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Timothy Hallinan

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Timothy Hallinan

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Born
in Los Angeles, The United States
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October 2008


I'm a thriller and mystery novelist with 22 published books in three series, all with major imprints. I divides my time between Los Angeles and Southeast Asia, primarily Thailand, where I've lived off and on for more than twenty years. As of now, My primary home is in Santa Monica, California.

I currently write two series, The Poke Rafferty Bangkok Thrillers, most recently FOOLS' RIVER, and the Junior Bender Mysteries, set in Los Angeles, Coming up this November is NIGHTTOWN. The main character of those books is a burglar who works as a private eye for crooks.

The first series I ever wrote featured an overeducated private eye named Simeon Grist. in 2017 I wrote PULPED, the first book in the series to be self-published, which was actually a lo
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Average rating: 3.89 · 19,764 ratings · 2,810 reviews · 48 distinct worksSimilar authors
Crashed (Junior Bender, #1)

3.78 avg rating — 3,246 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions
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A Nail Through the Heart (P...

3.89 avg rating — 1,882 ratings — published 2007 — 21 editions
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Little Elvises (Junior Bend...

3.91 avg rating — 1,590 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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The Fame Thief (Junior Bend...

3.96 avg rating — 1,338 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions
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Herbie's Game (Junior Bende...

4.05 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions
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The Queen of Patpong (Poke ...

4.15 avg rating — 890 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions
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The Fourth Watcher (Poke Ra...

3.98 avg rating — 890 ratings — published 2008 — 23 editions
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King Maybe (Junior Bender, #5)

4.01 avg rating — 846 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions
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Fields Where They Lay (Juni...

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“She gave me the slow nod women use to indicate that they understand our pain, they admire the courage with which we handle it, and they're absolutely certain that it's all our fault.”
Timothy Hallinan, Crashed

“Life is a gift. If we don't live it well, we are being ungrateful. And we have to love the ones who journey with us." (A Nail Through the Heart)”
Timothy Hallinan

“What was it like, being married to six actresses?"

"Like being married to one of them. They're all pretty much alike."

"Why'd you keep doing it, then?"

"Hope is the thing with feathers," Trent said, "that tickles your scrotum at the moments when you most need a clear head.”
Timothy Hallinan, The Fame Thief
tags: humour

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December Special Holiday-Themed Mystery Poll

We ask that you only vote if you are planning on participating in our discussion should your choice win.

Which Special Holiday-Themed would you like to read in December?

 
  12 votes, 26.7%

Silent Night (Spenser #41.5) by Robert B. Parker
 
  10 votes, 22.2%

A Christmas Journey (Christmas Stories #1) by Anne Perry
 
  8 votes, 17.8%

The Ghost of Christmas Past (Molly Murphy #17) by Rhys Bowen
 
  6 votes, 13.3%

Killer Christmas (A DI Geraldine Steel Thriller) by Leigh Russell
 
  5 votes, 11.1%

 
  3 votes, 6.7%

Fields Where They Lay (Junior Bender #6) by Timothy Hallinan
 
  1 vote, 2.2%

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“Life is a gift. If we don't live it well, we are being ungrateful. And we have to love the ones who journey with us." (A Nail Through the Heart)”
Timothy Hallinan

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Timothy Hallinan Hey, Beth -- we scribblers have to stick together.


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Beth Hi Timothy,
Thanks for befriending this fellow author on Goodreads!


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