4 - 20 October 2019 Various
Poetry, Politics, Pop & Rock
Mon 28 Oct 2019 1pm Bolton Library
Tess Gerritsen returns to Bolton Library to talk about her riveting new Gothic thriller, The Shape of Night.
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