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Robert Thorogood

Born

in Colchester, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1972

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Robert Thorogood is an English screenwriter. He is best known as the creator of the BBC 1 Murder Mystery Series, Death in Paradise.

Robert was educated at Uppingham School in Rutland and read History at Downing College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, he toured with the university's student comedy troupe Footlights in 1993 and was elected President in 1994. Soon after leaving Cambridge, Robert set up a theatre company that toured small theatres and schools, the highlight of which was a production of Molière's The Miser that he directed and acted in alongside Robert Webb, David Mitchell and Olivia Colman.

Robert wrote for many years - selling scripts to the BBC, ITV and independent film companies - but before 2011 the only script of his that wa ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 167,510 ratings · 16,102 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 77,316 ratings — published 2021 — 6 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
	Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 37,102 ratings — published 2023 — 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 Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 23,475 ratings — published 2024 — 26 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
	Murder on the Marlow Belle (Marlow Murder Club, #4) 3.99 avg rating — 12,929 ratings — published 2025 — 21 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
	A Meditation on Murder (Death in Paradise, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 6,615 ratings — published 2015 — 29 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 Killing of Polly Carter (Death in Paradise, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 4,445 ratings — published 2015 — 22 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
	Death Knocks Twice (Death in Paradise, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 2,733 ratings — published 2017 — 16 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
	Murder in the Caribbean (Death in Paradise, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 2,051 ratings — published 2018 — 9 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 Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts (The Marlow Murder Club, #5) 4.17 avg rating — 697 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 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 Marlow Murder Club Series 2 Books Collection Set By Robert Thorogood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 83 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

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Series by Robert Thorogood

The Marlow Murder Club (5 books)
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Robert Thorogood

3.86 avg rating — 151,548 ratings

Death in Paradise (5 books)
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Robert Thorogood

4.08 avg rating — 15,864 ratings

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“she couldn’t help noticing everything about her existence seemed to be defined by someone who wasn’t her.”
― Robert Thorogood, The Marlow Murder Club

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“If she had one piece of advice she’d give her younger self, it would be: don’t get old.”
― Robert Thorogood, The Marlow Murder Club

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“But you make your bed in life, don’t you? Sometimes you just have to lie in it. I endured.”
― Robert Thorogood, The Marlow Murder Club

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