Yorkshire author Helen Cadbury event 12 October and Morley Literature Festival 4-13 October

The author Helen Cadbury is the  winner of the Northern Crime Award for her debut novel To Catch a Rabbit. She writes fiction, poetry and plays. She worked as an actor before becoming a teacher. She now divides her time between writing, teaching in a women’s prison and delivering training in youth arts. She has an MA in Writing from Sheffield Hallam University. Helen grew up in Birmingham and Oldham. After living in London for many years, she came north and settled in York, where she lives with her family.

 

She is a very good speaker and it should be an interesting morning

To Catch a Rabbit by Helen Cadbury

                                                              

For fans of Louise Welsh and Karin Fossum

Two young boys stumble upon the body of a dead prostitute. She’s on PCSO Sean Denton’s patch. He’s already way out of his depth, but soon he’s uncovering more than he’s supposed to know.

Meanwhile Karen Friedman, professional mother of two, learns her brother has disappeared. She desperately needs to know he’s safe, but once she starts looking, she discovers unexpected things about her own needs and desires.

In this gripping story of migrants, love and the sex trade, Karen and Sean’s enquiries begin to throw up the same names. Played out against a gritty landscape on the edge of a Northern town, both of them risk losing all they hold precious.

“A rare find – a literary crime novel that you can’t put down.” Lesley Glaister

Reviews:

‘Excellent read

What a read. Sucks you in from the first chapter. I'm not a bookworm but couldn't put this down and finished in 3 nights. Looking forward to more from the author’

 

‘Glad I caught this rabbit!

Great book, easy to read with a good pace. All the characters are well developed and believable. The descriptions of the towns and surrounding North and East Yorkshire countryside are detailed and evocative. The story lines are compelling with plenty of twists, turns and intrigue. I can easily believe that these things are happening on my doorstep. This is a fantastic first novel and I look forward to the next one.’

 

‘Original take on crime fiction

The writing itself is beautiful, verging on poetic in some places (perhaps due to Cadbury's other life as a poet) but still succeeds in being pacy and left me desperate to keep reading. The locations of York and Doncaster are extremely evocative too. To Catch a Rabbit is a fantastic debut from a writer who I'm sure we'll be hearing much more from.’

MORLEY LITERATURE FESTIVAL

 Morley Literature Festival takes place 4-13 October this year and events include author talks from Alison Weir, Neil Hanson and Barney Bardsley, a literary lunch with Colin Brown and one poetry and two writing workshops.  For full details see www.morleyliteraturefestival.co.uk