South Cliff gardens are backdrop to book launch
Author Glenda Young’s new crime book set in Scarborough – Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel – will be officially launched in the town at the weekend. It is the second instalment in a three-book deal with Headline. It follows her much-acclaimed Scarborough crime debut Murder at the Seaview Hotel which has proved a bestseller in Scarborough Waterstones.
Murder at the Seaview Hotel is set in Scarborough. It sees the landlady Helen Dexter investigate when one of her guests of 12 Elvises is killed.
Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel is a fun, cosy crime, murder mystery set in Scarborough. It stars an acting troupe who arrive at Helen Dexter’s Seaview
Hotel to rehearse a play they hope will save a much-loved local theatre.
However, the leading lady is a diva, the playwright is highly strung and tension in the troupe is high. When one of the actors is found dead on the beach, hotel landlady Helen Dexter and her rescue greyhound Suki set out to solve the crime.
But just when Helen thinks things can’t get any worse after one of her guests is murdered, the hotel inspector arrives.
Glenda and her husband Barry have a close connection to the town. She sometimes rents an apartment in The Sands where she writes – and the couple married 10 years ago at the Stephen Joseph Theatre.
“Scarborough is unapologetic, it is fun. You come to Scarborough and you cannot help but have fun. There is the miniature railway, the funicular and gorgeous beaches,” said Glenda.
Scarborough’s South Cliff Gardens are hosting the launch of the paperback edition of Curtain Call at the Sea View Hotel on Saturday August 6.
Drop into Shuttleworth Gardens – a change from the original venue – any time between 11am and 1pm.
With the chance to meet Glenda, there will also be live music from local artist The Tall Boy who will be playing 50s tunes inspired by Glenda’s first cosy crime novel set in Scarborough, Murder at the Seaview Hotel, and the chance to enjoy light refreshments provided by Scarborough’s Eat Me Café.
Scarborough Waterstones will be at the event selling Glenda’s novels. The book launch is free to attend and you can sign up via Eventbrite.