Richard Armitage

Richard Armitage is a multi-award winning stage and screen actor best known for his role in Peter Jackson's trilogy of The Hobbit, Captain America, Alice through the Looking Glass and Oceans 8. In 2022, he starred in Netflix’s Stay Close and prior to this, The Stranger, also on Netflix. Richard voices Trevor Belmont in the Netflix series Castlevania and Logan in Marvel’s Wolverine podcast. Richard’s theatre credits include “Love Love Love” directed by Michael Mayer and Yael Farber’s staging of “The Crucible”, which earned him an Olivier Award nomination. The Audible Original Geneva is Richard’s debut novel where he stars alongside Nicola Walker and Jane Perry.

Current publication THE CUT - Audible - August 2024

Welcome to Barton Mallet, a remote village in the Midlands that has been chosen as the unlikely location for a new feature film from Hollywood producer Max Crow. Teenagers from the local drama group are encouraged to audition for a story about the trials and tribulations of growing up.

Benjamin Knot, the CEO of a well-known architecture firm, discovers that his children, Lily and Nathan, have each been offered a role.

But Barton Mallet has a deep wound that has never truly healed. Once upon a time, the notorious Cheney End, a secret trail leading to Blackstone Mill, was the scene of a brutal murder. A young girl was killed, and a group of school friends had their lives shattered. One of them went to prison.

Thirty years later, the truth of what really happened in Barton Mallet is dragged out of the dark and brought into sharp focus.

Committed to film...forever.

Praise for THE CUT

'Armitage has done it again... The Cut is a chilling, atmospheric thriller with characters you'll never forget.' Harlan Coben

‘I thought Geneva was an amazing debut novel, but I love this one even more! The Cut is a powerful book that skilfully weaves past and present to build up to a shocking finale. This is very ‘visual’ work, but I’d expect nothing less from our talented Richard! It’s pacy, and a real page turner, with strong characters boiling with deep emotions… emotions that haunt them from childhood to the present day. Beautifully written locational descriptions, contrasting with disturbingly dark actions… brilliant.’ Joy Ellis

Latest publication GENEVA - Audible - October 2022 / Faber - October 2023

​A Waterstones Best Book of 2023

A Times Book of the Month

How far would you go for someone you love?

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has taken a step back from work to spend more time with her family. Movie nights with her husband Daniel and their daughter Maddie are a welcome respite from the scrutiny of the world’s press. As much as it hurts, it’s good to be able to see her father more too. He’s suffering from Alzheimer’s and needs special care.

Sarah has started to show tell-tale signs of the disease too. She’s been experiencing blackouts and memory loss. It’s early days but she must face the possibility that she won’t be there to see her daughter grow up. Daniel, a neuroscientist himself, is doing his best to be supportive but she already knows that she will have to be the strong one. For all of them.

So when Sarah is invited to be the guest of honour at a prestigious biotech conference in Geneva she declines, wanting to stay out of the public eye – that is until Daniel shows her the kind of work that the enigmatic Mauritz Schiller has been developing.

Flown first class to the spectacular alpine city and housed in a luxury hotel, Sarah and Daniel are thrust back into the spotlight. As they try to shut out the noise of the public media storm, in private Sarah is struggling with her escalating symptoms. And the true extent of what Schiller has achieved is a revelation. This is technology that could change medicine forever. More than that, it could save Sarah’s life.

But technology so valuable attracts all kinds of interest. Wealthy investors are circling, controversial blogger Terri Landau is all over the story, and someone close to Schiller seems bent on taking advantage of the situation for themselves. Sarah feels threatened and does not know who to trust – including herself. Far from being her lifeline Schiller's technology may be her undoing.

As events spiral out of control Sarah and Daniel are faced with the ultimate question: how far would you go for someone you love?

Praise for GENEVA

'An atmospheric, icily tense thriller.' Telegraph

'An outstanding debut - ingenious, fast-paced and unpredictable.' Harlan Coben

‘A stunning blend of high-octane, cinematic drama and intimate psychological thriller. I raced through it.’ Lucy Foley No 1 multi-million best selling author

'Geneva is one of the best thrillers I've ever read. And I've read quite a few.' A. J. Finn

‘Tense, pacy and full of pathos, this evocative, cinematic thriller has it all!’ LJ Ross

‘A breath-taking debut with a chilling mystery at its heart. Transportive, heart-pounding and propulsive - this is a read-in-one-sitting thriller that's not to be missed!’ Lucy Clarke

‘A gripping, original, and highly addictive thriller. Filled with clever twists, I was hooked from the first page.’ Alice Feeney

‘Richard Armitage has created a slick, pacy read with skill and conviction. Five stars.’ Janice Hallett

‘Geneva is an accomplished, compelling debut. I loved it. It's crime, but it's also subtle, human, nuanced and clever.’ Helen Fields

'A gripping, taut, pacy as hell alpine thriller. More twists and turns than a toboggan on a black run. A high octane ride. Secrets lies and spies. What more could you ask for . . . A perfectly executed debut.' Imran Mahmood