Murdle author G T Karber to headline 2024's CrimeFest

Bestselling Murdle author G T Karber will host an immersive event at this year’s CrimeFest.

The Arkansas author, who took the coveted Christmas 2023 number one spot, has staged more than 30 immersive whodunits in the LA area as the general secretary of the Hollywood Mystery Society. He will host a special Murdle event on CrimeFest’s opening night on 9th May.

The event, which is sponsored by Specsavers, runs from 9th to 12th May 2024 at the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel featuring around 150 authors.

Karber will also take part in a panel on "Columbo", alongside fellow aficionados of the iconic TV show, Laura Lippman, and Vaseem Khan, chair of the Crime Writers’ Association.

Adrian Muller said: “We’re really excited that G T Karber is coming from Hollywood to open CrimeFest on Thursday night. It promises to be a thrilling, fun, and hugely entertaining evening, and with the many crime authors and readers taking part, it will be intriguing to see who cracks the Murdle code.” 

The convention will also feature a homage to P D James, known as the Queen of Crime Fiction, with the award-winning crime writer and lawyer Frances Fyfield, the Sunday Times chief fiction critic Peter Kemp, and the author, playwright, and producer Simon Brett.

The Welsh-Canadian mystery writer Cathy Ace will be the Gala Dinner’s Leader of Toasts, toasting the authors nominated for the 2024 CrimeFest awards.   

Karber’s third instalment, Murdle: Even More Killer Puzzles, is published on 9th May by Souvenir Press.