Rob Quattromini · Author
Currently in progress with a cosy mystery series called Dead Letter Office.
If you see a man writing a novel on a train, nestled into someone's armpit, it could be me!
"Think of us as a more attentive lost and found for...intriguing items...occasionally, just occasionally, something special comes along. Something that takes our breath away. Something that could change the world forever."
London is reeling from three impossible, high-profile deaths. The bodies have no injuries, no trauma, and no obvious cause of death. In fact, they're exceedingly healthy, besides the lack of breathing. DI Teri Bradford from the Met investigates, but could it really be murder? The only explanations appear to be supernatural. As she delves deeper into the case, she becomes embroiled in a plot that is far bigger and far more sinister than she first thought.
As the world is rocked by the deaths, Wilf Klunes — a spectacularly ordinary marketing executive from Brighton — is dealing with the crippling illness of his father, a mother who died when he was eleven years old, and regularly getting bested in the weekly pub quiz. Soon his life is catapulted into a world of espionage as he stumbles into the Dead Letter Office — a secret investigations department inside the London Tube network that solves impossible crimes. His notions of logic will never be the same again.
For readers of The Thursday Murder Club and Rivers of London.
Currently on submissionA bit about myself, since you asked. I live in Essex with my wife, daughter, and dog. I have a degree in Creative Writing, mainly because it was the only thing I thought I was any good at, other than eating sausage rolls — but I suppose that's not really a sustainable profession. I fell into advertising because bills need to be paid, but the thrill of writing has never left my side.
Being a toddler parent and working full time has made the process of writing difficult. But after committing to writing on my train commute to work, amongst clouds of sneeze, I've managed to complete the novel over a three year period. Dead Letter Office is my first venture into novel writing and was inspired by one of my earlier short stories.
I'm drawn to cosy mystery, in particular humour — probably because I'm not very funny, so it's nice to dream.
Right now, I write to distract from the bleakness of a morning commute, but my hope is that one day I could switch the train for a writing desk — and still be able to pay the bills.
If you're an agent, a publisher, or a potential reader, I'd love to hear from you.
robert.quattromini@gmail.com