Malcolm Richards writes dark and suspenseful thrillers filled with secrets, twists, and unsettling truths. His stories are designed to keep you guessing—and turning pages late into the night.
British writer Malcolm Richards is the author of the PI Blake Hollow series, the Emily Swanson crime thrillers, and the Devil’s Cove Trilogy.
The Cove — book one of the trilogy — reached #1 in the Kobo Canada and Australia stores, as well as #57 in the entire Amazon US Kindle store, and was a finalist in the 2018 Holyer an Gof Cornish Book Awards.
His work has been featured in Attitude magazine and The Bookseller, which described the Emily Swanson series as “electrifying…should surely be on TV” and called Circle of Bones “creepy and gripping.”
His debut novel, The Hiding House, was published in 2012 and tells the story of two young siblings uncovering a dark web of family secrets after being left alone at their grandmother’s isolated woodland home.
Malcolm credits authors such as John Connolly, Stephen King, Thomas Harris and Agatha Christie as major influences on his writing.
Previously, he worked for several years in the special education sector, teaching and supporting children with complex needs. Born and raised in Cornwall, he spent twenty-two years living in London before settling in the Somerset countryside.
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