My books are predominantly thrillers, but most have a scientific or technology element thrown in too. Click the picture of the book below to learn more.
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I haven’t published anything recently under my own name, but you might be interested in a new book from Black Spring Press. CrimeBits: 100 Opening Gambits for Great Thrillers (also available at Amazon UK, Amazon US and most bookshops) contains one hundred openings to thrillers, ranked by Lee Child. I’m proud to say the great man himself nominated mine as the winning entry. Each opening is linked to a puzzle, so this book might also appeal if you enjoy crosswords, logic puzzles or word searches. The paperback version is currently available on pre-order at Amazon UK for £12.15 and Amazon US for $18.95.
I am delighted to have been nominated as the winner of the CrimeBits Lee Child Prize run by Black Spring Press Group. The competition was for the best 200 word opening to a novel.
You will have to purchase the book to read my entry and the other 99 featured openings.
Buy the book here: https://blackspringpressgroup.com/products/crimebits
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.
This is a season of giving, so I have reduced the price on the Kindle versions of all my books for the next few days.
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Richard-T.-Burke/author/B018F53OZ4
US: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Richard-T.-Burke/author/B018F53OZ4
The three books in the Decimation series (Decimation: The Girl Who Survived, Termination: The Boy Who Died, and Annihilation: Origins and Endings) are now available in a Kindle box set and also as an 800+ page paperback.
You can save money by buying the boxset rather than the corresponding individual Kindle versions or paperbacks.
Get the Kindle version here: Universal Amazon link
The word, Decimation, is one which has changed a little in modern colloquial usage. When people talk about something being decimated, they often mean it has been largely destroyed.
However, the original meaning of the word derives from the time of the Romans. Decimation was a form of extreme military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed. It was used as a punishment for severe crimes such as cowardice, desertion or mutiny.
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It’s now around eight months since I launched Annihilation, the third and last book in the Decimation trilogy. So, what’s coming next?
I’m currently working on a near-future, Sci-Fi thriller. I’m excited by the underlying premise; I can’t say too much at this stage, but it’s a big idea like the one in the Decimation universe (where no woman has survived childbirth in a generation).
I’m planning this new book to be the first in a series, but I’m not yet sure how many books that will include. I’ll reveal more as I get closer to a complete first draft.
Finally, a big thank you to all who have reviewed my books. A good review can make all the hard work required to create a book feel worthwhile.
My short story, The Prisoner, was recently published in the Resolutions anthology by Bridge House Publishing.
![Resolutions by [Multiple, Debz Hobbs-Wyatt, Gill James]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41OzdbU+tOL.jpg)
You can find an interview with Gill James of the same company on her blog today.
https://www.gilljameswriter.com/2022/01/an-itnerview-with-richard-t-burke.html
A great review for Annihilation: Origins and Endings on the Books From Dusk Till Dawn Blog.
You can also find reviews for Decimation: The Girl Who Survived and Termination: The Boy Who Died on the same site.
The dedication to my latest book, Annihilation: Origins and Endings, reads as follows:
For Theo
My silent companion during the writing of this book. You didn’t offer any suggestions, but you sat beside me throughout.
The question is, who is Theo?
Two years ago, my aunt was no longer able to look after her dog, a Maltese Terrier, due to ill health. We offered to look after him, and Theo soon became an integral member of our family.