On Thursday 22nd September, Goldsboro Books held their annual event, Crime In the Court, an evening where crime fans have the opportunity to meet and have a drink with some of the best crime writers published today.
2016 saw Goldsboro hold its fifth successive CITC, and boy was it a whopper! Around 200 hundred people attended, including this incredible list of authors. The amount of prep was immense and saw Orion Books' Ben Willis and Sam Eades arriving at 1pm to set up this very creepy installation to celebrate the highly anticipated release of Daniel Cole's forthcoming debut, Ragdoll, set to become one of 2017's biggest thrillers.
2016 saw Goldsboro hold its fifth successive CITC, and boy was it a whopper! Around 200 hundred people attended, including this incredible list of authors. The amount of prep was immense and saw Orion Books' Ben Willis and Sam Eades arriving at 1pm to set up this very creepy installation to celebrate the highly anticipated release of Daniel Cole's forthcoming debut, Ragdoll, set to become one of 2017's biggest thrillers.
However before this, another delivery arrived in the form of cupcakes from baking company Crumbs and Doilies, making the Goldsboro team very happy indeed! These were no ordinary cupcakes - these were #WTFThatEnding cupcakes. If you're unfamiliar with that hashtag, we recommend you get on Twitter pronto!
Sarah Pinborough's new book, Behind Her Eyes will be released in January 2017, and the tagline is more than a little tempting: 'Don't trust this book. Don't trust this story. Don't trust yourself'. Proofs of this novel are scarce, but Goldsboro Books has been lucky enough to sneak a couple of copies and can confirm that this will blow your mind, crime / thriller fans!
Sarah Pinborough's new book, Behind Her Eyes will be released in January 2017, and the tagline is more than a little tempting: 'Don't trust this book. Don't trust this story. Don't trust yourself'. Proofs of this novel are scarce, but Goldsboro Books has been lucky enough to sneak a couple of copies and can confirm that this will blow your mind, crime / thriller fans!
Just before the event started, the
team at Goldsboro were running
up and down stairs holding armfuls
of beautiful books, sourcing ice from
a far away land (Drury Lane, if
you must know) and putting together the window display, featuring
books from all the authors attending
on the night. As you can see from
the picture, we weren't short of a
writer or two, and what a list to have!
There were so many authors coming,
it was hard to fit all the books in
the window - but once it had done,
it's never looked prettier, not
least because there was the un-
settling torso of a mannequin
perched behind it (thanks Ben &
Sam!).
team at Goldsboro were running
up and down stairs holding armfuls
of beautiful books, sourcing ice from
a far away land (Drury Lane, if
you must know) and putting together the window display, featuring
books from all the authors attending
on the night. As you can see from
the picture, we weren't short of a
writer or two, and what a list to have!
There were so many authors coming,
it was hard to fit all the books in
the window - but once it had done,
it's never looked prettier, not
least because there was the un-
settling torso of a mannequin
perched behind it (thanks Ben &
Sam!).
About an hour before kick off, the super-efficient and lovely teams from Transworld and Headline arrived to set up their respective tables, complete with drinks, advance reading copies, canapés and show boards!
In the blue corner, Transworld were there to promote Joseph Knox's Sirens (Jan 2017) and Belinda Bauer's new book The Beautiful Dead (Nov 17). For this, we had a staple cocktail, the Siren Sour, a gorgeous - if very strong - cognac based cocktail, and pesto and mozzarella pastries in the shape of beautiful little butterflies (thank you to Alison Barrow @ Transworld for those!). Also making an appearance in this display were show boards for Tammy Cohen's When She Was Bad and T. A. Cotterill's What Alice Knew (April 2017).
In the red corner, Headline were promoting Michelle Adams' My Sister (April 2017), and for these we had the ARCs, samplers and an entire bucket of JD & Coke!
In the blue corner, Transworld were there to promote Joseph Knox's Sirens (Jan 2017) and Belinda Bauer's new book The Beautiful Dead (Nov 17). For this, we had a staple cocktail, the Siren Sour, a gorgeous - if very strong - cognac based cocktail, and pesto and mozzarella pastries in the shape of beautiful little butterflies (thank you to Alison Barrow @ Transworld for those!). Also making an appearance in this display were show boards for Tammy Cohen's When She Was Bad and T. A. Cotterill's What Alice Knew (April 2017).
In the red corner, Headline were promoting Michelle Adams' My Sister (April 2017), and for these we had the ARCs, samplers and an entire bucket of JD & Coke!
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Before night fell, it was time for Goldsboro Books' Harry Illingworth to deliver a speech to his "public". Ever the gent, he thanked David Headley, the team at Goldsboro, the publishers and the authors - and of course, the avid crime fans!
Harry is also an agent here at D H H Literary Agency and recently had his first agented book published: Infernal by Mark de Jager.
Harry is also an agent here at D H H Literary Agency and recently had his first agented book published: Infernal by Mark de Jager.
Now, for your delight and entertainment, below are some photos of the wonderful people we had attending the event:
 Author Erin Kelly (The Poison Tree, The Ties That Bind) with actor Robert Glenister (narrator of the Robert Galbraith audiobooks). |  Author Sarah Pinborough (13 Minutes, The Death House) with Goldsboro Books' Harry Illingworth. |  D H H client Stuart Turton (repped by Harry Illingworth - debut novel out on submission) with Ragdoll author Daniel Cole. |
 Authors Ruth Ware (In A Dark Dark Wood, The Woman In Cabin 10), Anna Mazzola (The Unseeing), Fergus McNeill (DI Harland series) and Laura Purcell (Georgian Queens series). |  Authors Tammy Cohen (When She Was Bad, The Broken), David Mark (DS McAvoy series) and Emma Kavanagh (The Missing Hours). |
 D H H client Adam Hamdy (second novel Pendulum published November '16) with his agent Hannah Sheppard. |  Author Rod Reynolds (Charlie Yates series). |  Authors Isabel Ashdown (Little Sister - coming July '17, Flight) and Sarah Naughton (debut novel Tattle Tale coming March '17). |
 Sirens author Joseph Knox and Belinda Bauer (The Beautiful Dead - coming Nov '16, Shut Eye). |  Author Stav Sherez (The Devil's Playground, Eleven Days). |
Well, that's it for another year, crime fans! Thank you to everyone who came and made it such a wonderful evening for professionals and public alike.
Be sure to keep an eye out for our events as we move in to the new year, and in the meantime - keeeeeeep reading!
Emily x
Be sure to keep an eye out for our events as we move in to the new year, and in the meantime - keeeeeeep reading!
Emily x
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