Bookends festival: Meet The Author

Susan Brownrigg and The Secret of Abney Hall, Meet The Author, readings and Q and A   Saturday 31.10.26 Widnes Library FREE No booking Required   The Secret of Abney Hall   Cheadle, near Manchester, December 1926.   Agatha Christie has been found. After a mysterious eleven-day disappearance, the world’s most famous crime writer is whisked away to Abney Hall to recover. But for her private nurse, Jane Goodbetter, the retreat is anything but peaceful. As a local theatre troupe arrives to rehearse a macabre new play, the atmosphere turns sinister. Secrets are leaking to the press, and Jane’s own dark past at a wartime asylum threatens to surface.   Susan, is a Lancashire lass, she grew up in Wigan and now lives in Skelmersdale. She previously worked for twelve years in heritage and wildlife education, including as Learning Manager at Norton Priory Museum & Gardens, Runcorn. She has also worked at Rufford Old Hall, Tatton Park, Quarry Bank Mill, Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Blackpool Zoo.