Something wicked this way comes…

The Book Fairies have been busy sharing crime books around London as part of our Capital Crime Festival celebration! The festival takes place 31st August – 2nd September and we are spreading the word by sharing some great crime fiction around our capital…

Who will be lucky enough to spot a book?

Police book fairies

The Book Fairies in London managed to get police, including armed and mounted officers, to muck in and share some books around the capital. Each book included a postcard about the Capital Crime festival and we shared them around Westminster and along the Thames!

Which books were included?

So many great crime novels were included in this activity! Here is a full list, with links to order yours from the fantastic Bookshop.org (each purchase supports bookshops!):

• Jack Jordan – Conviction
• Gillian McAllister – Wrong Place Wrong Time
• Peter James – Dead Simple
• Dorothy Koomson – My Other Husband
• JP Delaney – The New Wife
• Sam Ripley – The Rule of Three
• Yomi Adegoke – The List
• Mark Edwards – Keep Her Secret
• Believe Me by Dreda Say Mitchell & Ryan Carter
• Eva Bjorg Ægisdóttir – You Can’t See Me
• Gillian McAllister – Just Another Missing Person
• Nicola Williams – Until Proven Innocent

Find out more about Capital Crime:

Interested in Capital Crime? It’s happening later this month, and excitingly – next year’s dates have also been announced! Capital Crime 2024 will be taking place from 30 May – 1 June 2024 at the Leonardo Royal St Paul’s, London. Get your early weekend pass here!

Would you like to be a book fairy?

If this Capital Crime activity has made YOU want to share your own books, then we’d love for you to join us! Please order some book fairy stickers to start your journey today.