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An Interview with Louise Candlish

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Longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2025, Louise Candlish, joins Harrogate International Festivals and host Joe Haddow, to talk about her book, Our Holiday. 

Charlotte and Perry long for summers at Cliff View, their gorgeous holiday home overlooking the turquoise waters of Pine Ridge. And now that city friends Amy and Linus have bought a property nearby, they plan lazy weeks of sun, sea and sipping rosé on Charlotte’s summerhouse veranda.  But there’s trouble in paradise.

A rising tide of resentment towards second-home owners is heading their way and small acts of criminal damage are escalating into something more menacing. By the end of the summer, families and friendships will be torn apart and Pine Ridge will be known for more than its sun-drenched beaches.  It will be known for murder.

 

The most wanted prize in crime fiction – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.

About the Author

Louise Candlish is the bestselling author of 16 novels and her books are published all over the world. Her book Our House was adapted into a major four-part ITV drama and won the 2019 British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year.  She lives in a South London neighbourhood not unlike the one in her books, with her husband, daughter (when she’s not at uni), and a fox-red Labrador called Bertie who is the apple of her eye.

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