In Converation with Louisa Scarr - Southampton

Join us for an evening of creeping, crawling, canine crime as we welcome Louisa Scarr (author of the fantastic Butler and West series) to Waterstones West Quay.In conversation with authors Jo Furniss (Dead Mile) and Heather Critchlow (Unsolved, Unburied, Unsound), she will discuss her new novel Gallows Wood and all things thriller writing.The signs are unmistakable. The dog halts, his nose up – nostrils quivering. Every inch of him is poised. Moss has a scent.When a hand is found in Gallows Wood, PC Lucy Halliday and her specialist search dog Moss must find the rest of the body. What they uncover is a killer’s dumping ground. Like every case since her husband’s mysterious disappearance, Lucy wonders if this one will bring her closer to the truth. Nico was a journalist with a reputation for getting buried in his work; Lucy is certain that this time he delved too deep.With new DI Jack Ellis calling the shots, Lucy struggles to keep her professionalism intact. She can’t stay away from these murders – and a killer who may hold the answers she desperately wants. But with those at the very heart of the investigation withholding secrets of their own, can more brutal deaths be prevented?The first book in the gripping new police procedural series featuring dog handler PC Lucy Halliday. Perfect for fans of Lynda La Plante, Val McDermid and Susie Steiner.There will be a Q&A and a signing at the end of the event. Tickets are £5 general entry, £13 including a copy of Gallows Wood.

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