Tom Herrington
ALLi Author Member
Location: United Kingdom
Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Humour, Other Poetry
Tom Herrington is a British author obsessed with blending dark comedy with twisty thrillers, set against the brooding landscapes of weirdly wild corners of rural Britain and France. His debut novel, Black Toad, is an example of what he calls Bumpkin Noir — Darker than Cosy Crime, yet funnier than Nordic Noir, and more twisted than either. Born with a love for storytelling and a fascination with the eerie beauty of paths less trodden, he weaves tales where small-town secrets curdle into deadly revenge, and the lines between justice and madness blur. Now living in Battle, East Sussex, when not writing, he’s usually wandering woodland paths with Filo the Labrador, plotting fictional crimes, creating or stealing the absurd and banal characters who dwell amongst us, or bribing ravens with biltong. If you loved Slough House, Jamaica Inn, Tarantino, The Killing, or Hot Fuzz with a darker edge, you'll want to follow his work.
Tom Herrington's books
Genres: Historical Fiction, Horror, Short/Flash Fiction Collection
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 12-15, 18+
Be careful what you wish for. Be very careful... Jamaica Inn, Bodmin Moor. December 1811. 'I have seen him. He came in the night. His face was blackened with peat, his eyes like the hollows of the earth. Diabolus incarnatus . First as a child, then as a man. I have seen him.' Poverty was a blight that tightened its grasp around family throats everywhere, from the rolling breakers of the Lizard to the tranquil banks of the Tamar. High taxes on brandy, tobacco and lace had turned many good God-fearing men into smugglers and evaders, while disease and despair drifted across the moor from coast to coast. Running the inn had become near impossible for Thomas and Jenna Hawkey. So when an unexpected visitor arrived late, one December night,whispering of ancient gods and black magic from the East, the Hawkeys found themselves caught between a blessing and a curse....
Genres: Psychology, Commercial Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
With more twists than a bag of fusilli, Black Toad is where dark comedy meets gothic revenge thriller, putting bodies in bags, burgers on the table, and three decades of misery put to bed. In beautiful rural Cornwall. A true eye for an eye thriller! When a trauma-scarred psychologist is sent on a working holiday to the mining village of Trebrowagh, on the edge of Bodmin Moor, his task is simple - close the cold case of a mute boy, once known as The Toad, missing since 1991. But as he digs into the secret whispers and warped memories of the Hawkey family, he finds chilling echoes of his own stolen childhood. And some truths refuse to stay buried... Based on a true story, Black Toad is: - Where Mick Herron meets The Bridge - Where the twisted small-town menace of Hot Fuzz collides with Cornwall’s darkest secrets - Bumpkin...