Charity Evening with Kerry Whittle
In aid of the Dianne Oxberry Trust.
Join us for an evening of stories, all in aid of a good cause. Hosted by Kay Crewdson, join Kerry Whittle as she explores her new novel, Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests.
You'll discover your new favourite crime book, with great cause behind the night.
Every ticket includes a copy of the book, which Kerry will sign and dedicate on the night, with all profits being donated to the Dianne Oxberry Trust.
About Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests
Seven guests. Three courses. One evening they'll never forget…
Seven strangers meet at Serendipity's for an anonymously hosted dinner party. As the evening reaches its close, small black envelopes are placed in front of the diners… revealing the age at which each will die.
Spooked, but not wholly shaken, the group disperses into the rainy night with the hope of forgetting the ghoulish stunt.
But two weeks later, one dinner guest dies at the age foretold. Was it a tragic accident? Or something more sinister?
As the years go by, the other guests begin to die in line with the predictions given on that first night. And it's up to the remaining few to figure who, if anyone, was behind that dinner party before their numbers catch up with them too.
Told from the perspectives of the guests, Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests balances mystery and mortality, asking: how would you live your life if you know your number was up?
About the Dianne Oxberry Trust.
Dianne Oxberry was one of the BBC’s longest-serving presenters, much loved by viewers who welcomed her into their homes every day. As the comedian Peter Kay famously remarked when gatecrashing her live TV weather report “Dianne Oxberry… God love her… you’ve made it sunshine for everybody”. He wasn’t wrong.
Dianne died on 10 January 2019 shortly after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Initially overwhelmed by the public response, Dianne’s husband quickly decided to harness all that amazing positive energy to try and salvage something positive from the carnage that ovarian cancer had wrought in their lives.
In the days immediately following her memorial at Manchester Cathedral, he founded the Dianne Oxberry Trust and galvanised a small group of friends, each with a unique set of skills, to join him as trustees.
Registered with the Charities Commission in record time, the charity went on to raise over £150,000 by the end of the year and has already supported vital research and support initiatives to help others diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
The charity has now focused its efforts on raising awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer to secure faster diagnosis and better outcomes so that other families have more time together than Dianne had with hers.