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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 #73

In 1993, when Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was still Prince Andrew, I had dinner in Madrid with his soon-to-be ex-father-in-law, Major Ronald Ferguson.

‘Soon-to-be’, because it was shortly after a Texan millionaire had been photographed sucking Sarah Ferguson’s toes while she sunbathed topless at a villa in St Tropez. This Texan was apparently her ‘financial advisor’. Perhaps the world should have le

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	A Load of Bull: An Englishman's Adventures in Madrid 3.58 avg rating — 168 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) 3.97 avg rating — 98 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
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