Brand new for 2026 - if you're a fan of Manchester's Crime Central events you can now join our book club.

We will be meeting in the Chief Librarian's Office (3RD FLOOR) at 6pm on Monday 24th August.

We're pleased to announce that the next book chosen is:

The Mourning Necklace by Kate Foster

1724. In a tavern just outside Edinburgh, the family of Maggie Dickson – hanged for the murder of her newborn child – drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them; passers-by avert their eyes from her cheap coffin on its rickety cart.

But as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door.

It is Maggie. She is alive.

Bruised and dazed, Maggie has little time for her family’s questions. All that matters to her is answering one: will they hang her twice?

Copies of the book will be available to buy from Crime Central on 22nd July - get yourself a ticket!

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