ThrillFest Crime Fiction Event


ThrillFest celebrates and champions women crime writers, shining a spotlight on the essential contributions they make to the crime-thriller genre.

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Founded by bestselling author Dorothy Koomson, in this special pop-up edition of ThrillFest at Waterstones Edinburgh West End, Dorothy will be in conversation with fellow bestselling author Denise Mina, author of The Good Liar.

Dorothy Koomson is an award-winning, global bestselling author of 22 novels, commonly known as the ‘Queen of the Big Reveal’ for her powerful, thought-provoking, and compelling thrillers. The Quiet Girls is Dorothy’s 23rd book and is published on 12 March 2026.

Denise has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award twice, the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year twice, the Gordon Burn Prize and was inducted into the Crime Writers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2014. The Good Liar is her 20th novel.

Waterstones Edinburgh – West End is on Princes Street, opposite Edinburgh Castle.

For more details and to buy event tickets go to ThrillFest Crime Fiction Event.