The Art of Suspense: Reading and Talk with Jane Thynne and Remi Kone

Join us for an evening with two exciting voices in contemporary fiction!

Jane Thynne and Remi Kone will share their latest works and the inspirations behind them.

Jane Thynne will be introducing her brand-new novel Appointment in Paris, publishing this September. Jane's historical fictin masterfully blends atmosphere, suspense, and richly researched storytelling.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Following an acclaimed debut outing, Harry Fox, an MI5 Watcher, now suspended, and his associate Stella Fry are reunited during Britain's darkest hour in this gripping espionage thriller.

April 1940, and Britain is in turmoil. Chamberlain's government is faltering, and a German invasion may be only weeks away. A body, wearing the uniform of a Luftwaffe captain, is found in the grounds of Trent Park - a stately home and now a prison to house high level German POWs. Trent Park's true purpose, however, is intelligence, gathered covertly from prisoners by secret listeners. The morning after the discovery of the body, one of the listeners goes missing, along with a gun from the firing range. Horrified that this could blow the highly confidential operation wide open, the missing man must be tracked down. Cue Harry Fox, a former MI5 Watcher, now suspended. He is desperate to assist the war effort but he's over the conscription age. Then his former boss gets in touch with a job for him, to track down the missing man. But, he stipulates, it must also involve Harry's former associate, Stella Fry. Stella returns home from work in the blackout to find a crowd outside her flat. She is told that a young woman in the building has had a fatal accident. The dead woman is called Stella Fry. Outraged, Stella suspects that this is the work of her erstwhile friend, Harry Fox. But why on earth would he go to such lengths to contact her?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jane Thynne is a novelist, journalist and broadcaster. She has worked at the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph and the BBC, among others. She is the author of the Clara Vine series of wartime espionage thrillers. She also wrote two acclaimed dystopian novels, Widowland and Queen High, under the name C.J. Carey. Jane lives in London.

Remi Kone, returning to Chelsea Library after her wonderful first visit in May, will share from her debut novel Innocent Guilt, a breathtaking new crime thiller that wll keep you guessing.

ABOUT THE BOOK

On a misty autumn afternoon, a woman covered in blood clutching a baseball bat walks silently into a London police station. The two officers assigned to her case are DI Leah Hutch and DS Benjamin Randle.But the woman refuses to speak. She is not injured and the blood on the bat is not hers. What has she done? Is she the victim or the perpetrator? As Leah and Randle start their inquiry, a man is found battered to death in a nearby park. Journalist Odie Reid receives a tip off and is determined to solve the case first, trying to link this death to the woman held in custody.Leah and Odie have history and very quickly their cat and mouse game becomes personal, leading them both to the very darkest corners of their pasts.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

British Nigerian Emmy-nominated producer, Remi Kone has worked on a number of well-known television dramas, such as KILLING EVE, SPOOKS and LEWIS. She lives in London, and this is her first novel.