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Tom Trott

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Born

in Brighton, The United Kingdom

July 17

Website

http://www.tomtrott.com

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Mystery, Thriller, Suspense

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Born in Brighton, I went to school here, worked many jobs here, and have never lived anywhere else. I first started writing at school, where a group of friends and I devised and performed comedy plays for assemblies, much to the amusement of our fellow pupils. The young ones would cheer (and the old ones would groan) as we stepped up onto the stage, the buzz was tangible. It has been with me ever since.

As an adult I have written a short comedy play that was performed at the Theatre Royal Brighton in May 2014 as part of the Brighton Festival; Daye's Work, a television pilot for the local Brighton channel; and won the Empire Award (thriller category) in the 2015 New York Screenplay Contest. I published my first novel, You Can't Make Old Frien ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 3,997 ratings · 286 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	You Can't Make Old Friends (Brighton's No.1 Private Detective #1) 3.88 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Florentine 4.30 avg rating — 871 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Never Goes Away (Brighton's No.1 Private Detective, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 569 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nice Guy and the Devil (Cain, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Choose Your Parents Wisely (Brighton's No.1 Private Detective #2) 3.56 avg rating — 511 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forbidden Zone 3.59 avg rating — 288 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vamos!: Small island, big trouble. Action crime adventure (Cain Book 3) 4.29 avg rating — 143 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Benevolent Dictator: Political conspiracy thriller 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Threshold: a screenplay it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rest of Their Bones: murder, mystery, serial killer, the next Cain thriller 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Brighton's No.1 Private Detective (3 books)
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“And just like in your house, your flat, or your cardboard box, if you put too much in there, you can’t close the door anymore... Two”
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“mr vogeli had said eight o’clock. He had said eight, and I had waited around till then because he was Swiss and in my warped mind that meant that he might have money. He had definitely said”
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