realism and accuracy. the Maeve Kerrigan series has been nominated for many awards. Her most recent novel, A Stranger in the Family, spent 6 weeks on the Irish Times bestseller list and it was named one of The Times 10 Best Crime & Thrillers of 2024. It wont Crime Fiction Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the overall Book of the Year Award at the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards.

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