An afternoon with Jessie Keane at Newcastle Libraries

Newcastle Libraries are delighted to host this re-scheduled online event with bestselling author Jessie Keane, in partnership with The Reading Agency.

Jessie will be in conversation with Jacky Collins (Dr Noir), discussing her latest crime drama Diamond, published on 3rd February by Hodder.

This event will be live on Zoom. Joining instructions will be emailed two days before and on the day of the event.

If you have any questions or technical difficulties signing in please get in touch with us via email at infomation@newcastle.gov.uk

ABOUT THE BOOK

For fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers, and lovers of ‘Peaky Blinders’, this is epic historical crime fiction at its most compelling.

BEHIND EVERY STRONG WOMAN, IS AN EPIC STORY...

It’s the early 20th century, and a desperate young girl changes her name and flees the confines of her brutal, dominating gangland family in London. Now calling herself ‘Diamond Dupree’, she goes to Paris to become an artist’s model but the world there is brutal, and cutthroat and she soon falls on hard times. When she manages to escape at the end of the First World War, she leaves behind a mystery - and a dead man.

Back home in London, she reluctantly re-joins the Soho family ‘firm’ she’d once been glad to leave behind. Having grown tougher during her time in Paris, she soon becomes a force to be reckoned with, a feared and respected gangland queen. But then she meets Richard Beaumont, the youngest son of a wealthy aristocratic family, and the prospect of a different life unfolds.

But how long can Diamond avoid the long arm of the law? And will her crimes finally catch up with her?