TG Trouper
ALLi Author Member
Location: United Kingdom
Genres: Thriller, Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative, New Adult, Crime, Horror
I was born and raised in Essex England. I've always been a bit of a dreamer and I suppose I've always wanted to write, but growing up I assumed that this was what other people did. In my twenties I tried my hand at writing science fiction, I thought 'that will be easy, I just have to use my imagination' but writing good original Sci-Fi is absurdly difficult. Then life gets in the way in the form of work, marriage, more work, children, more work etc... But I do remember the exact point where I decided to actually start, it was June 23rd 2011 at around 6.50 pm. I was on my way home from work and approaching a junction onto the A10. I was thinking about two terrible books I had read on holiday - maybe I should have been thinking about the junction I was approaching. Anyway, one book had wholly illogical scenarios that even suspension of belief couldn't resolve, and the other kept using the same six word phrase. They were almost an insult to read. I thought to myself 'I could write better than that' and my next thought was 'I suppose I'd better try' so I did. I was tentative at first and unsure of what I was doing (didn't actually have a clue), but it wasn't until I retired from work to look after elderly parents that I found the time to put my ideas together into the novel that became the first in the Astrid series first self-published in 2019. I now write constantly and I am constantly learning.
TG Trouper's books
Genres: General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Set in Britain in 1900, young inventor Jonathan Cook has created a machine that he believes will consign war to the history books. He needs to get it to the attention of the British government, but doesn't know how. He meets Lady Evelyn Rothmere, the young wife of the ageing Admiral Rothmere. She says she will use her husband's connections to get the machine to the attention of the authorities. However, there is an attraction between Jonathan and Evelyn and they start an affair, and all the time, spies are trying to get the plans for the machine. Admiral Rothmere has a dark secret, one he has held all his life. It is discovered by a newspaper reporter, and if made public, it would destroy the admiral and remove all chance of the machine being accepted.
Genres: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Karla is a 28 year old and unlucky in love, unable to find the right man. She is rescued from an unpleasant situation by an American man who had lived in England for the past ten years. He is everything she has ever wanted in a man. They fall deeply in love, but he has been in the US military and has done some terrible things. He had therapy before moving to the UK, but the deeper they fall in love, the more the therapy unravels. They play a game that goes very badly wrong, but instead of destroying her, it makes her stronger.
Genres: Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Spanning four decades, 'The Legacy' tells the story of the war through the embittered eyes of the daughter of a soldier that Astrid had killed during the war. Over the course of many years, the now grown woman gradually finds out about Astrid's role in her father's death. The story is all about the lasting impact of propaganda and people's refusal to believe the truth.
Genres: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Detective Naomi Charlton is investigating a mass brawl at a nightclub when she becomes aware that a man is breaking into the homes of females. He doesn't damage or take anything, but l something invisible is left behind and he leaves the building exactly as he found it, so the occupants have no idea he was ever there. Naomi realises that it is a crime and goes to her superiors, who dismiss it as low priority, particularly as no one has made a complaint. Only when the wife of the town's MP is affeced does she get taken seriously and is given full resources. Inspired by real events.
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
As the clocks tick over to the first of January 2000, a newborn baby girl is discovered in the grounds of Whitby Abbey. She is taken and raised in total isolation by a naive couple who have no idea of what she is - she is a new breed of vampire. Acolytes in local government, social services and the police work to keep knowledge of her from the authorities.
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
A storm has washed away part of the Suffolk coast. A research vessel in mapping changes in the sea floor when a village lost to the seas centuries before is discovered. Its name is Southmere, but an ancient map says its name is Twinmere. A campaign is started to get the name changed. A retired Catholic priest try to stop the campaign but is dismissed as senile. He knows that saying the name will summon an ancient horror.
Genres: Dystopian, Thriller, New Adult
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 12-15, 16-18, 18+
Set in an alternative world, Matrea is under the dystopian rule of Calder, a tyrannical ruler, the latest in a thousand year dynastic line. He is passing evermore harsh laws and oppressing the people. Dhazi understands that young people are the key to a rebellion, adults are to crushed to do anything. He unites warring gangs and starts a campaign. Calder is well aware on the rebellion and knows who they all are, but does nothing to stop them, and even shuts down police investigations into their activities. What the rebels don't know is that there is a good reason why Calder is letting the rebellion grow.
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Gabby buys Daniel an eBook to take on holiday. He starts to read it and soon becomes concerned that events in the story parallel things the he and Gabby have done. She dismisses it as coincidence, but the more he reads the more their future seems to be predicted by the story. Soon the text starts to change in front of his eyes. He ignores Gabby, driving her into the arms of another man. The eBook communicates with Daniel, telling him that he must never stop reading. Genre: Supernatural suspense
Genres: Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Sophie and Paul have been together for eight years, living together for five and engaged for three. They are just weeks away from the holiday of a lifetime after which they will finally make plans for their wedding. Then a new man arrives at Sophie's work. They work closely together and he seems to know exactly how a woman wants to be treated. She starts to question her future with her fiancé. Paul meets Marty who seems like an amalgam of every friend he had ever had. They bond over similar deeply personal and emotional experiences. Then Marty introduces Paul to a hidden world where his every desire will be fulfilled. Genre: Tales of the unexpected/Hammer house of horror.
Genres: Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
This book fills in the back stories of four main characters and the events that made the what they became. Astrid has a baptism of fire fighting on the front line. Brigit Malaya, the enemy officer that Astrid seeks, has to fight not only the enemy but also the entrenched misogyny in her country. Riedel, Astrid's love interest, becomes a deep cover spy, spending years in the enemy country trying to find out what their wonder weapon is. Aleska is an arrogant civilian working at the enemy's high command who feels slighted and under appreciated. She begins to leak secrets, oblivious to the harm they cause. Genre: Female led action thriller
Genres: Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Set approximately ten years after book 1, it sees Astrid getting disillusioned with the war. Nothing she does seems to be bringing it to an end and she hasn't been able to track down the enemy officer. She makes a mistake on a mission and is captured, she escapes but as she makes her way out of the country she kills some civilians and that plays on her mind. Genre: Female led action thriller
Genres: Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Astrid is a young actress who gets her big break in a film and on that day her country is attacked by a belligerent neighbour. She sees friends die and that changes her. She gives up dreams of stardom and becomes a nurse. Two years later a traumatic incident changes her moral compass and she joins her military as an assassin. She retains her acting skills which enable her to move through enemy territory hiding in plain sight. She is driven by two things, one is to do anything she can to bring the war to an end and the second is to seek out and kill one specific enemy officer. Genre: Female led action thriller