Malcolm Richards

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  • Bibliography:
    17 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2015
  • Latest Book:
    November 2023
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Full Series List in Order

The Cove Trilogy

1 - The Cove (Nov-2017)
2 - Desperation Point (Feb-2018)
3 - The Devil's Gate (Aug-2019)

An Emily Swanson Mystery

0.5 - Wish Me Dead (Feb-2017)
1 - Lost Lives // Next To Disappear (Nov-2015)
2 - Cruel Minds // Mind For Murder (Feb-2016)
3 - Cold Hearts // Trail of Poison (Jul-2016)
3.5 - Bad Blood (Feb-2017)
4 - Fatal Lies // Watch You Sleep (Apr-2019)
5 - Kill For Love (Jun-2020)

PI Blake Hollow

1 - Circle Of Bones (Apr-2021)
2 - Down In The Blood (Nov-2021)
3 - The Dark Below (Nov-2023)

Book List in Order: 17 titles

  • Walking After Midnight

    Some roads should not be walked alone...It's a slow night at Hap's Truck Stop & Diner, and for struggling waitress Norma it's another night spent away from her young daughter. Far from the nearest town and with no Internet access to pass the time, he...

  • The Hiding House

    Every family has its secrets. Every secret has its price. Life had been cruel to Sebastian and Elise. Until the day their abusive mother vanished. Now the young siblings live at their grandmother’s isolated woodland house. But their happy existence...

  • Lost Lives // Next To Disappear

    An Emily Swanson Mystery - 1

    No one knows what happened to the woman in apartment 12A. Until now. When troubled young teacher Emily Swanson moves to London, she makes a shocking discovery. The woman who used to live in her new home has vanished without a trace.Everyone says she ...

  • Cruel Minds // Mind For Murder

    An Emily Swanson Mystery - 2

    Getting away from it all can be murder...It's been two months since shamed ex-teacher Emily Swanson came face to face with a psychopath and narrowly escaped with her life. Now haunted by nightmares and ghosts from her past, she checks-in to Meadow ...

  • Cold Hearts // Trail of Poison

    An Emily Swanson Mystery - 3

    Empathy can be deadly.

    Unofficial private investigator Emily Swanson knows how it feels to lose everything. So when a grieving widow turns to her for help, she can’t say no.

    Diane's environmentalist husband drowned in the River Th...

  • Bad Blood

    An Emily Swanson Mystery - 3.5

    'Lost Lives' was not the beginning...With just weeks until her final exams and with difficult life choices up ahead, gifted student teacher Emily is determined to stay focused. Then her housemate disappears.Despite Emily's concerns, no one seems to c...

  • Wish Me Dead

    An Emily Swanson Mystery - 0.5

    Friendship can be deadly...Emily Swanson used to be a small town girl with a troubled past. Now she's a young woman with a bright future. But her carefully constructed life is about to be torn apart.When fellow student teacher Becky vanishes, Emily i...

  • The Cove

    The Cove Trilogy - 1

    Carrie thought her son was dead. She was wrong. She'd only taken her eyes off him for a second. But that was all it took for a perfect day at the beach to turn to horror. Cal disappeared beneath the waves. His body was never found. Seven years later,...

  • Desperation Point

    The Cove Trilogy - 2

    Her son was the victim. Wasn't he?Devil's Cove used to be a safe place to live. Until a serial killer was discovered hiding in its midst. Now, as the Cornish community deals with the aftermath, Carrie must face the fact that her missing so...



  • The Emily Swanson Mysteries

  • Fatal Lies // Watch You Sleep

    An Emily Swanson Mystery - 4

    "I am The Witness. I am watching you all."

    When Jessica's husband is arrested for fraud, her family’s future is thrown into jeopardy. Then the letter arrives. At first it seems like a sick joke - someone called The Witness claims to be w...

  • The Devil's Gate

    The Cove Trilogy - 3

    The final nerve-shredding chapter of the Devil's Cove trilogy.

    Six months have passed since the horrific events at Burnt House Farm and peace has finally been restored in Devil’s Cove. But trouble is on the horizon.

    As the town pre...

  • Kill For Love

    An Emily Swanson Mystery - 5

    The game of love can be murder...When shy student Wendy is found bludgeoned to death, her classmate Bridget is the chief suspect. But what turns a caring teenager into a cold-blooded killer? Private eye Emily Swanson is desperate to find out. Bridget...

  • Circle Of Bones

    PI Blake Hollow - 1

    When private investigator Blake Hollow finds the body of a missing teenager on the moors of rural Cornwall, a deep-seated childhood trauma is reawakened... For over 18 years, the veteran private eye has been tormented by the disappearance of her best...

  • Down In The Blood

    PI Blake Hollow - 2

    Wealthy heiress Kerenza Trezise was about to marry the man she loved...until she killed herself in front of the entire wedding party.Private investigator Blake Hollow is hired to find out why. Physically and emotionally damaged by a near-death encoun...

  • Prey for Night

    Dying of thirst is the least of their worries...The plane went down in less than a minute. One moment personal assistant Jane was staring out the window at the sprawling Mojave desert, the next she was squeezing her eyes shut and praying for a quick ...

  • The Dark Below

    PI Blake Hollow - 3

    In the Cornish coastal village of Porthenev, a storm of blood-soaked violence is brewing...Escalating acts of sabotage are threatening the livelihoods of local fishermen. Desperate to apprehend the culprit, they turn to private investigator Blake Hol...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Malcolm Richards has published 17 books.

Malcolm Richards does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Dark Below, was published in November 2023.

The first book by Malcolm Richards, Walking After Midnight, was published in June 2015.

Yes. Malcolm Richards has 3 series.
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