Richard Baldwin: 24 books

At the root of inequality, unemployment, and populism are radical changes in the world economy. Digital technology is allowing talented foreigners to telecommute into our workplaces and compete for service and professional jobs. Instant machine translation is melting language barriers, so the ranks...

From 1820 to 1990 the share of world income going to today’s wealthy nations soared from 20% to 70%. That share has recently plummeted. Richard Baldwin shows how the combination of high tech with low wages propelled industrialization in developing nations, deindustrialization in developed nations, and a commodity supercycle that is petering out.

Research on the spatial aspects of economic activity has flourished over the past decade due to the emergence of new theory, new data, and an intense interest on the part of policymakers, especially in Europe but increasingly in North America and elsewhere as well. However, these efforts--collectively...

Judge Winston Breckinridge, a Republican candidate for a seat in the Michigan Legislature, is murdered at the Ingham County Fair while manning his party's booth. It seems the judge was not well-liked by many, but who would go to such extremes? Once again, mystery writer Richard Baldwin gives readers...

Popular Michigan Murder mystery writer, Richard L. Baldwin comes forth with his 18th cozy mystery, Perish Priest (not a misspelling). Father Dunkel is shot at the beginning of Mass at St. Joseph’s Church in Mesick, located in the northwest portion of Michigan’s lower peninsula. Who would...

Dead and Deaf is Baldwin’s nineteenth cozy Michigan-based mystery. Gayle Anderson, a high school senior in Davison, Michigan, is studying her family genealogy when she discovers a great-great- grandfather died at age 31 at the School for the Deaf in Flint, Michigan. She suspects the death is not...

En el siglo XIX la energía de vapor y la paz hicieron posible un movimiento internacional de bienes que llevó a los que hoy son países ricos a alcanzar la hegemonía: fue la Gran Divergencia. La nueva globalización, en cambio, está siendo impulsada por las tecnologías de la información, que...

Roland Spencer, a well-known bass singer in the Holy Living Waters Church choir, dies following a rehearsal for the Messiah. The choir director and organist, Belle franklin is the last person to see him alive, landing her at the top of the suspect list. To prove her innocence—and find the real killer—the...

A resident of Haslett, MI - Rich Baldwin has published more than 20 books, including two children’s books, a set of religious vignettes, several skits and the "AARP Magazine - Swim Suit Edition", under his own company – Buttonwood Press.    He is also a public...

Private Detective Lou Searing returns to solving challenging cases when a young lawyer, Zeke Simons of Mason, Michigan, is accused of murder in Trout City. While hunting on opening day of bow season, Zeke overhears Howard Richards bragging about poaching a 12-point buck. Conflict and turmoil...

Murder at the Craft Show is Baldwin’s 20th Lou Searing mystery. Under the cover of darkness, an unpopular vendor, Stan Fedewa, is murdered in his booth at a show in Farmington Hills, Michigan. A vendor who confronted him earlier is suspect number one. He joins others who have reason to commit the...

Tom McNutt, a wealthy owner of the Northernmost Winery on the Old Mission Peninsula, north of Traverse City, Michigan, and the Grand Marshal of the Cherry Festival Parade is shot in the Parade set-up area.  The community is stunned, but the parade and the Festival continue.  Lou Searing...

Against the backdrop of a revolution in college sports paying athletes to play a family conflict emerges that is just as poignant and upsetting as any Saturday afternoon football rivalry. Eddie Williams, the father of three immensely talented football sons and one estranged daughter is found dead...

An MSU professor gets involved in an eco-terrorist movement. The final spisode in the Lour Searing - Maggie McMillan series.