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Martin Richard may refer to: A pen name of John Creasey, English crime and science fiction writer Martin William Richard, an 8-year-old boy who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013 See also Martin Richards (disambiguation). Discover the Richard Martin popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Richard Martin books.

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  • Wycliffe and the Beales synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe and the Beales

    W.J. Burley

    A mysterious death ... an eccentric family living on the edge of Dartmoor ... And Chief Superintendent Wycliffe has one of his most complex cases to date.The Cornish Detective seri...

  • Focus synopsis, comments

    Focus

    Michael Gross

    “This thoroughly absorbing narrative dazzles with the most profound investigation and research. Focus is an enthralling and riveting read.” Tim Gunn“Smart, wellresearched…engaging…...

  • Giving Thanks to God synopsis, comments

    Giving Thanks to God

    Sarah Young

    In Giving Thanks to God, the fifth study in the Jesus Calling® Bible Study Series, you will explore what God’s Word has to say about the many ways He provi...

  • The World Is Yours synopsis, comments

    The World Is Yours

    Glenn Kenny

    The behindthescenes story of the iconic film Scarface, featuring new interviews with the cast and crew. An unflinching confrontation of humanity’s dark side, Brian De Palma’s ...

  • Faith Alone---The Doctrine of Justification synopsis, comments

    Faith Alone---The Doctrine of Justification

    Thomas R. Schreiner

    Renowned biblical scholar Thomas Schreiner looks at the historical and biblical roots of the doctrine of justification and offers an updated defense of this pillar of Reformed theo...

  • Murder at an Irish Bakery synopsis, comments

    Murder at an Irish Bakery

    Carlene O'Connor

    Set in a charming Irish village, the latest in this cozy mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Carlene O’Connor (“queen of the cozy police procedural”Publishers Weekly) se...

  • Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel synopsis, comments

    Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel

    Glenda Young

    'A perfect example of what cosy crime should be like drama, mystery and intrigue' Ginger Book GeekThe second in the pageturning cosy crime series from Glenda Young, this unputdown...

  • Murder at an Irish Christmas synopsis, comments

    Murder at an Irish Christmas

    Carlene O'Connor

    Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan’s holiday plans hit a sour note when murder rearranges the yuletide carols into unexpected eulogies . . .   This December in Kilbane, if you’re planni...

  • Lysistrata and Other Plays synopsis, comments

    Lysistrata and Other Plays

    Aristophanes & Alan H. Sommerstein

    The Acharnians/The Clouds/Lysistrata'We women have the salvation of Greece in our hands'Writing at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, the ancient Greek comic playwrig...

  • Anarchy synopsis, comments

    Anarchy

    Stewart Binns

    Anarchy is the knucklewhitening third novel in Stewart Binns' The Making of England series. Ruthless brutality, greed and ambition: the AnarchyThe year is 1186, the thirtysecond ye...

  • Murder in an Irish Bookshop synopsis, comments

    Murder in an Irish Bookshop

    Carlene O'Connor

    When a new bookstore in the County Cork Irish village of Kilbane closes the book on an author’s life, it’s up to Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan to resolve the story . . . Between trainin...

  • Wycliffe and the House of Fear synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe and the House of Fear

    W.J. Burley

    A troubling disappearance. A puzzling mystery. A new investigation for Detective Wycliffe.Detective Superintendent Wycliffe is holidaying in Cornwall when he meets the intriguing K...

  • The Peter Lawford Story synopsis, comments

    The Peter Lawford Story

    Patricia Lawford Stewart & Ted Schwarz

    As the brother in law to JFK and a member of the Rat Pack, Peter Lawford was one of America's most acclaimed movie stars.Lawford led an extraordinary life. His story, as told by th...

  • Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy

    W.J. Burley

    A case involving a dead woman with a deformed foot and a mysterious past requires all Superintendent Wycliffe's investigative skills.The peace of the village of Kergwyns in Cornwal...

  • The Bank That Lived a Little synopsis, comments

    The Bank That Lived a Little

    Philip Augar

    Based on unparalleled access to those involved, and told with compelling pace and drama, The Bank that Lived a Little describes three decades of boardroom intrigue at one of Britai...

  • The Greatest Comeback synopsis, comments

    The Greatest Comeback

    Patrick J. Buchanan

    Patrick J. Buchanan, bestselling author and senior advisor to Richard Nixon, tells the definitive story of Nixon's resurrection from the political graveyard and his rise to the pre...

  • Voices in Our Blood synopsis, comments

    Voices in Our Blood

    Jon Meacham, Maya Angelou, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker & James Baldwin

    An unprecedented portrait of the civil rights movement and the fight against white supremacy, told through voices that resonate with passion and strengthincluding Ma...

  • Murder at an Irish Wedding synopsis, comments

    Murder at an Irish Wedding

    Carlene O'Connor

    A celebrity wedding in a small Irish village goes from festive to funerary when the best man is murdered in this cozy mystery novel.   Any wedding is a big deal in the County ...

  • Wild, Wild Rake synopsis, comments

    Wild, Wild Rake

    Janna MacGregor

    Wild, Wild Rake, the next sweeping, emotional, witty, and sharp romance in the Cavensham Heiresses series from beloved author Janna MacGregor.Her first marriage was an epic fail.La...

  • Iron, Fire and Ice synopsis, comments

    Iron, Fire and Ice

    Ed West

    Have you read everything George R.R. Martin has every written? Do you know what in Game of Thrones is based in real history?A young pretender raises an army to take the throne. Lea...

