
All ticket sales in aid of CENTREPOINT Youth Homeless Charity. Dozens of top crime authors. Celeb TV guests. Saturday 4th October 2025, 9am-11pm, Gerrards Cross, 20 mins from Marylebone.
Thanks to our sponsors Sacla’ UK, Vaaroom Motorhome Hire, Ewing Law, Quantaco & patron Frederick Forsyth.
Chiltern Kills really is the BEST crime festival out there – Robert Thorogood
Chiltern Kills is an incredible festival – Roxie Key
Arguably best one-day crime festival on the planet – Craig Sisterson
The best one-day crime fiction festival I’ve been to. Looking forward to next year already! – Alex North
For me the best one-day festival going – Andy Wormald
Chiltern Kills 2024: Jeffrey Archer · Ian Rankin · Peter James · Harriet Tyce · Louise Minchin · The Secret Barrister · Robert Thorogood · Ajay Chowdhury · Jeremy Vine · Mark Edwards · Ed James · MJ Arlidge · Tony Kent · Paul Waters · Sarah Pinborough · Gytha Lodge · Vaseem Khan · Elly Griffiths · Imran Mahmood · Susi Holliday · Nadine Matheson · Neil Lancaster · Erin Kelly · LJ Shepherd ·Tom Wood · David Fennell · Helen Fields · Jane Casey · Kate London · Beth Lewis · Cass Green · Hamish Morjaria · Phil Williams · Natalie Jamieson · CL Taylor · Abigail Dean · Natasha Knight · Alex North · Susi Holliday · Craig Robertson · Graham Bartlett · Julia Crouch · Steph Broadribb · Greg Mosse · Anna Mazzola · Eve Smith · Leye Adenle · Laura Marshall · Matt Wesolowski · Fiona Cummins · TM Payne · Luca Veste · Tim Sullivan · Claire Douglas · Heather Fitt · Roxie Key · Tariq Ashkanani · Stuart Neville · Will Carver · Robert Rutherford · Erin Young · Mason Cross · Lisa Hall · Aneysha Minocha · Nicky Lovick & Frederick Forsyth (& watch this space…)
Chiltern Kills 2023
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Gerrards Cross, doors open 9am-11pm, 20 mins from Marylebone
The single most intense one day of crime writing entertainment, with many of the biggest names in UK crime writing & celeb moderators, all joining together with @centrepointuk to help homeless young people.
Tickets £40 (including booking fee) – ALL proceeds to Centrepoint. (Our costs are covered by our generous sponsors & all authors are appearing for free.) Or choose an enhanced special ticket with gets you a one-to-one face-to-face consultation with a top literary agent for £60, (which also goes to Centrepoint). NB: All tickets give all-day access to both stages, the signing bookshop, the bar, the food court & mingling areas, but each panel event is first-come-first-seated, & NOT everyone will fit into each panel. Both stages will be running panels at the same time, the bookshop will be hosting signings & crime authors will be pulling pints behind the bar – so plenty to enjoy.
- Dozens of top authors.
- Celebrity Moderators from TV and radio.
- Law and Order professionals.
- 16 panels across 2 stages.
- TV Crime Drama Stars
- Book your 1-2-1 session with a literary agent
- Unique karaoke – Murder a Song – led by crime writing legends Mark Edwards & Ed James.
- A food selection to make Borough Market blush.
- 1-2-1 interviews with crime and thriller writing legends.
- The WhoDunHim Inn – the Windsor and Eton beer tent to end all beer tents – with bar staff in crime-themed costumes.
- Pick up signed books from your favourite authors at the festival Chiltern Bookshop.
- Swag galore in your festival tote bag with every ticket.
Please use public transport. We’re only 20 minutes from Marylebone by train, and then a short walk from the station. Unmissable.
Chiltern Kills crime writing fest, Gerrards Cross
Chiltern Kills is at historic Colston Hall, (GXCA Memorial Centre), 8 East Common, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 7AD.
- By train: 20 mins from London Marylebone via Chiltern Railways, then 11 mins walk to the venue.
- By car: 5 miles from Junction 2, M40 – free parking.
Get the last train home or stay at one of our lovely local hotels – The Bull Hotel, The Crowne Plaza Gerrards Cross, The Ethorpe Hotel, The Greyhound Inn, The Rioshouse George Inn, or The Ibis Budget Beaconsfield.
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