The Waltham Tandori is presenting a concert of live Indian music combined with a magnificent three course dinner. The menu has been chosen as an example of Indian home cooking and is unique for this event. For a true taste of the Subcontinent try this for a wonderful start to the week. As the setting for this is a restaurant, seats are strictly limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
Francis Fyfield is both a novelist and short story writer, and winner of last year's Duncan Lawrie Dagger award for best crime novel. It was a unanimous decision by the judges and, in winning, joins past winners of the calibre of, amongst others, Ian Rankin, Colin Dexter and Ruth Rendell.
Originally from Derbyshire, and with a degree in English from Newcastle, Frances but moved to London where she worked for the Metropolitan Police and the, what is now, Crown Prosecution Service as a solicitor. The crimes that came to her attention in the line of work eventually provoked her to write although she originally wanted to pen romantic rather than criminal novels. Her books have covered the gamut of the dark side of human emotions from insanity to suicide, murder to incest.
It was the popularity and enjoyment that Frances' talk generated at a previous Bishop's Waltham Festival that encouraged the committee to ask her to return and it is with great pleasure that we welcome her back. Covering her life, work and literature in general, we are sure that anyone who enjoys a good book, especially a good murder, will enjoy this evening.
