Mark Billingham + Shari Lapena in Conversation at London Piccadilly

Join us for an incredible evening with bestselling authors Mark Billingham & Shari Lapen to celebrate the publication of their latest novels The Shadow Step (Mark Billingham) & Getting Away with M**der (Shari Lapena). The pair will be in conversation with journalist Matt Nixson

2026 marks 10 years since the publication of Shari Lapena’s first thriller The Couple Next Door. It was an instant global phenomenon and the overall bestselling fiction title in the UK in its year of publication, with over 4 million copies now sold worldwide. Shari returns this summer with her best novel yet, Getting Away with M**der – an unputdownable, utterly addictive cat and mouse thriller about a couple who will stop at nothing to preserve their perfect life and precious home.

Bestselling Author Mark Billingham is back with a new Detective Miller thriller, The Shadow Step, full of tension, wit and incredible twists. DS Declan Miller is a magnet for strange cases, but how can he catch a killer when the man confessing to the crime is clearly innocent? Things rapidly escalate when the M**der that isn’t really a M**der at all attracts the unwanted attention of a drugs Queenpin, a deranged ex-squaddie and a lovesick gangland enforcer. Then a student is kidnapped…

Please note: book and ticket option includes a copy of either Getting Away with M**der (RRP: £20) or The Shadow Step (RRP:£22)available for collection on the night.

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