Originally hailing from Leeds, Tom Hindle lives in Oxfordshire with his wife and daughter, an overly opinionated cat and two surprisingly cunning tortoises.

Specialising in contemporary whodunits, he is a Sunday Times bestselling author who has twice seen his novels chosen as Waterstones Thriller of the Month.

When he isn’t thinking about elaborate ways to murder imaginary people, Tom can often be found murdering houseplants instead, or helping to bring about the death of fashion, by insisting at the age of thirty-one on wearing the same Converse All Star he fell in love with at fourteen. He's even occasionally threatened with murder himself, often as a result of his inability to walk past a piano or a guitar without playing a tune.