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Tim Parfitt

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My latest book, 'The Madrid Connection', was published in November 2025 - 'a fast, gripping, darkly funny page-turner'. It is a sequel to 'The Barcelona Connection', but also a standalone crime-thriller with black comedy.

These are the first two books in a planned series about an art detective called Benjamin Blake, with the first book already in development for the screen. As an author, journalist, occasional radio guest and comedy host, I am often working on several projects at the same time, but am always happy to hear from anyone who'd like to get in touch.

My non-fiction travel memoir, 'A Load of Bull - An Englishman's Adventures in Madrid', tells the story of being sent to Madrid in the late eighties for six weeks to help launch Spanis ...more

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Letter from Spain #78

I last posted here on 1 April - April Fool’s Day - and finally return on this last day of the month, only to say that I’m now going to be taking a longer break from Substack while working intensely on my next book, ‘The Malaga Connection’ - the third in ‘The Connections’ series.

April has been a great month - many birthday celebrations, mine and others (I try to string out mine over a couple of wee

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	A Load of Bull: An Englishman's Adventures in Madrid 3.59 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2006 — 7 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 Barcelona Connection (The Connections Book 1) 3.98 avg rating — 112 ratings — 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 Madrid Connection (The Connections, #2) 4.41 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 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
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