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Richard Farren Barber

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Richard Farren Barber was born in Nottingham, England. After studying in London he returned to the East Midlands. He lives with his wife and son and works as a Registry Manager for a local university.

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	The Sleeping Dead 3.27 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Twenty Years Dead 4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	One of the Dead 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 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
	The Coffin Walk really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2019 — 2 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
	Perfect Darkness, Perfect Silence 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 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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The accidental novel

I’ve just finished a novel (#17 if anyone is keeping count). I didn’t mean to. Not the finishing bit, that was a given. But the novel part of that equation was not intentional.
In November last year I finished the first draft of my second Caborn & Reeves novel which came in at a ridiculous 145K. I had a whole host of pieces I needed to edit, but I had an itch which needed to be scratched. A novella

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The Lodge

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Eleanor: A 200-Mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen

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Nightmares and Dreamscapes

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