Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers 2025

The gods of rock n’ roll have smiled upon crime fiction fans and sent their noblest and best to the Old Swan Hotel to entertain them with songs of murder and mayhem. Turn the amplifiers up to eleven and let The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers demonstrate why the Devil really does have all the best tunes.

The world’s greatest crime writing superband – aka Mark Billingham, Chris Brookmyre, Doug Johnstone, Val McDermid, Stuart Neville and Luca Veste – will strut their stuff for your delectation and delight. As ever, they will murder songs for fun as they come armed to the teeth with killer tunes that will rock your socks off. Note – please bring spare socks as you’re going to need them for dancing.