BOWMAN OF THE YARD

'Most of us are au fait with the dark side of Victorian London, the sharp contrast between rich and poor in their overcrowded slums, the crime and prostitution, thanks to the novels of Charles Dickens.

However, James’s novels are not full of sentimentality, nor are his young ruffians angels in disguise. We smell the filth and blood and hear the screams of those beaten to a pulp by villains. As in many crime novels, it is not the vicious underclass who are the true villains, but those with power and money.'

Historical Novel Society

The Head In The Ice

The Devil In The Dock

The Body In The Trees

The Phantom In The Fog

City Of Death

City Of Fear

Victoriana

The Smithfield Murder

5 STAR 5

In 1978, hot on the heels of producing Space: 1999, legendary TV producer Gerry Anderson commissioned writer Tony Barwick to produce a film script, 'Five Star Five'. Billed as 'The Magnificent Seven in space', it followed the fortunes of a roguish freighter captain, a talking chimp and a marauding robot, and their fight to save the planet Kestra from the evil Zargons. Stages were booked and a director hired, but the project ultimately lost its funding and was never produced. Now, with the blessing of Anderson Entertainment, Richard has novelised the original screenplay and produced two brand new adventures for Lovell and his band of misfits...

The Zargon Threat

The Doomsday Device

The Battle For Kestra

Richard's association with the worlds of Gerry Anderson started with his playing Officer Orrin in Anderson's last live action series, Space Precinct. Since then, he has novelised the unfilmed pilot episode, written and narrated four new adventures for the officers of Precinct 88 and produced a memoir of his time filming the show...