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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · Jul 1

Grazie @annerandomthings.bsky.social‬ for the tour of my alter ego #alexmakepeace. "It's been a very long time since a novel sunk its hooks into me to such an extent." @edwinhayward.com "Brilliant, compelling, unsettling." @trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social @elsewhen.press Buy: tinyurl.com/36mx6h62

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · Jun 26

One for your diaries!

#booklaunch #ukcrimebookclub
#crimefiction #speculativefiction
@sambrownley.bsky.social @trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social @elsewhen.press

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Peter Fleming @easthullpete.bsky.social · May 23

Today is the final day of the @annerandomthings.bsky.social for @tombenjamin.bsky.social latest novel #TheBolognaVendetta bk 6 in the Daniel Leicester series set in Bologna. There are lots of other great reviews to check out. @littlebrown.bsky.social
peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2025/05/23/t...

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · May 26

Grazie Peter!

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · May 26

From yesterday's #coppaitalia victory parade by
@bolognafc1909.bsky.social #bolognafc #bologna

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · May 23

My latest substack. This on AI and fiction and why we need labelling sooner rather than later.

open.substack.com/pub/tombenja...

Bananas, booze, and the Backwards Machine

Why authors need a 'Human-made Mark' sooner rather than later

open.substack.com

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Karen Cole @karlou72.bsky.social · May 21

#BookReview #TheBolognaVendetta by @tombenjamin.bsky.social This brilliant series is consistently unmissable and The Bologna Vendetta is no exception; intriguing, intelligent and thoroughly compelling, it's the best yet! hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-... @annerandomthings.bsky.social

The Bologna Vendetta by Tom Benjamin #BookReview #BlogTour

Hair Past A Freckle - For the love of books! Reviews and more....

hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · May 17

Many, many congrats to @tombenjamin.bsky.social on publication of “The Bologna Vendetta”!

If you love Italy, if you love crime fiction … you need to be following this series!

The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · May 14

📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social with ‘The Bologna Vendetta’!

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Peter Fleming @easthullpete.bsky.social · May 13

Congratulations to @tombenjamin.bsky.social as his sixth Daniel Leicester novel #TheBolognaVendetta is published today by Century
@littlebrown.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on this later in the month as part of the
Random Things blog tour

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The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · May 14

📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social with ‘The Bologna Vendetta’!

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · May 16

Grazie!!!!

Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · May 16

To mark publication of #thebolognavendetta I penned a substack post. I'm going to try and post more often, although the last time I said that was July 2024...

#Fantasy #crimefiction #romantasy

tombenjamin.substack.com/p/other-read...

Other readers monsters

Why crime and fantasy have more in common than you might think

tombenjamin.substack.com

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · May 12

⭐️ Excited that the launch of the sixth in my Bologna-set crime series, which is currently #99p on Amazon (link tinyurl.com/52btm46t ) and @thecwa.bsky.social 'read of the month' will be marked by a blog tour with the fantastic @annerandomthings.bsky.social ⭐️😁 #CrimeFiction @littlebrown.bsky.social

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · May 1

Grazie! I was just about to post this, but you have done my job for me! 🙏 So honoured! 😁

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The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · May 1

The CWA's Read of the Month for May is The Bologna Vendetta by Tom Benjamin! Read more about it here! buff.ly/7riAc6w #crimewriter #crimefiction #cwareadofthemonth

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · Apr 25

Great piece on the liberation of #Bologna by the #Poles on this, Liberation Day 😁

polishatheart.com/polish-troop...

Polish troops battle for Bologna – a home far from home

"Other soldiers were here in transit and had a "return ticket" home. The Poles acted as if they had come home. Why? Because they had no home. Poland had been taken over by Stalin. They had no intenti

polishatheart.com

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · Apr 2

Sadly only a sash!

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · Apr 2

Yes, that's a cake 😁 A perk from my role as author ambassador to Bologna Book Plus which included a fantastic interview with @bookbrunch.bsky.social in print and online (in profile)!

www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...

@thecrimevault.bsky.social @billgoodall.bsky.social
#CrimeFiction #Bologna

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · Mar 24

Delighted to share my Q&A in advance of my role of "ambassador" for Bologna Book Plus, which kicks off next week 🙂

#Bologna #BolognaBookPlus

www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...

Q&A: Crime writer Tom Benjamin

BookBrunch - The publishing trade's daily news magazine

www.bookbrunch.co.uk

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · Mar 13

⭐️ When Hollywood comes to Bologna... Italian Rules, just #99p 'A really great read' @ianmooreauthor.bsky.social ⭐️

www.amazon.co.uk/Italian-Rule...

Amazon.co.uk

www.amazon.co.uk

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Caroline England Author *The Return of Frankie Whittle out 8 Feb @cazengland.bsky.social · Mar 10

Whoop!! When a bestselling top notch author you hugely admire says THIS 👇👇

"An emotional rollercoaster of mounting tension. England fills the story with twist after agonising twist."

#TheReturnOfFrankieWhittle is out now! Find it here:

#eBook: amzn.to/3DrRA16

#paperback: amzn.to/43t3qmb

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · Mar 13

As Picasso remarked - he was not impressed by computers, they only provided answers.

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · Feb 28

⭐ LAST DAY at #99p ⭐

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

A Quiet Death in Italy (Daniel Leicester Book 1)

A Quiet Death in Italy (Daniel Leicester Book 1) eBook : Benjamin, Tom: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

www.amazon.co.uk

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Caroline England Author *The Return of Frankie Whittle out 8 Feb @cazengland.bsky.social · Feb 27

🚨#NewRelease #TheReturnOfFrankieWhittle🚨

'Full of twists and turns, I couldn't put this down. A taut, claustrophobic thriller that left me breathless' SIMON McCLEAVE, multi-million selling author

#KindleUnlimited: amzn.to/4aUxPvn

#Paperback: amzn.to/40QQXWF

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · Feb 18

A cheeky 12k to ##sanluca dragged up by doggo.

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