Peter Tonkin

He has published 30 novels in the Mariner series of action-adventure-thrillers. He then moved on to the Master of Defence series of six murder mysteries set during the reign of Elizabeth I. Since retiring from full-time teaching, he has also written the Caesar’s Spies series of five thrillers set in Ancient Rome, covering the period between the death of Caesar and the death of Brutus.

He is currently working on the Trojan Murders series, which began with Beware of Greeks followed by the recently released Vengeance at Aulis, the third volume of which The Anger of Achilles will be his 50th published book. These are closely based on the legends surrounding the Trojan War and seek to recreate the stories as mystery-thrillers with exciting and realistic characters, setting and action but without the interference of the gods and goddesses which people the more contemporary versions of Homer and other giants of ancient Greek literature.