A YORK-based author is promoting her new novel with a mini-tour of the city's libraries.

Pamela Hartshorne describes her latest book, The Cursed Wife, as a page-turning, psychological thriller set in Elizabethan London.

Pamela will be talking about her work in a series of appearances at York libraries, starting on Tuesady, March 27 at 7pm at Dringhouses Library.

She will then be at Fulford Library on Wednesday, April 18 at 7pm; and Bishopthorpe Library on Thursday, April 26 at 7pm.

Tickets cost £3 and can be booked at any library in York, or online at www.exploreyork.org.uk/events/.