19.30, The Palace Theatre, Palace Avenue, Paignton TQ3 3HF

Tickets: £11.00 (concessions available) from Palace Theatre Box Office

Phone Bookings: 01803 665800

Bijou Theatre present a gripping psychological thriller set in the French Alps. A man’s wife is apparently missing and he is rapidly loosing his mind. Events become all the more puzzling as the wife walks in - only for her husband to deny that this is his wife. A trap is being cunningly set and the end has a startling twist...

19.30, Paignton Library & Information Centre Great Western Road, Paignton TQ4 5AG

Tickets: £4.00 available from Palace Theatre Box Office

Phone bookings: 01803 665800

Mathew Prichard, the grandson of Torquay’s most famous daughter, Agatha Christie, talks about his new book, The Grand Tour, in which he has edited a series of letters written by his grandmother in the 1920s when she set sail on a 10-month voyage around the British Empire with her husband as part of a trade mission to promote the forthcoming British Empire Exhibition. The letters describe in detail the places and people she encountered and reveal a new side to Agatha Christie, demonstrating how her appetite for exotic plots and locations for her crime novels began with this eye-opening trip. Also with a book signing session by Mathew Prichard.

19.30, Paignton Library & Information Centre, Great Western Road, Paignton TQ4 5AG

Tickets: £4.00 available from Palace Theatre Box Office

Phone bookings: 01803 665800

Sophie Hannah is renowned for psychological thrillers that are “precision-engineered to unsettle” (Guardian) and “turn up the suspense until you're checking under the bed for murders.” (Independent). Her seven novels to date featuring police officers Charlie Zailer and Simon Waterhouse are international bestsellers published in 20 countries, and her first thriller to be adapted for television, The Point of Rescue, was broadcast on ITV1 in 2011 under the series title Case Sensitive. Also with a book signing session by Sophie Hannah

14.00, The Palace Theatre, Palace Avenue, Paignton TQ3 3HF

Tickets: £6.00 available from Palace Theatre Box Office   Discount available for groups of 10 or more

Phone bookings: 01803 665800

In 1975, Colin Dexter’s first novel, Last Bus to Woodstock, introduced us to the character of Inspector Morse, a senior CID officer with the Thames Valley Police in Oxford with a thirst for English real ale and a penchant for opera and cryptic crossword puzzles. in 1999, 13 books and 33 television episodes later, Colin Dexter retired the Inspector for good, by which time, Morse had become one of the best loved detectives of all time. Hear Colin Dexter in conversation about his life and work and, perhaps, unravel a little more of the mystery that is Morse. Also with a book signing session by Colin Dexter.

19.00, The Epicentre Cafe, 59 Torquay Road, Paignton TQ3 3DT

Tickets: £3.00 available from Palace Theatre Box Office

Phone bookings: 01803 665800

Exactly 100 years to the month since the event, Mike Holgate looks back in words and song at the world's greatest ever maritime tragedy in this fascinating collection of stories recalling criminal activities and enduring mysteries surrounding many of the personalities on board the so-called `unsinkable' vessel – with some surprising Torbay connections. Also With a book signing session by Mike Holgate.