Triple Honors from the 2025 American Fiction Awards!

Book cover of Old Dogs, New Tricks: A Victor Harding Adventure by Douglas Richardson, featuring gold chains and an emerald pendant on a dark green background

Book cover of Sea Cruise: A Victor Harding Adventure by Douglas Richardson, featuring an aerial view of a red life raft adrift in dark ocean water, with Best Book Awards Finalist medallion

Douglas Richardson's Victor Harding Adventures continue their award-winning streak with three finalist honors at the prestigious 2025 American Fiction Awards:

Old Dogs, New Tricks – Finalist, Thriller: Crime
Sea Cruise – Finalist, Adventure: General
Sea Cruise – Finalist, Mystery/Suspense: Multicultural & Diverse

The Victor Harding Adventures

Meet Victor Harding: a 70-something retired architect turned criminal who proves that adventure doesn't end at retirement—it just gets more dangerous. Follow his journey through two gripping thrillers where desperate characters make deadly choices and small-town secrets explode into international crime.

"A gold standard for character-driven crime fiction." — 5-Star Review, Reader Views | Old Dogs, New Tricks

"This tremendously gifted author has done it again." — David Richter, Former FBI Agent | Sea Cruise

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Also by Douglas Richardson

Discover the Victor Harding Adventures — award-winning thrillers by Douglas Richardson. Three 2025 American Fiction Awards finalist honors. Gripping crime fiction that makes you think, feel, and hold your breath.

The Award-Winning Debut

Down Wind and Out of Sight – Doug's stand-alone thriller has earned seven prestigious honors, including Literary Titan Gold and Reader Views Bronze.

"An amazing novel full of complexities...a masterpiece." – Reader Views

From the Australian outback to a secret US government lab, this genre-bending thriller delivers heart-pounding action and surprising emotional depth.

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