A Thrilling Double Hander with Nicholas Shakespeare & Charles Cumming

An evening of espionage, political intrigue and conversation with Nicholas Shakespeare and Charles Cumming, authors of Frame 37 and Icarus 17.  

Hosted by Chloe King of Fox & King Books, in the extraordinary surroundings of Messums West. Nicholas and Charles will talk to Chloe about the inspiration behind their novels, the enduring appeal of espionage fiction and the art of building suspense.

Nicholas Shakespeare’s Frame 37 follows former journalist John Dyer as he investigates the death of an old friend and uncovers a political conspiracy rooted in a crime committed more than forty years earlier.

Charles Cumming’s Icarus 17 sees BOX 88 intelligence chief Lachlan Kite return to the field after a former lover asks for help finding her missing son. What begins as a search in Athens quickly becomes an international race against time.

Shakespeare is an award-winning novelist and biographer.  His books include The Dancer Upstairs, Snowleg, The Sandpit, Priscilla and Six Minutes in May, as well as acclaimed biographies of Bruce Chatwin and Ian Fleming. He has twice been long-listed for the Booker Prize and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Charles Cumming is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of thirteen novels, including A Spy by Nature, Typhoon, The Trinity Six, the Thomas Kell trilogy and the BOX 88 series.  He is also a screenwriter, with credits including the Gerard Butler film Plane.

Praise for Frame 37

“A tremendous, richly rewarding novel… Completely enthralling.”
William Boyd

Praise for Icarus 17

“The rightful inheritor of John le Carré’s crown.”
The Observer

The conversation will be followed by audience questions and a book signing.

Doors and bar open at 6pm
Conversation begins at 7pm
Event ends at 8pm

Tickets are £10 and may be redeemed against a book purchased at the event.