A celebration of the crime & thriller genre. 🔍June 18th - 20th 2026 in London ✉️ [email protected]
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A new chapter, a bigger venue, and huge names already announced...
This is Capital Crime 2027.
(And early birds are already nearly gone!!)
#capitalcrime27 #capitalcrime #crimefiction #thrillerbooks
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Award-winning journalist and novelist @SaimaMir joins David Headley to discuss the bestselling Jia Khan series, code-switching, authenticity, crime, justice and the realities of earning a living as a novelist.
Listen now: buzzsprout.com/1922897/episo…
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More space for events, more places to meet your fellow #crimefiction fans, and a lovely covered outdoor bar (just in case there’s another heatwave 😉).
Here’s why our new venue for Capital Crime 2027 promises to help make it our best festival yet!
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@CapitalCrime1 2026 🚨
We’re still buzzing from an incredible weekend, packed with sessions featuring iconic authors including @lisajewelluk, Liz Nugent, Andrea Mara, @HazellWard, Lee and Andrew Child, @will_carver, @VaseemKhanUK and @janeharperautho just to name a few 🔪📚⚖️
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My last panel @CapitalCrime1 - One of The Family. The perfect ending to a fantastic weekend
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This @CapitalCrime1 interview is just fabulous!
@claremackint0sh answers @DavidHHeadley questions with such detail and insight for both readers and aspiring writers
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So excited! This is today at 18.20 and I cannot wait! If you're at @CapitalCrime1 pop along and hear @theJeremyVine @mredwards and me talk about closed circles and amateur sleuths ... see you there!
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Today I will be taking part in a @capitalcrime1 panel with @sophiehannahCB1 @lucyfoleytweets and @kellymullenauthor
talking about Agatha Christie and the rise and rise of the whodunnit @capitalcrime1
I'm so excited!
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The winners were named last night for the fifth annual Fingerprint Awards. 👇 ebx.sh/MqVehj
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Orenda Books has acquired Before I Sleep Forever by SJ Watson, the sequel to Before I Go to Sleep (Transworld, 2012). 👇 ebx.sh/S0ZkmU
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What a way to start Capital Crime, Secrets and Shadows The Many Faces of Espionage with Jane Thynne, Chris Humphreys, Dave Goodman, Paul Warner & James Wolff so entertaining and informative, do love spy fiction @CapitalCrime1
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So excited for this @CapitalCrime1 panel discussing AI with @ajaychow @JoCallaghanKat and @VaseemKhanUK especially as there is no agreed definition 😱
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WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD…
Abir Mukherjee - The Burning Grounds 👏👏👏
#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards @radiomukhers
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WINNER OF THE OVERALL CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD…
M. W. Craven - The Final Vow 👏👏👏👏
#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards @MWCravenUK
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WINNER OF THE TRUE CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD...
Virginia Giuffre - Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards
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WINNER OF THE THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD…
Lisa Jewell - Don't Let Him In 👏👏👏👏
#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards @lisajewelluk
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WINNER OF THE GENRE-BUSTING BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD….
Will Carver - Kill Them with Kindness 👏👏👏
#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards
@will_carver
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WINNER OF THE AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD…
@lisajewelluk - Don't Let Him In 👏👏👏👏
#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards
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WINNER OF THE DEBUT CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD…
Steph McGovern - Deadline
#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards @StephLunch
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A few tickets left....QUICK!!!!
I will never not love this pic of founders David and Lizzie hanging out of a London cab!
capitalcrime.org/tickets
@CapitalCrime1 @DavidHHeadley @LizzieCurle
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