BOOK TALK: The Four Queens of Crime with Author Rosanne Limoncelli

Schedule

Thu Mar 20 2025 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Bobst Library | 7th Floor | Room 745 | New York, NY

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Conversation with NYU alum and faculty Rosanne Limoncelli about her debut mystery novel.
About this Event

In celebration of Women’s History Month, join NYU Libraries in conversation with author and Tisch School of the Arts faculty member Rosanne Limoncelli to discuss her debut mystery book, The Four Queens of Crime. The session will be moderated by W. Gerald Heverly, NYU Libraries’ Librarian for Classics, Hellenic Studies, Religion, and Philosophy, and the Gallatin School of Individualized Study.

This will be a hybrid event held in person at Bobst Library, 7th floor, Room 745 and on Zoom.

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1938, London. The four queens of British crime fiction, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham, are hosting a gala to raise money for the Women’s Voluntary Service to help Britain prepare for war. Baronet Sir Henry Heathcote has loaned Hursley House for the event, and all the elites of London society are attending. The gala is a brilliant success, despite a few hiccups, but the next morning, Sir Henry is found dead in the library.

Detective Chief Inspector Lilian Wyles, the real-life first woman detective chief inspector at Scotland Yard, is quickly summoned and discovers a cluster of potential suspects among the guests, including an upset fiancée, a politically ambitious son, a reserved but protective brother, an irate son-in-law, a rebellious teenage daughter, and the deputy home secretary.

Quietly recruiting the four queens of crime, DCI Wyles must sort through the messy aftermath of Sir Henry’s death to solve the mystery and identify the killer.

About the Author

Rosanne Limoncelli is an author, filmmaker, and storyteller living in Brooklyn. Rosanne writes plays, screenplays, poetry, games, mysteries, and science fiction. , published by at Penguin Random House, is her debut mystery novel. Rosanne is the Senior Director for Film Technologies at the Kanbar Institute and the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, where she also teaches filmmaking, story writing and virtual production. She received her BFA in Film & TV Production at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and her MA and PhD in Teaching Reading, Writing, and Media from NYU’s Steinhardt School.

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Bobst Library | 7th Floor | Room 745, 70 Washington Square South, New York, United States

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