Best-selling author Tony Kent is holding his second Chilterns Kills Crime Writers Festival in Gerrards Cross at the start of October.

Taking place at the village’s Colston Hall, the festival will be held across two main stages and guests will be able to choose from eight one-hour events per stage from morning to night, filled to the brim with the very biggest names.

These include the likes of Ian Rankin, Jeffrey Archer, Peter James, The Secret Barrister, Jeremy Vine, Louise Minchin, Abigail Dean, Robert Thorogood Harriet Tyce and so many more. 

The patron of the event is Day of The Jackal author, Frederick Forsyth, who will join the biggest names in crime writing to raise money for the charity Centrepoint to combat youth homelessness.

In addition to this, there is an on-site mini-food festival with gourmet pizza, traditional Greek cuisine, fish and chips, slow-cooked pulled pork and brisket and much more. 

It will take on Saturday, October 5 from 9.30am to 11pm, with tickets costing £40.

For more information, go to www.chilternkills.com.