When does the reading with Killen McNeill take place?

The reading takes place on Saturday, November 28, 2026, at 7 PM.

Where does CRIME TIME with Killen McNeill take place?

The venue is the Kriminalmuseum Fürth in the town hall, Brandenburger Straße 19, 90762 Fürth.

How much is the admission?

The admission for the event at the Kriminalmuseum is 18 Euros. Reduced tickets cost 8 Euros.

From which book does Killen McNeill read?

Killen McNeill reads from his Franconian crime novel The Wrong Field Hare.

Who else is appearing alongside Killen McNeill?

At the Kriminalmuseum, Jan Beinßen also reads from Frankenbiss.

Is the venue covered?

Yes. The reading takes place indoors in the Kriminalmuseum or in the vaulted cellar of the Fürth town hall.

Killen McNeill reads at the Kriminalmuseum Fürth: Tension meets Franconian linguistic art

Name: CRIME TIME with Killen McNeill
Start: 2026-11-28T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-28T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Kriminalmuseum Fürth im Rathaus

Goosebumps between real cases: Killen McNeill reads at the Kriminalmuseum Fürth

When literature meets historical investigative work, a special reading atmosphere is created: At CRIME TIME as part of the festival LESEN! 2026, Killen McNeill presents his Franconian crime novel The Wrong Field Hare at the Kriminalmuseum Fürth. The evening combines literary experience, regional crime culture, and an extraordinary venue.

A Franconian crime novel as a literary road trip

At the center of the novel is the artist Ambrosius Siebenhaar, who moves through Franconia while fleeing from his criminal artistic past. The plot unfolds as an exciting road trip with regional ties, dark humor, and surprising twists. McNeill combines the dramaturgy of the crime novel with careful observation of Franconian landscapes and environments.

Linguistic art between tension and regional color

Killen McNeill is from Northern Ireland, studied German philology, and came to Erlangen as an exchange student. He has lived and worked in Franconia for many years. His literary work ranges from novels on historical and socially shaped themes to Franconian crime fiction. For his short crime story Parson's Children, Miller's Livestock, he received the Franconian Crime Prize in 2012.

His well-known works include At the Shadow Bank, By the River, Hassberg, Return to Ireland, and Lore and the Last Days. In his texts, personal memory, cultural discourse, and precisely told tension converge. The Wrong Field Hare carries this connection into an artistically intertwined crime narrative about guilt, persecution, and the dark sides of creative obsession.

Reading at the Kriminalmuseum Fürth

The venue enhances the genre's impact: The Kriminalmuseum Fürth in the town hall displays original exhibits and historical documents from police work, criminalistics, and forensic medicine. This creates an intimate, atmospherically dense setting for McNeill's reading in the vaulted cellar of the Fürth town hall. Voice, language, and space merge into an author encounter with a special tension appeal.

An evening in the sign of Franconian crime culture

CRIME TIME takes place at four extraordinary locations in Fürth. At the Kriminalmuseum, Killen McNeill and Jan Beinßen read from their works. The festival format brings regional crime authors together with a literature-interested audience and turns the city itself into a stage for crimes, investigations, and narrative surprises.

Conclusion: Experience crime literature where it resonates most intensely

Visitors can expect an exciting reading with regional relevance, literary quality, and an impressive museum atmosphere. Those who love Franconian crime novels, linguistic artistry, and unusual reading locations will experience an evening at CRIME TIME that makes literature immediately and sensually tangible.