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Richard Marman

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in Swindon, The United Kingdom

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http://www.richardmarman.com

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

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Alistair McLean, Ian Fleming, Bernard Cornwell, Larry McMurtry

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February 2012

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Ex-military and airline pilot, Richard Marman is now a Sunshine Coast based illustrator and author. His work includes illustrating pamphlets, calendars and posters for the Australian Ground Safety Council promoting workplace safety at airport terminals. He has also been a regular cartoonist for several magazines.
Richard illustrated Anna Tullemans and Rhonda Dixon’s successful book on children’s behavioural difficulties, How to Stop You Words Bumping into Someone Else’s, which has been enthusiastically received by carers and educators.
His illustrated books include, A Tale of Two Turtles, A Whale’s Tale and Hannah Meets a Dragon. Richard has written and illustrated eight published novels for young adults: The Wealth, Escape from Fort McCain a ...more

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	McAlister's Way 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McAlister's Way - Free Serialisation Vol. 01 2.82 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McAlister's Way 10 - Free Serialisation Download 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon Stalkers 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McAlister's Way - Free Serialisation Vol. 06 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McAlister's Way VOLUME 12 - Free Serialisation Download 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McAlister's Way VOLUME 14 - Free Serialisation Download 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McAlister's Way - FREE Serialisation Vol. 04 - Chapters 6 and 7 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McALISTER'S WAY - Free Serialisation Vol 03: Chapters 4 and 5 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wealth it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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'McAlister's Allegiance', the latest action-pact adventure in the Mcalister Line is now available at on-line books stores or through links via my website: www.richardmarman.net

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Richard Marman rated a book liked it The Heist (Isaac Bell #14) by Jack Du Brul	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
You have no idea how many books are titled 'The Heist'. I guess it's kinda grabby. Although Clive Cussler's name is prominent on the cover, the story is down to Jack du Brul who actually wrote it using one of Cussler's characters, Isaac Bell. 'The Hei ...more
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Richard Marman rated a book really liked it Dying Light (Logan McRae, #2) by Stuart MacBride	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Although he's been around for some time now, this is the first time I've come across Stuart MacBride. He's written a shelfful of books an justifiably so if 'Dying Light' is anything to go by. It's an early Detective Logan McRae outing as one of Aberde ...more
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Richard Marman rated a book liked it Mystery At Black Boulder (LIN) by Robert J. Martell	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book has also been published as 'Red Man's Territory' by A A Glynn and falls right into the dime novel category, which doesn't mean it's bad. In the run up to Wounded Knee, half-breed Indian affairs investigator Lance Costigan is on the lookout f ...more
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Richard Marman rated a book really liked it Top Soldier (Circle V Western) by Johnny D. Boggs	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Johnny D. Boggs is a respected author of US historical fiction, including westerns which he successfully raises above dime novel status with quality storytelling. 'Top Soldier' is an example, describing Perce Braden's life growing up in on a hardscrab ...more
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Richard Marman rated a book liked it The Heist (Isaac Bell #14) by Jack Du Brul	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
You have no idea how many books are titled 'The Heist'. I guess it's kinda grabby. Although Clive Cussler's name is prominent on the cover, the story is down to Jack du Brul who actually wrote it using one of Cussler's characters, Isaac Bell. 'The Hei ...more
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Richard Marman rated a book really liked it The Promised Land (Brock & Kolla #13) by Barry Maitland	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Although he's been around forever, this is the first Barry Maitland mystery I've read and I really enjoyed it. It's a police procedural that doesn't drag, which can be a tendency for the genre. Mild mannered bookworm or sadistic psychotic murderer, tha ...more
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Richard Marman rated a book liked it Now or Never (Stephanie Plum, #31) by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Book 31 one in the series is more standard Stephanie Plum - Lulu fare. A fun read, which leaves one salient question unanswered. There are plenty of colourful miscreants for our two stalwart heroines to chase down with their usual ineptitude and good ...more
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Richard Marman rated a book liked it Operation Barras: The SAS Rescue Mission, Sierra Leone 2000 by Will Fowler	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Even though Operation Barras is only 200 pages, it's crammed with details about what a basket case post-colonial Africa in general is with Sierra Leone being in a particular parlous state. A bunch of bad-arse bandits called the West Side Boys who are ...more
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Richard Marman rated a book it was ok Return to Blood Creek by Frank Callan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
OK this is a bonafide pulp fiction dime novel, but that doesn't mean it's a lost cause unless you're a literary snob and I know there are plenty of them around. It's a classic 'stranger-rides-to-town-to-save-a-damsel-in-distress' as you'd expect from ...more
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Richard Marman rated a book really liked it Top Soldier (Circle V Western) by Johnny D. Boggs	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Johnny D. Boggs is a respected author of US historical fiction, including westerns which he successfully raises above dime novel status with quality storytelling. 'Top Soldier' is an example, describing Perce Braden's life growing up in on a hardscrab ...more
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