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Tom Greer

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Glasgow, The United Kingdom

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Crime, Thriller

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Tom Greer was born, raised and educated in Glasgow. He's also lived in London, Germany, Belfast and the North West of England and currently lives in the South West of England.
An Expendable Spy is his debut novel.

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I received a very nice comment this evening from a reader about 'Death Comes Calling', which was published last weekend

"Memorably gory chilling and terrifying too, especially as it hurtled to its conclusion!
Many of your narrator's world-weary obsevations certainly made me smile."
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Published on June 10, 2020 16:51 • Tags: british-crime, british-thriller, crime, mystery, noir, thriller, whodunit

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Out of the Blue: The Inside Story of Liz Truss and Her Astonishing Rise to Power

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“Never patronize your readers. That means don't talk down to them.”
― Tom Greer

tags: amsterdam, cold-war, crime, crime-fiction, espionage, espionage-thriller, london, spy, thriller, thriller-novels

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“Like all intelligent people, I'm aware of just how little I know.”
― Tom Greer, An Expendable Spy

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Tom’s Quotes

“Never patronize your readers. That means don't talk down to them.”
― Tom Greer

tags: amsterdam, cold-war, crime, crime-fiction, espionage, espionage-thriller, london, spy, thriller, thriller-novels

6 likes

“Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.”
― Len Deighton

tags: humor, mistakes, silliness

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“It seemed to him a very Edinburgh thing. Welcoming, but not very.”
― Ian Rankin, Exit Music

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“There are worse forms of prostitution than whoring.
-Inspector John Rebus”
― Ian Rankin, Strip Jack

tags: life

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“He wondered what percentage of the world's art was actually kept in bank vaults and the like. Like unread books and unplayed music, did it matter that art went unseen?”
― Ian Rankin

tags: art, hidden-riches

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