7 ratings | 3 reviews | avg rating:4.86

Rik Stone’s Followers (25)

Rik’s Bookshelves

read (7)
currently-reading (0)
to-read (0)

Rik’s Friends (47)

Nik Krasno

126 books | 4,269 friends

Aaron Brinker

326 books | 3,182 friends

Shelley

1,151 books | 4,959 friends

Doug Cooper

488 books | 3,754 friends

Gautam Gautam

20 books | 171 friends

Ian Miller

523 books | 133 friends

P.S. Winn

14,167 books | 4,983 friends

Elle Kay

1,322 books | 318 friends

More friends…

Rik Stone

Goodreads Author

Born

Newcastle, The United Kingdom

Website

http://rik-stone.simdif.com

Twitter

stone_rik

Genre

Thriller, Crime, Suspense

Influences

Lee Child, John Connolly, ...more

Member Since

August 2013

edit data

Rik Stone’s working life began in shipyards before he moved on to become a merchant seaman and, for reasons he won’t share here, on more than one occasion found himself stranded in the middle of nowhere. Later on, he worked in quarries and met some wonderfully rich and diverse characters. But then life tamed, maybe a little too much, when he moved into the IT industry.

A surprise came like an episode from Tales from the Unexpected when he became interested in studying and worked through to gaining a BSc. degree in Mathematics and Computing. But it was his love of reading fiction gave him the ambition to write it and his broad experience of life and the confidence of education enabled him to do it.

Rik and his wife share a home in Essex in t ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Rik Stone questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Rik Stone To date, it isn’t a thing I’ve suffered from. However, there are occasions where I don’t write because, while the notions are there, my mind is too bu…moreTo date, it isn’t a thing I’ve suffered from. However, there are occasions where I don’t write because, while the notions are there, my mind is too busy sorting out the order of things. If those ideas refuse to fall into line after a couple days I usually abandon the project and start outlining something else. Up to now, I’ve found that when I return to the main task everything has automatically fallen into place. I like to think of it as magic, but, unfortunately, it is merely my mind working in background mode. Hmm, maybe that is writer’s block and my imaginary friends have stopped talking to me for a while.(less)

flag

like
Comment

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Rik Stone There isn’t a single ‘Best Thing’ – not for me anyway. As a writer it should be easy to describe, but the joy of holding the first paperback that has …moreThere isn’t a single ‘Best Thing’ – not for me anyway. As a writer it should be easy to describe, but the joy of holding the first paperback that has arrived for approval goes beyond words. Getting up in the morning and finding you have a new review that extols the virtues of your writing or the thrill of your words has me walking on air for the rest of the day. I was on a cruise last year where someone inquired if I was Rik Stone and then went on to ask for my autograph. It had never happened to me before, or since, but even sitting here now a warm glow burns within from thinking about it. There are a multitude of other things that have brought delight, but everything pales into insignificance when I compare it to the simple pleasure I get from actually writing.(less)

flag

like
Comment

See 2 answers from Rik Stone…

Combine Editions
Rik Stone’s books

Average rating: 4.07 · 503 ratings · 159 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Birth of an Assassin 4.17 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Turkish Connection 4.08 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2015	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 Man in the Blue Fez 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	A Destiny to Die For - 1 4.33 avg rating — 18 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 Way We Were: Romantic Interludes 3.80 avg rating — 20 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
	The Turkish Connection (Birth of an Assassin Book 2) 3.93 avg rating — 14 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
	A Destiny to Die For Complete 3.90 avg rating — 10 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
	A Destiny to Die For 4.63 avg rating — 8 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 Man in the Blue Fez 4.57 avg rating — 7 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
	A Destiny to Die For - II it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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

More books by Rik Stone…

13 posts
Rik Stone's Blog

The Man in the Blue Fez

The Audio

Dennis & Moi

Birth of an Assassin is a series of books, the stories of which span across countries of the continental landmass of Eurasia.

Birth of an Assassin and The Turkish Connection, follow a path leading … Continue Reading

The post The Man in the Blue Fez appeared first on Latest News - Rik Stone Author.

Series by Rik Stone

Birth of an Assassin (3 books)
by

Rik Stone (Goodreads Author)

4.12 avg rating — 226 ratings

Quotes by Rik Stone (?)

“Leo’s shoulders were sloped but looked rigid, and his dark grey pin-striped suit hung loose on a slight frame. A wispy strand of auburn hair hovered like a last sign of autumn over a pinched face; sacs of skin puckered under dark eyes, and his thin moustache appeared permanently atremble. Not a handsome man, but his large brown eyes gave him an indefinable attractiveness that also carried an air of sadness.”
― Rik Stone, Birth of an Assassin: Thrill a Minute Noir

1 likes

“His mind calculated, but cold numbness ran the length of his spine. The thought of killing an innocent soldier terrified him and he knew that, whatever happened now, he really had committed a crime.”
― Rik Stone, Birth of an Assassin: Thrill a Minute Noir

0 likes

Rik’s Quotes

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

85238 likes

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator

166328 likes