▁Ian ▁F lem ing ▁estate , ▁starting ▁with ▁Tr igger ▁Mort is ▁( 2 0 1 5 ). ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁written ▁for ▁television , ▁contrib uting ▁scripts ▁to ▁I TV ' s ▁Ag ath a ▁Christ ie ' s ▁Po iro t ▁and ▁M ids omer ▁Mur ders . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁cre ator ▁and ▁writer ▁of ▁the ▁I TV ▁series ▁ ▁Fo yle ' s ▁War , ▁Coll ision ▁and ▁In just ice ▁and ▁the ▁BBC ▁series ▁New ▁Blood . ▁ ▁Background ▁and ▁personal ▁life ▁▁ ▁Hor ow itz ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Stan more , ▁M idd les ex , ▁into ▁a ▁Jewish ▁family , ▁and ▁in ▁his ▁early ▁years ▁lived ▁an ▁upper ▁middle ▁class ▁l ifest yle . ▁As ▁an ▁over weight ▁and ▁unh appy ▁child , ▁Hor ow itz ▁enjoyed ▁reading ▁books ▁from ▁his ▁father ' s ▁library . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 8 , ▁Hor ow itz ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁Or ley ▁Farm , ▁a ▁board ing ▁prepar atory ▁school ▁in ▁H arrow , ▁M idd les ex . ▁There , ▁he ▁ent ert ained ▁his ▁pe ers ▁by ▁telling ▁them ▁the ▁stories ▁he ▁had ▁read . ▁Hor ow itz ▁described ▁his ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁school ▁as ▁" a ▁brut al ▁experience ", ▁recall ing ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁often ▁be aten ▁by ▁the ▁head master . ▁ ▁At ▁age ▁ 1 3 ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁Rugby ▁School , ▁a ▁public ▁school ▁in ▁Rugby , ▁War wick shire . ▁Hor ow itz ' s ▁mother ▁introduced ▁him