Nicola Upson | The Christmas Clue
Sat 22 Nov 2025 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm
We can’t promise you the warmth of a cosy fire, but we can promise you a cosy festive crime courtesy of our doyenne of crime, Nicola Upson. Set on Christmas Eve, 1943; Anthony and Elva Pratt arrive in a snowy English village to run a murder mystery game – but instead discover a real murder. Join Nicola to hear about her Christmas cracker of a whodunnit and to discuss the enduring popularity of writing and reading in this most compelling of genres.
Venue: Cambridge University Library
Duration: 1 hour
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Author Biography
Nicola Upson was born in Suffolk and read English at Downing College, Cambridge. Her debut, An Expert in Murder, was the first in a series of crime novels to feature Josephine Tey — one of Britain’s finest Golden Age crime writers – and was dramatised for BBC Radio 4. Several of Nicola’s novels have been listed for the CWA Gold and Historical Daggers, and Sorry for the Dead was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. She is a member of the Detection Club, and in 2024 curated the acclaimed Murder by the Book: a celebration of twentieth century British crime fiction at Cambridge University Library.
She is also the author of Stanley and Elsie, a novel about the painter Stanley Spencer, and lives with her partner in Cambridge and Cornwall.
