After Darke

RICK’S NEW Book, Published July 7, 2022.The final novel of the Darke trilogy. The Times “Best Books of 2022.”“It’s a riot of eloquent bigotry and bluster.” Sunday Mail “Best New Fiction.”“Unbroken, unbowed and raging against the wokeness of the modern world….”...

Darke Matter

Clever, witty and perceptive . . . Gekoski writes movingly about love, loss and grief, while handling the difficult issue of assisted dying with considerable balance and finesse. Beautifully written, engrossing and heartbreakingly funny.– Simon Humphreys ― Mail...

Guarded by Dragons

‘Rick Gekoski’s encyclopaedic knowledge of rare books is matched only by the enthusiasm and brio with which he writes about them’ Ian Rankin Rick Gekoski has been traversing the rocky terrain of the rare book trade for over fifty years. The treasure...

2021 Appearances and events

Belinda and I are blessedly in New Zealand for the next months, or until there is a compelling reason to return to the UK. There are real live literary festivals and events here! I will be appearing as follows: 8th of July PUBLICATION DAY Guarded by Dragons. 17th of...

A Long Island Story

Rick Gekoski’s follow up to his critically acclaimed debut, Darke, is a novel about 1950s America, a marriage in crisis, and a family falling apart at the seams. It is 1953, a heat wave is sweeping across America and the Grossmans – Ben, Addie and their two children...