Capital Crime

A celebration of the crime & thriller genre. 🔍June 18th - 20th 2026 in London ✉️ [email protected]

[Capital Crime @CapitalCrime1]

A new chapter, a bigger venue, and huge names already announced...

This is Capital Crime 2027.

(And early birds are already nearly gone!!)

#capitalcrime27 #capitalcrime #crimefiction #thrillerbooks

[Goldsboro Books @GoldsboroBooks]

Award-winning journalist and novelist @SaimaMir joins David Headley to discuss the bestselling Jia Khan series, code-switching, authenticity, crime, justice and the realities of earning a living as a novelist.

Listen now: https://t.co/nUPJ3z4Gg4

[Capital Crime @CapitalCrime1]

More space for events, more places to meet your fellow #crimefiction fans, and a lovely covered outdoor bar (just in case there’s another heatwave 😉).

Here’s why our new venue for Capital Crime 2027 promises to help make it our best festival yet!

[FMcM @FMcMAssociates]

@CapitalCrime1 2026 🚨

We’re still buzzing from an incredible weekend, packed with sessions featuring iconic authors including @lisajewelluk, Liz Nugent, Andrea Mara, @HazellWard, Lee and Andrew Child, @will_carver, @VaseemKhanUK and @janeharperautho just to name a few 🔪📚⚖️

[Capital Crime @CapitalCrime1]

@Kathbrannigan Thank you so much for you support! Can’t wait to welcome you back next year! xx

[Mandie @mgriffiths163]

My last panel @CapitalCrime1 - One of The Family. The perfect ending to a fantastic weekend

[Linda Hill @Lindahill50Hill]

This @CapitalCrime1 interview is just fabulous!
@claremackint0sh answers @DavidHHeadley questions with such detail and insight for both readers and aspiring writers

[Janice Hallett @JaniceHallett]

So excited! This is today at 18.20 and I cannot wait! If you're at @CapitalCrime1 pop along and hear @theJeremyVine @mredwards and me talk about closed circles and amateur sleuths ... see you there!

[Hazell Ward @HazellWard]

Today I will be taking part in a @capitalcrime1 panel with @sophiehannahCB1 @lucyfoleytweets and @kellymullenauthor
talking about Agatha Christie and the rise and rise of the whodunnit @capitalcrime1
I'm so excited!

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

The winners were named last night for the fifth annual Fingerprint Awards. 👇 https://t.co/WLF0vAcsQG

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

Orenda Books has acquired Before I Sleep Forever by SJ Watson, the sequel to Before I Go to Sleep (Transworld, 2012). 👇 https://t.co/L9kvxEtwGN

[Andy Wormald @amwbooks]

What a way to start Capital Crime, Secrets and Shadows The Many Faces of Espionage with Jane Thynne, Chris Humphreys, Dave Goodman, Paul Warner & James Wolff so entertaining and informative, do love spy fiction @CapitalCrime1

[Linda Hill @Lindahill50Hill]

So excited for this @CapitalCrime1 panel discussing AI with @ajaychow @JoCallaghanKat and @VaseemKhanUK especially as there is no agreed definition 😱

[Capital Crime @CapitalCrime1]

WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD…

Abir Mukherjee - The Burning Grounds 👏👏👏

#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards @radiomukhers

[Capital Crime @CapitalCrime1]

WINNER OF THE OVERALL CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD…

M. W. Craven - The Final Vow 👏👏👏👏

#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards @MWCravenUK

[Capital Crime @CapitalCrime1]

WINNER OF THE TRUE CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD...

Virginia Giuffre - Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards

[Capital Crime @CapitalCrime1]

WINNER OF THE THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD…

Lisa Jewell - Don't Let Him In 👏👏👏👏

#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards @lisajewelluk

[Capital Crime @CapitalCrime1]

WINNER OF THE GENRE-BUSTING BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD….

Will Carver - Kill Them with Kindness 👏👏👏

#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards

@will_carver

[Capital Crime @CapitalCrime1]

WINNER OF THE AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD…

@lisajewelluk - Don't Let Him In 👏👏👏👏

#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards

[Capital Crime @CapitalCrime1]

WINNER OF THE DEBUT CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD…

Steph McGovern - Deadline

#capitalcrime26 #fingerprintawards @StephLunch