# St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend: Abir Mukherjee, Jane Casey & Sarah Hilary Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/quick-book-reviews-with-philippa-hall-183832/st-hilda-s-crime-fiction-weekend-abir-mukherjee-jane-casey-sarah-hilary Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/quick-book-reviews-with-philippa-hall-183832/st-hilda-s-crime-fiction-weekend-abir-mukherjee-jane-casey-sarah-hilary.md Podcast: [Quick Book Reviews with Philippa Hall](https://stenobird.com/podcast/quick-book-reviews-with-philippa-hall-183832) Published: 2026-07-08T04:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/quick-book-reviews/episodes/st-hildas-crime-fiction-weekend-abir-mukherjee-jane-casey-sa Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6087d3aca4a81031ba098a59/e/6a3b9f2297b52d99361fc6d9/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/quick-book-reviews-with-philippa-hall-183832/episodes/st-hilda-s-crime-fiction-weekend-abir-mukherjee-jane-casey-sarah-hilary Duration seconds: 2497 ## Resource Philippa is joined by three brilliant crime writers β€” Abir Mukherjee , Jane Casey , and Sarah Hilary β€” to talk all about St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend , the unique Oxford crime fiction event running 4th–6th September . Each guest is allotted a school role (head girl, school council rep, and chair stacker) which determines the questions they're asked β€” and the chaos that follows is exactly as fun as it sounds. πŸŽ“ St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend πŸ”— Book tickets for St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend What makes St Hilda's different from every other crime festival β€” long-form talks on themes rather than authors plugging their own books This year's theme: Bad Apples: Crime Fiction's Enemies and Antiheroes The legendary annual Whodunit, costumes, accents, and Abir's reputation for staying in character (and wig) all weekend The Friday Night Special ticket β€” drinks on the lawn, a talk on Bond villains, a three-course chef-prepared dinner, and an after-dinner speaker Guest of honour Andrew Taylor, and returning speaker Natasha Cooper The online option for people joining from Australia, Japan, and beyond Punting mishaps, Jimi Hendrix-via-laptop disasters, and other backstage panic stories The on-site Blackwell's bookshop and the chance to win a rare first edition at the Whodunit πŸ“š The Books The Pinnacle – Abir Mukherjee A failing Hollywood actor moves to Mumbai with his Bollywood star wife, wakes up after a bender to find her murdered, and becomes suspect number one to 1.4 billion people. Described by Abir as "exotic satire crime fiction." Everything She Didn't Say – Jane Casey Set on the windswept west coast of Ireland β€” a woman wakes covered in blood with no memory of what happened to her missing best friend. A twisty, modern gothic thriller. The Drowning Place – Sarah Hilary… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/quick-book-reviews-with-philippa-hall-183832/episodes/st-hilda-s-crime-fiction-weekend-abir-mukherjee-jane-casey-sarah-hilary/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/quick-book-reviews-with-philippa-hall-183832/st-hilda-s-crime-fiction-weekend-abir-mukherjee-jane-casey-sarah-hilary.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.