Panel chaired by Daniel Sellers with crime writers F.L. Everett, Inga Vesper and Michael Wood discussing Agatha Christie's influence on crime writing.
Agatha Christie: The Hallow - Queen of Crime is at the Mitchell Library on Saturday 31 October, a panel discussion that brings together four crime writers to talk about the woman who basically wrote the blueprint for the genre. Christie is the bestselling novelist of all time, with more than 70 novels, short stories and plays still in print and performed today, and the conversation focuses on her influence on crime writing and why her work still holds up.
Daniel Sellers chairs the panel. He's a Kindle bestseller known for the Glasgow-set Lola Harris Mysteries and the Yorkshire Killings series, and he's now writing thrillers set in rural and coastal Argyll. Joining him is F.L. Everett, a former journalist, broadcaster, agony aunt, vintage shop owner and tarot reader who writes the cosy mystery series Edie York. There's also journalist and author Inga Vesper, who moved to the UK from Germany, and CWA-shortlisted Michael Wood, who's written more than twenty crime novels, including the bestselling DCI Matilda Darke series. Between them, they cover a fair bit of ground—from cosy mysteries and police procedurals to the more atmospheric side of the genre.
The event is part of the launch week for Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery, an exhibition that opened at the British Library and at Living Knowledge Network partner libraries in October 2026 before arriving at the Mitchell Library, where it runs from 26 October 2026 to 23 January 2027. So if you're coming along for the panel, you can make a day of it and spend some time with the exhibition too.
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It starts at 11:00am on Saturday 31 October at the Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN. Tickets are £3 plus booking fees.
