Ian Marsh, an established criminologist and the author of two criminal fiction novels, will be at the Padgate Library, Warrington. He will speak about his books and the deep characters he has created. His second novel, ‘Gemma Makes Her Mark’, was recently published by Austin Macauley. The book carries the story of Mark forward. Mark is in prison at the beginning of the story. He meets a young probation officer and gets into a relationship with her after his release. But what he doesn’t know is that the girl has her own agenda and aims to use him to exact her revenge on her mother. Ian is quite well-known in the academic arena for his writings and research on criminology. His first work of fiction, ‘Murderer: On Your Mark’ was also published by Austin Macauley and received praise from a wide audience.