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Robert Thorogood

Born

in Colchester, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1972

Genre

Mystery

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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: 3.87 · 77,784 ratings · 8,619 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 42,942 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 18,214 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) 3.94 avg rating — 6,327 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	A Meditation on Murder (Death in Paradise, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 4,159 ratings — published 2015 — 28 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) 4.13 avg rating — 2,800 ratings — published 2015 — 20 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) 4.11 avg rating — 1,938 ratings — published 2017 — 12 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) 4.18 avg rating — 1,442 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	The Marlow Murder Club Series 2 Books Collection Set By Robert Thorogood 3.80 avg rating — 41 ratings — 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
	A Death in Paradise Mystery Collection 4 Books Set By Robert Thorogood (Murder in the Caribbean, Death Knocks Twice, The Killing Of Polly Carter & A Meditation on Murder) 4.29 avg rating — 7 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
	NEW-DEATH IN PARADISE BOOK 4 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 (3 books)
by

Robert Thorogood

3.84 avg rating — 67,465 ratings

Death in Paradise (4 books)
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Robert Thorogood

4.09 avg rating — 10,338 ratings

Quotes by Robert Thorogood (?)

“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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“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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“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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☕May 2023 Cozy Mystery Poll🌷

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

Which Cozy Mystery would you like to read in May?

The Marlow Murder Club (The Marlow Murder Club #1) by Robert Thorogood

6 votes, 54.5%

Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery #2) by Mia P. Manansala

3 votes, 27.3%

Tea & Treachery (Tea by the Sea Mysteries #1) by Vicki Delany

2 votes, 18.2%

The Sleuth Sisters (The Sleuth Sisters Mysteries #1) by Maggie Pill

0 votes, 0.0%

11 total votes

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