Timothy Holme

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Timothy Holme (1928–1987) was an English born, but latterly Italian resident, author. He is best known for his biography of Carlo Goldoni, the Venetian playwright and librettist, and for his series of five mystery novels featuring the fictional Neapolitan detective Achille Peroni.{{cite web | title = Timothy Holme Author Page | url = http://italian-mysteries.com/THap.html | date = 2002–2009 | publisher = italian-mysteries.com | accessdate = 2009-06-09}}{{cite book | last = Holme | first = Timothy | title = The Assisi Murders | date = 1988 | publisher = Time Warner Paperbacks | isbn = 0-7088-3077-3}}

Holme's parents were the producer and curator Stanford Holme and actress and author Thea Holme.{{cite news |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/newspaperRetrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DateAscend&tabID=T003&prodId=TTDA&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchId=R1&searchType=BasicSearchForm¤tPosition=285&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28tx%2CNone%2C10%29Thea+Holme%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28MB%2CNone%2C8%29%22TTDA-1%22%24&retrieveFormat=MULTIPAGE_DOCUMENT&userGroupName=bclib&inPS=true&contentSet=LTO&&docId=&docLevel=FASCIMILE&workId=&relevancePageBatch=CS254379913&contentSet=UDVIN&callistoContentSet=UDVIN&docPage=article&hilite=y |title=Thea Holme |date=9 December 1980 |work=The Times |page=15 |accessdate=29 August 2014}} His maternal grandfather was the architect Philip Mainwaring Johnston.

He began his working life in the theatre, switching to journalism after seven years of acting. On holiday in Italy, he met and married his Italian teacher, Bianca. They settled in Verona, where he wrote several non-fiction books (including the biography of Goldoni) and the five Peroni mysteries. He died in Italy in 1987.