EVENT 13/08: Bonnie Burke-Patel introduces We Search the Island for Grace

We are absolutely delighted to be welcoming back the critically-acclaimed author of I Died At Fallow Hall and Dead As Gold, Bonnie Burke-Patel, to discuss her third novel, We Search the Island for Grace. Join us for what will be a brilliant evening discussing crime writing, labyrinths, medieval art and Gothic history... Date: Thursday 13th of August Venue: Max Minerva's, 47 Henleaze Road, BS9 4JU Time: Doors at 18:30. Discussion at 19:00. Finish approx 20:00. Tickets: £5.50 ticket only £16.99 ticket with We Search the Island for Grace (paperback) £1 Pay What You Can (Please only choose the PWYC tickets if you need to, they are limited and intended for those who really need them.) You don't need to bring your ticket with you, we will have a list of names on the door. Books will be available to buy on the night. ABOUT THE BOOK We Search the Island for Grace They gather at Saints’ Climb, the only house on an island off the Somerset coast. Seven men with nowhere else to be at Christmas. Father and son George and Xavier Starvely; James, a taciturn archaeologist uneasy with the living; Victor, a French widower; Rik, the groundskeeper; and Chris and Nathan, the two men who want to make a documentary about this place and its extraordinary collection of medieval art. And the housekeeper Marianne, who seems to find peace in serving. Erected around the stone labyrinth built into the floor by monks, Saints’ Climb is a house heavy with loneliness. Xavier Starvely is a successful academic with a real life elsewhere. Yet he is wracked with guilt over the fragmentary memories of a childhood tragedy, and when his guests arrive on the island for Christmas, the deaths begin afresh. A labyrinth is different from a maze. There are no false turns or dead ends: there is only one winding path, which, followed faithfully, will always lead to the centre. What will each find at the centre of the labyrinth? And can it save them? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born and raised in South Gloucestershire, Bonnie Burke-Patel studied History at Oxford. After working for half a decade in politics and policy, she changed careers and became a preschool teacher, before beginning to write full time. She lives with her husband, son, and needy dog in south east London. Find Bonnie online at - https://www.instagram.com/bonnieburkepatel/ https://lutyensrubinstein.co.uk/authors/bonnie-burke-patel