  • Murder in an Irish Churchyard synopsis, comments

    Murder in an Irish Churchyard

    Carlene O'Connor

    After joining the police force of her small Irish village, a local woman must investigate the murder of a stranger in this cozy mystery novel.   After solving two murders in t...

  • Murder in an Irish Village synopsis, comments

    Murder in an Irish Village

    Carlene O'Connor

    “If Janet Evanovich and Maeve Binchy wrote a book together, [this] would be the result . . . Siobhán O’Sullivan is a character to savor.”Laurien Berenson, author of ...

  • On Her Trail synopsis, comments

    On Her Trail

    John Dickerson

    Before Barbara Walters, before Katie Couric, there was Nancy Dickerson. The first female member of the Washington TV news corps, Nancy was the only woman covering many of the most ...

  • The Staycation synopsis, comments

    The Staycation

    Michele Gorman

    'Perfect summer reading!' Bella OsborneTwo families. One cancelled flight. And a last minute house swap...Things get desperate for strangers Harriet and Sophie when they become st...

  • The Murders at Foxglove Close synopsis, comments

    The Murders at Foxglove Close

    Rose Temple

    If you enjoyed Midsomer Murders, you will love Rose Temple's Neighbourhood Watch series! Perfect for fans of Betty Rowlands, Faith Martin and Helen Cox.The sleepy village of Little...

  • Equus synopsis, comments

    Equus

    Peter Shaffer

    Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play A Broadway production starring Richard Griffiths and Daniel RadcliffeAn explosive play that took critics and audiences by storm, Equus is Pet...

  • The Historical Figure of Jesus synopsis, comments

    The Historical Figure of Jesus

    E. Sanders

    A biography of the historical figure of Jesus. The book studies the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, distinguishing the certain from the improbable, and assessing the...

  • She Made Me Laugh synopsis, comments

    She Made Me Laugh

    Richard M. Cohen

    “A very personal remembrance of Nora Ephron’s life and loves, and her ups and downs” (USA TODAY) by her longtime and dear friend Richard Cohen in a hilarious, blunt, raucous, and p...

  • Tattoos on the Heart synopsis, comments

    Tattoos on the Heart

    Gregory Boyle

    “Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality” (Los Angeles Times)Tattoos on the Heart is a series of parables about kinship and redemption fr...

  • Moskva synopsis, comments

    Moskva

    Jack Grimwood

    Longlisted for the 2017 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best thriller'Even better than Child 44' Daily Telegraph'Given that the definitive thriller in 1980's Moscow already exist...

  • My Sister Milly synopsis, comments

    My Sister Milly

    Gemma Dowler

    You've seen Manhunt, now read this powerful and personal account from Milly Dowler's sister Gemma . . . 'My name is Gemma Dowler. On 21 March 2002, a serial killer named Levi Bellf...

  • Dreamer synopsis, comments

    Dreamer

    Charles Johnson

    From the National Book Awardwinning author of Middle Passage, a fearless fictional portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his pivotal moment in American history.Set against the...

  • Murder on an Irish Farm synopsis, comments

    Murder on an Irish Farm

    Carlene O'Connor

    In this enchanting new read in the fanfavorite series from a USA Today bestselling author, garda of County Cork, Ireland, Siobhán O’Sullivan and Macdaras Flannery, are about to get...

  • Denial synopsis, comments

    Denial

    Peter James

    Introducing policeman Glenn Branson...When actress Gloria Lamark takes her own life, her devoted son, Thomas, is heartbroken. Something must be wrong with a world in which such a t...

  • Murder at the Seaview Hotel synopsis, comments

    Murder at the Seaview Hotel

    Glenda Young

    'I loved this warm, humorous and involving whodunnit with its host of engaging characters and atmospheric Scarborough setting' CLARE CHASE'Just the heartwarming tonic readers need ...

  • Nine Days synopsis, comments

    Nine Days

    Paul Kendrick & Stephen Kendrick

    "[A] masterly and often riveting account of King’s ordeal and the 1960 'October Surprise' that may have altered the course of modern American political history." Raymond Arsenault,...

  • The Whole Language synopsis, comments

    The Whole Language

    Gregory Boyle

    Gregory Boyle, the beloved Jesuit priest and author of the inspirational bestsellers Tattoos on the Heart and Barking to the Choir, returns with a call to witness the transformativ...

  • Confessions of a Wall Street Insider synopsis, comments

    Confessions of a Wall Street Insider

    Michael Kimelman

    Although he was a suburban husband and father, living a far different life than the “Wolf of Wall Street,” Michael Kimelman had a good run as the cofounder of a hedge fund. He had ...

  • Before I Go synopsis, comments

    Before I Go

    Brian Charles

    In the spirit of The Notebook, Brian Charles’ Before I Go is at once a tender love story and a powerful, provocative exploration of life after loss, and the numinous links that tie...

  • The Controversialist synopsis, comments

    The Controversialist

    Martin Peretz

    Featured in the Wall Street JournalFrom his deep involvement in the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s to his almost forty years at the head of the New Republic, Marti...

  • My Kingdom for a Horse synopsis, comments

    My Kingdom for a Horse

    Ed West

    From William Shakespeare's series of history dramas to Sir Walter Scott and George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, not to mention the smashhit TV show Game of Thrones, the Br...

  • Round the Bend synopsis, comments

    Round the Bend

    Jeremy Clarkson

    Jeremy Clarkson gets REALLY riled up in Round the BendWhat's it like to drive a car that's actively trying to kill you?This and many other burning questions trouble Jeremy Clarkson...

  • Cosby synopsis, comments

    Cosby

    Mark Whitaker

    The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and indepth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and ass...