Saturday 31 January

2-2.30

Author Event with Paul D Coombs: The Great Orme (Northodox Press)

Paul D Coombs, is a Welsh author living in Cheshire, and is most recognised for his haunting, literary style and memorable characters. Coombs' dark fiction has gained acceptance among readers of all genres. His debut novel – The Great Orme, a dark psychological thriller scraped and torn from the famous jutting limestone headland of Llandudno, North Wales, was described by one reviewer as "Agatha Christie meets Stephen King", and is published by Northodox Press.

A taut psychological thriller laced with moral ambiguity, The Great Orme plunges readers into a world where justice blurs with vengeance. As the body count rises, so do the secrets—each revelation more shocking than the last. The killers at the heart of the story aren't random monsters, but executioners of society's darkest offenders: the irredeemable. Yet as their crusade spirals out of control, and devastating truths emerge, the line between right and wrong begins to vanish. Gripping, disturbing, and unflinchingly introspective, this is a story that forces you to question where justice ends... and something far darker begins.

Emotionally charged, dark, traumatic and intensely atmospheric, The Great Orme combines the very best of coastal gothic and supernatural thriller, with dark, morally grey themes, that blur the lines between psychological crime, literary fiction and horror.

"Coombs will take your hand and break your heart in the most splendid of ways." – Sara Crocoll Smith, award winning editor of the Love Letters to Poe anthologies.

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books on the walls, 2 City Walls, Chester CH1 2JG