The Book Nook meets: Acclaimed Crime Writers Heather Critchlow and Rachel Wolf
Ware Library, Ware, SG12 9BA
Thursday 30th April 2026
The Book Nook bookshop in Ware are delighted to welcome acclaimed crime writers Heather Critchlow and Rachel Wolf to Ware Library on the evening of Thursday the 30th of April. Join us for an entertaining evening of crime and thriller fiction with Heather, Rachel and local author and Book Nook Volunteer Kate Miller
Rachel, who’ll be discussing her latest thriller, "Her Perfect Escape", will be in conversation with Heather who will be talking about her latest book, "The Tomorrow Project" and about their lives of crime writing & their books as well as signing copies of their books which are available to pre-order with 10% off from the The Book Nook or will be on sale on the evening.
About the books
Her Perfect Escape by Rachel Wolf
'Even paradise has shadows. July 2025. Tash and Mark host a birthday weekend for their son, Dom, at their luxury villa on a Greek island, inviting a select list of people to celebrate. As the drinks flow, the unthinkable happens when Tash’s sister drowns, vanishing without a trace. No one suspects foul play – except for Tash. July 2026. One year on, Tash hosts a party for the same guests who were there when Emma died. She's learned that they're all hiding something - even Dom's behaviour has changed since that night. She knows that answers lie on the island and no one is leaving until she gets the truth. But if the villa holds the secrets to what happened, it also hides a killer..'
The Tomorrow Project by Heather Critchlow
In 2050s London, fear grips like a vice as a deadly virus sweeps the globe. The British prime minister tells her people to remain calm. A vaccine will be available soon, and as a precautionary measure children will be whisked away to undisclosed locations, kept safe until the storm passes.
Marianne, Downing Street press secretary, doesn't realise the futility until it is far, far too late. When the truth hits her, Marianne is forced to choose: stay with her family, or do whatever she can to help the doomed survive. As London falls, seven-year-old Maia is one of the last to escape the city.
In an evacuation camp, she binds herself to Finn: in the absence of everything she knew, he becomes her everything. Yet as the years roll on and hope fades, Maia sees the bubble of safety is also a prison. She realises there is only one choice: to leave the camp and find what remains on the outside.
About the authors
Rachel Wolf: Rachel is a travel executive turned thriller writer. She did the Curtis Brown Creative Writing Course before writing a successful crime series as Rachael Blok which were well reviewed by magazines and the nationals. She went on to write her first glamorous destination thrillers “Five Nights”, “Sun Trap” and her latest book published in May 2026, "Her Perfect Escape", immerses you in luxury and intrigue on a stunning Greek island.
She writes about the undoing of the rich and privileged and her novels, whilst having a luxurious background have a gritty edge to them. It’s the locations that Rachel went to which were the inspiration for “Sun Trap”.
Heather Critchlow: Heather grew up in rural Aberdeenshire and trained as a business journalist after studying history and social science at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of the Scotland-set crime fiction series, the Cal Lovett Files Heather lives in St Albans. Her new book “The Tomorrow Project” is a speculative thriller, a near-future dystopian novel about the tail end of a global pandemic and the people tasked with salvaging any trace of the world as they know it.
Rachel, who’ll be discussing her latest thriller, "Her Perfect Escape", will be in conversation with Heather who will be talking about her latest book, "The Tomorrow Project" and about their lives of crime writing & their books as well as signing copies of their books which are available to pre-order with 10% off from the The Book Nook or will be on sale on the evening.
About the books
Her Perfect Escape by Rachel Wolf
'Even paradise has shadows. July 2025. Tash and Mark host a birthday weekend for their son, Dom, at their luxury villa on a Greek island, inviting a select list of people to celebrate. As the drinks flow, the unthinkable happens when Tash’s sister drowns, vanishing without a trace. No one suspects foul play – except for Tash. July 2026. One year on, Tash hosts a party for the same guests who were there when Emma died. She's learned that they're all hiding something - even Dom's behaviour has changed since that night. She knows that answers lie on the island and no one is leaving until she gets the truth. But if the villa holds the secrets to what happened, it also hides a killer..'
The Tomorrow Project by Heather Critchlow
In 2050s London, fear grips like a vice as a deadly virus sweeps the globe. The British prime minister tells her people to remain calm. A vaccine will be available soon, and as a precautionary measure children will be whisked away to undisclosed locations, kept safe until the storm passes.
Marianne, Downing Street press secretary, doesn't realise the futility until it is far, far too late. When the truth hits her, Marianne is forced to choose: stay with her family, or do whatever she can to help the doomed survive. As London falls, seven-year-old Maia is one of the last to escape the city.
In an evacuation camp, she binds herself to Finn: in the absence of everything she knew, he becomes her everything. Yet as the years roll on and hope fades, Maia sees the bubble of safety is also a prison. She realises there is only one choice: to leave the camp and find what remains on the outside.
About the authors
Rachel Wolf: Rachel is a travel executive turned thriller writer. She did the Curtis Brown Creative Writing Course before writing a successful crime series as Rachael Blok which were well reviewed by magazines and the nationals. She went on to write her first glamorous destination thrillers “Five Nights”, “Sun Trap” and her latest book published in May 2026, "Her Perfect Escape", immerses you in luxury and intrigue on a stunning Greek island.
She writes about the undoing of the rich and privileged and her novels, whilst having a luxurious background have a gritty edge to them. It’s the locations that Rachel went to which were the inspiration for “Sun Trap”.
Heather Critchlow: Heather grew up in rural Aberdeenshire and trained as a business journalist after studying history and social science at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of the Scotland-set crime fiction series, the Cal Lovett Files Heather lives in St Albans. Her new book “The Tomorrow Project” is a speculative thriller, a near-future dystopian novel about the tail end of a global pandemic and the people tasked with salvaging any trace of the world as they know it.
