

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Fun Lovin Crime Writers are back 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 09 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: THE FUN LOVIN’ CRIME WRITERS

VAL McDERMID, CHRIS BROOKMYRE, MARK BILLINGHAM
LUCA VESTE, DOUG JOHNSTONE, STUART NEVILLE

Having temporarily put down their pens and picked up guitars, this crime-writing super-group happily murder much-loved songs by The Clash, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, The Beatles, Talking Heads, The Jam, Johnny Cash and many others who are currently considering legal action. They’ve played roof-raising shows at festivals across the UK as well as in Iceland and Canada and in 2017 and 2024 they performed at the Glastonbury Festival.

If toe-tapping tales of blood and badness are your thing, you cannot afford to miss this amazing band of best-sellers.

Murder on the dancefloor is guaranteed…

 

 

Event Format
🕖 1 hour book chat with the authors
☕ Interval
🎤 1 hour live music performance by the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers
✍️ Book signing after the show

Tickets: £23 (includes a book)

Choose from one of these titles:

Mark Billingham – New novel (released 2 July – get an early copy!)
Luca Veste – Liar Liar (paperback)
Val McDermid – Silent Bones (paperback)
Chris Brookmyre – Quite Ugly One Evening (hardback)
Doug Johnstone – The Ossians (paperback)
Stuart Neville – Blood Like Ours (paperback)
Access Ticket: £15 (entry only – no book included)

Don’t miss this entertaining night where crime fiction meets live music!

📚🎶 The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers Are Back! 🎶📚
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/birkenhead/fun-lovin-crime-writers-are-back/200029830893158
- **Event Categories**: Music, Art, literary-art, Entertainment, Festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://linghams.co.uk/event/fun-lovin-crime-writers-are-back-heswall-hall-18th-june/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=birkenhead-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Birkenhead
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: 248 Telegraph Road, CH60 7SG Heswall, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 53.32914
- **long**: -3.0999
- **full address**: 248 Telegraph Road, CH60 7SG Heswall, United Kingdom, 248 Telegraph Road, Wirral, CH60 7SG, United Kingdom, Birkenhead

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Linghams Booksellers (https://allevents.in/org/linghams-booksellers/4276043)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 09 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 248 Telegraph Road, CH60 7SG Heswall, United Kingdom, 248 Telegraph Road, Wirral, CH60 7SG, United Kingdom, Birkenhead
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Linghams Booksellers
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Music, Art, literary-art, Entertainment, Festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Fun Lovin Crime Writers are back  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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