The Accidental Bookshop presents Cressida Downing
The Accidental Bookshop, Alnwick, NE66 1JG
Wednesday 29th July 2026
Lindisfarne 1494 is a place of secrets ... and murder.
Consider the Ravens won the inaugural Lindisfarne Prize in 2019. Set up by best-selling crime writer L. J. Ross, who said ‘Cressida is a natural writer, with an incredible ability to weave a richly textured story.'
The scribe Linnet is running from her criminal past and seeking sanctuary in the island of her childhood. She’s friendless in the monastery, the monks resentful of a woman scribe, and her only company is Tom the fisherman and a child, Isabelle – watchful, clever and unlikeable – with her partly tamed raven Pol.
The monastery bursar Oswyn threatens to expose Linnet’s past but she isn’t the only one with secrets to hide. Intent upon uncovering the monks’ misdeeds is the fanatic inspector, sent by the new Bishop of Durham to write a report on the monastery. When Oswyn is found drowned, Linnet suspects the death is not accidental.
After another death, Linnet realises there’s a killer amongst the brethren, and her own precarious position makes her vulnerable – unless she can first identify who it could be…
Join us, and Cressida Wednesday 29th July in The Accidental Bookshop, Alnwick.
Tickets are available now and include a welcome drink on arrival.
Doors open 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start.
We'd love to see you there!
Consider the Ravens won the inaugural Lindisfarne Prize in 2019. Set up by best-selling crime writer L. J. Ross, who said ‘Cressida is a natural writer, with an incredible ability to weave a richly textured story.'
The scribe Linnet is running from her criminal past and seeking sanctuary in the island of her childhood. She’s friendless in the monastery, the monks resentful of a woman scribe, and her only company is Tom the fisherman and a child, Isabelle – watchful, clever and unlikeable – with her partly tamed raven Pol.
The monastery bursar Oswyn threatens to expose Linnet’s past but she isn’t the only one with secrets to hide. Intent upon uncovering the monks’ misdeeds is the fanatic inspector, sent by the new Bishop of Durham to write a report on the monastery. When Oswyn is found drowned, Linnet suspects the death is not accidental.
After another death, Linnet realises there’s a killer amongst the brethren, and her own precarious position makes her vulnerable – unless she can first identify who it could be…
Join us, and Cressida Wednesday 29th July in The Accidental Bookshop, Alnwick.
Tickets are available now and include a welcome drink on arrival.
Doors open 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start.
We'd love to see you there!
