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

One for your diaries! #booklaunch #ukcrimebookclub #crimefiction #speculativefiction @sambrownley.bsky.social @trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social @elsewhen.press

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...

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

My latest substack. This on AI and fiction and why we need labelling sooner rather than later. open.substack.com/pub/tombenja...

#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

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!

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

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

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...

⭐️ 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

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

Great piece on the liberation of #Bologna by the #Poles on this, Liberation Day 😁 polishatheart.com/polish-troop...

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

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...

⭐️ When Hollywood comes to Bologna... Italian Rules, just #99p 'A really great read' @ianmooreauthor.bsky.social ⭐️ www.amazon.co.uk/Italian-Rule...

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

⭐ LAST DAY at #99p ⭐ www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

🚨#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

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

Further to my bookshop observing… Waterstones Llandudno: No @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social or @davidhewson.bsky.social but @tombenjamin.bsky.social see attached…

⭐️ My Bologna-set debut is #99p on #kindle this month. ⭐️ #deal #Italy #Bologna www.amazon.co.uk/Quiet-Death-...

In the press. If you're in Bologna, you can catch me @feltrinelli_librerie this evening at 1800 Piazza Ravegnana.

On Wednesday, January 15, at 1800, I am presenting my latest book (in English) at the Feltrinelli Piazza Ravegnana. Mercoledì 15 gennaio, alle ore 18, presenterò il mio ultimo libro (in inglese) alla Feltrinelli di Piazza Ravegnana.

Join us in Petrolhead Paradise Where? #Bologna www.tripfiction.com/talking-loca... #TalkingLocationWith... @tombenjamin.bsky.social, author of Last Testament in Bologna

On Wednesday, January 15, at 1800, I am presenting my latest book (in English) at the Feltrinelli Piazza Ravegnana. Mercoledì 15 gennaio, alle ore 18, presenterò il mio ultimo libro (in inglese) alla Feltrinelli di Piazza Ravegnana.

Christmassy

To the opening of @antonelloghezzi Palazzina dei Sogni for the night of Santa Lucia (an Italian thing). The light in photo #2 illuminates every time there is a shooting star. #antonelloghezzi #palazzinadeisogni #shootingstar #santalucia #nightphotography #rainphotography #reflection

Here it is! The cover reveal for Death In the Aviary. I am utterly blown away by how gorgeous this is. It’s one of those amazing moments when you see the cover and the whole book is there. Thank you Datura. #deathintheaviary

Finished! I've loved all the books in this series, and it was great to read the deep backstory of Daniel Leicester's relationship with his late wife. A very satisfying culmination of his character arc. #TheBolognaVendetta @tombenjamin.bsky.social Order here!🧡💛🧡 www.amazon.co.uk/Saturday-Mas...

Oh dear. I see they're adopting the old 'Fog in Channel, Continent cut off' strategy again.

Hi Blue Sky, I realise you're mainly about follows these days, but today's the last day to snaffle up two of my novels for 99p! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09D2XTT99

Chair on the line. #catsofbluesky #catonrobot

Coming next July... www.waterstones.com/book/magus-o...

I'm a keen Instagrammer (and was a keen photographer... remember cameras?!) so I thought I'd brighten up my feed with some faves. Here's an old one I think sums up my Bologna series. Fancied it for a cover but was told it was too gritty...they were probably right! #bologna #crimefiction

Wise words here from Awais. Writers need reviews like oxygen. (We also need cheese and wine like oxygen but that's another matter...)

Delighted to announce that The Silent Killer has been optioned for TV by FilmNation TV UK which makes the @wearebookanista.bsky.social review seem very prescient indeed.

There appears to be a flurry of AI-related worries about writing at the moment, not least because of the latest by a self-publisher promising to get machine-penned books to market, for a price. So it seemed like a good time to post my substack... tombenjamin.substack.com/p/fear-and-h...

Thanks to @tombenjamin.bsky.social for making this starter pack of D20 authors! go.bsky.app/pAYZwQ

Feeling a little rusty returning to Blue Sky after a year, so still trying to remember my way around, but honoured to be named 'Author Ambassador' Bologna Book Plus, the adult part of the children's book fair, and looking forward to April 2025! #BolognaBooksPlus #bolognabookfair #Bologna

Catching up on social media as I've been so bogged down with edits. I hope this will rival Twitter one day, but having put so much effort into growth (admittedly, a modest 1K+, but I'm no natural!) it's tough to quit. Anyway, here's a new substack link 🙂 tombenjamin.substack.com/p/the-troubl...?

#MALDIVES On 12 October you will be able to 'travel' to a beautiful island www.tripfiction.com/thriller-set... The Island by Catherine Cooper Join the bloggers and influencers on the island as they explore their beautiful, luxurious surroundings... and then accidents start to happen

At the moment BlueSky seems a little like the cool people in the kitchen at the party, except there's no one else at the party... Anyway, here is my latest substack on... ⭐ My immigrant experience in Italy⭐ tombenjamin.substack.com/p/dreaming-i...

Greetings micro community. In the spirit of the new age, I thought I would tell you that my Bologna-set debut, A Quiet Death in Italy, is 99p on Kindle this month. 'The locale is brought to life.' The Times. 'Gritty page-turner.' Italia! www.amazon.co.uk/Quiet-Death-...

Back in Bologna 😎

Looking to revamp my social post-holiday, here's a link on my first BlueSky post to my first Substack article (published by the Crime Writers Association in May) that I thought might amuse fellow authors... What's in a (Sub)title? tombenjamin.substack.com/p/whats-in-a...