Killer talk for fans of Eve story
KILLING EVE WRITER LUKE JENNINGS WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN THE ASSASSIN’S STORY AT HEXHAM BOOK FESTIVAL, WRITES BARBARA HODGSON
NORTH East fans of Killing Eve can hear first-hand from the man who created the fascinating characters that captured the attention of the nation when the series launched last year.
Viewers were riveted by the cat-and-mouse story of MI6 officer Eve and psychotic hitwoman Villanelle when the BBC drama hit the screens last autumn.
And no sooner had the European-style bloodstrewn series finished – on a spine-tingling cliffhanger – than they wanted to know exactly when season two would begin.
A follow-up seemed never in any doubt and its British makers, who produced it for BBC America, quickly confirmed Killing Eve will be back in April in the US, with an as-yet unreleased date to follow in the UK.
But, while we wait, fans have at least a treat to look forward to, in the form of Killing Eve writer Luke Jennings who will be one of the special guests at this year’s Hexham Book Festival in April.
The London-based author and journalist will take part in a special event which offers the audience a chance to find out more about his memorable central characters Eve – played by Sandra Oh in the series – and Villanelle, played by Jodie Comer.
Killing Eve is based on his 2018 thriller Codename Villanelle, which is actually a compilation of four novellas which had been published between 2014 and 2016.
Jennings, who has written for major publications as well as penning novels including the acclaimed Blood Knots, who will be discussing his second novel in the Killing Eve trilogy at the festival on April 28.
No Tomorrow apparently sees the ‘duel’ between the fashionobsessed assassin Villanelle and the chaotic-living Eve intensify – as does the pair’s mutual obsession.
The action moves from Venice through the Tyrol to Russia, where Eve finally begins to unwrap the killer’s true identity.
The high-octane book has plenty more of the dark humour that became a trademark of the series and Jennings will be talking about it in conversation with BBC Newcastle’s Adrian Pitches at 3pm at Queen’s Hall Arts Centre in the town.
The audience can have a sneak peek into what happens in the next instalment and will hear that the third book in the planned trilogy is due out later this year.
Hexham Book Festival will run at various venues around Hexham between April 26 and May 5.
Also among the special guests set to draw the crowds – and talking about their own books – will be The Great British Bake Off favourite Prue Leith; McMafia author Misha Glenny; TV presenter Kate Humble; children’s author Michael Rosen and locally-born TV historian and presenter David Olusoga, who will be back on TV in April to present the new series of A House Through Time which features a house in Newcastle.
For the full festival programme see here and to buy tickets, costing £8.50, to see Luke Jennings – or any of the other events – visit hexhambookfestival.co.uk