THE Bookery is delighted to welcome Amelia Blackwell for an evening of literary mystery and historic intrigue as she discusses her new novel, The Haunting of a Brontë, on Thursday, July 9 at 7pm.

Amelia will be joined in conversation by Devon crime writer Stephanie Austin, promising a lively evening of murder mystery, literary history and the enduring fascination of the Brontës.

The Haunting of a Brontë is the new instalment in Amelia Blackwell’s much-loved Miss Darcy Investigates cosy crime timeslip series.

Transported 40 years into the future, Georgiana Darcy finds herself in 1843 at Thorp Green Hall, an ominous Victorian manor where Branwell and Anne Brontë are employed as tutor and governess.

Expecting murder but encountering something far stranger, Georgiana becomes entangled in a web of passion, deception and unsettling events, inspired by Anne Brontë’s own cryptic diary entries.

Blending humour, romance and mystery, the novel echoes the creeping atmosphere of The Turn of the Screw and the emotional turbulence of Wuthering Heights.

Amelia Blackwell holds a master’s degree in creative writing and has a deep love of the works of Jane Austen. Although the Boleyns appear in her family tree, it’s through marriage, not blood, which is probably just as well. She lives in Cornwall with her family and Colin the corn snake.

Stephanie Austin is the author of nine novels including Dead in Devon, The Dartmoor Murders and her most recent book How to Get Murdered in Devon.

Stephanie has enjoyed a varied career as an artist and antiques trader, previously worked with the Devon Schools Library Service, and is actively involved in amateur theatre as both director and actor.

Tickets are £5 from The Bookery or via thebookery.org.uk. Ticketholders will receive 15 per cent off purchases of The Haunting of a Brontë on the night.