Richard: 2392 books

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Duchy of Coburg was a small, impoverished German fiefdom ruled by the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family. Yet within just forty years – and following the marriage of first cousins Queen Victoria of Britain and Prince Albert – the Coburgs controlled many of...

A railroad novel, "Midnight and Sometimes Later" tells the story of three men who work on freight trains, in Minnesota, in the 1970s--and various women with whom they are involved. The protagonist, Lou Maki, describes his role in two romantic triangles as they form and disintegrate. The...

An alien race that has been guiding humanity since early hominid times is suddenly eradicated by mysterious Earth forces. For the first time in its existence humankind stands as a fully independent species. But far from this being liberation, the “human system” is now left in a precarious...

Seattle detective Miken Probe int the death of a young woman in Chinatown turns into a bloody hunt for a professional killer involved in chinese cybercrime and international sex slave traficking. The young Chinese woman lying dead in the dank Seattle alley was murdered with no apparent motive. To find...

    Claraicy was both physically and psychologically abused by her father.  While left in the woods to die, she was attacked by a pair of strange creatures.  After surviving a harsh winter, she begins to mutate and grow stronger.     Unable to think or act like a normal human being, she lashes...

    Blackett Hill, a small community with no children wasn't on any map.  When a best selling author goes there for an unwelcomed book signing and is killed, its unusual residents are more than just alarmed.  They are frightened.     As Detective Douglas, a surly, stubborn police officer,...

At that moment my heart breaks. My precious daughter thinks she’s not normal. I have not protected her enough. I have not done enough. I have completely failed Elizabeth. This is the worst moment of my life. The 1980s and 1990s produced a wave of moral panic over child abuse, a tsunami of...

The 23rd century. The third planet from the sun is now a revolving, uninhabitable sphere of ice, void of sunlight. Volcanic ash clouds the skies and the air, toxic. A small, isolated cluster of earth’s surviving population labours in caves deep beneath the expanding ice cap. Ice Racer, Mike...

When the long reaching tentacles of organized crime venture into an innocent neighbourhood, consequences are to be expected. The rainy days of June. In a house on a quiet street, three fishing guides gather for drinks and laughs. Men content to ferry clients eager to fish the rivers of Southern...

Based on true events, this is the story of an insurance executive from Omaha who travels to the Bahamas and receives word that his wife has been shot at their home. He returns to his house and is greeted by the lead homicide detective with the Omaha Police Department. Although his alibi is perfect,...

The Pi-a-saw Bird In 1673 the first European explorers to travel down the Mississippi River spot on the high, sheer bluffs the painting of a huge, winged monster. Where does it come from? Why did somebody take the trouble and risk to paint it on the bluff face? The Indians told them...

When Ally ran away from home, she went where every girl wants to go—to find her prince.  It didn’t hurt that her mother had built a dimensional transporter and had found a place with a quaint village and a nearby palace.  When Ally got there, though, the filth surprised her, and the rats. Dancing...

Breakthrough Madman or savior? Or both? The police take Terrell Boyd to Malcolm Bliss Mental Hospital. Diagnosis: Schizophrenia, paranoid type. Can the paranormal powers he claims really work? What if Jesus Christ returns to Earth the second time, only to have the world drive him insane? Unavailable...

It's a doctor's duty to "do no harm," but in a world where healthcare is completely in the hands of the government, meet physicians whose main mission is taking life instead of giving it. Lieutenant Jaye Osgood is lucky to have a good government job. It offers him and his family of five...