Psychological Mysteries & Thrillers
All the latest book news from mystery & thriller author Malcolm Richards.
Rachel Amphlett is the bestselling author of the Dan Taylor espionage novels, the new Detective Kay Hunter series, and a number of standalone crime thrillers. Like her characters, Rachel is a stickler for detail, which means if you happen upon her Instagram account and find book titles such as ‘How To Kill’, don’t worry, it’s all in the name of research…
Read MoreBorn in Alabama, Diane grew up in a small German-American farming town north of Detroit, living a book-filled childhood and following most of life’s rules. She graduated from law school and worked her way into the top 1% of U.S. lawyers.
In 1995, her largest client filed for bankruptcy protection, destroying her by-the-book life. The opportunity to write what she loved beckoned, so Diane decided to rewrite life's rules – to suit herself.
Her first novels were successful and suspenseful Florida mysteries featuring women who deliver justice with a splash of humour. A cocktail fuelled conversation with Diane's friend and #1 international bestselling author Lee Child in 2009, prompted the question, Where is Jack Reacher? Since then, and with Lee's blessing, Diane has been answering that with a series of novels.
Read MoreAfter running the gamut of office jobs from telesales to banking and not managing to scratch that creative itch, James started writing True Conviction, his first book, in 2013. Publishing it independently led to it being downloaded over 100,000 times on Amazon and the subsequent entries in the Adrian Hell series being Amazon bestsellers. He made the leap to being a full-time author in 2016.
Read MoreTechnically, Steve was born a London cockney, until the age of five when a move to the suburbs taught him to 'talk posh'. Although a voracious reader since his early years, it wasn't until reading poet Laurie Lee's autobiography "Cider with Rosie" at the age of 15 that he felt spurred into becoming a writer. He has spent the last twenty years editing and writing for computer magazines, while crafting poetry and an impressive back catalogue of fiction.
Read MorePeter was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. He was first published in the Simon & Schuster anthology, Children of the Troubles, at the age of 17 and has since been crafting thrillers that blend clever plots with big emotions. Peter is also a closeted sci-fi and tech geek who likes to break things just so he can figure out how to fix them again. Because science...
Read MoreJJ is a wearer of many hats. Now living in Switzerland, she is a journalist, teacher, actor, director, cultural trainer, and the author of the Beatrice Stubbs European Crime Mystery Series. She's also a founder member of Triskele Books, European correspondent for Words with JAM magazine, co-edits Swiss literary hub The Woolf and is a reviewer for Bookmuse. I suspect JJ may also have superpowers because I'm exhausted from just writing all that up...
Read MoreAustralian author Catherine is a huge crime fiction fan, and her love of the genre is evident throughout her gripping Sydney-set 'Dark Series'. Catherine also loves Netflix and her dog (a winning combination if you ask me), and enjoys the self-confessed hermit/writer lifestyle with occasional trips out into the real world for some vitamin D.
Read MoreLucy English is very busy. Not only does she work as both a sociologist and as a writer while racing back and forth between speaking engagements and her Saint Louis, Missouri home, she's also the mother of two teenage boys (I was one of those once - Lucy, you have my sympathy). She has published three books in the Penny Wade Mysteries series, is trying to write a middle grades fiction book, and is working on a non-fiction book on holism.
Read MoreLiz Hedgecock spends much of her time hopping between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, murdering people. To be fair, she does usually clean up after herself. When not concocting mysteries, Liz lives quietly in Cheshire with her family. That’s her story, anyway, and she’s sticking to it.
Read MoreDesiree says she has been writing since before she could talk. She's had short stories published in various anthologies and her musings have appeared in publications like The Huffington Post and The Frisky. She's the author of the White Rabbit Trilogy and the presenter/producer of the Storytime With Desiree podcast, where she chats with her favourite authors.
Read MoreEvery Thursday I ask ten questions to authors of mystery, thriller and suspense about their books, their inspirations and how to get away with the perfect murder. In the hot seat this week is... Tracy Tonkinson
Read MoreEvery Thursday I ask ten questions to authors of mystery, thriller and suspense about their books, their inspirations and how to get away with the perfect murder. In the hot seat this week is... Will Patching.
Read MoreEvery Thursday I ask ten questions to authors of mystery, thriller and suspense about their books, their inspirations and how to get away with the perfect murder. In the hot seat this week is... Alexandra Amor
Read MoreEvery Thursday I ask ten questions to authors of mystery, thriller and suspense about their books, their inspirations and how to get away with the perfect murder. In the hot seat this week is... Michael Parker.
Read MoreEvery Thursday I ask ten questions to authors of mystery, thriller and suspense about their books, their inspirations and how to get away with the perfect murder. In the hot seat this week is... European P. Douglas.
Read MoreEvery Thursday I ask ten questions to authors of mystery, thriller and suspense about their books, their inspirations and how to get away with the perfect murder. In the hot seat this week is... Matty Dalrymple.
Read MoreMy new thriller series, The Cove Trilogy is set in a fictional beach town in Cornwall. I recently spent a couple of weeks visiting old haunts and exploring new places to get a feel for the landscape and community. I also got to spend time with family, meeting four new additions to the Richards clan.
Emily Swanson is back in 'Bad Blood' - the brand new prequel to the gripping British crime thriller series. Grab your copy before February 28th and get two bonus free novels - including Lost Lives, book one of the Emily Swanson series!
Read MoreI was recently asked to write a blog for author Pauline Baird Jones about why I wrote my novel Lost Lives. Here's what I said:
Read MoreThe new Emily Swanson novel BAD BLOOD is released next week on Valentine's Day. A prequel set four years before Lost Lives, it finds Emily about to graduate from university as a teacher and facing a dilemma about her future. When her unpopular housemate Becky fails to return home one night, Emily begins to suspect something terrible has happened to her. As she begins to ask questions, Emily finds herself at the centre of a dangerous web of lies, deceit and possible murder in this gripping mystery thriller with a killer twist.
