Author of the Clara Pascal, Rickman & Foster, and Rowan & Palmer series
Margaret Murphy
Hello!I write psychological novels and thrillers, most of which have been published worldwide, and some have been translated into a total of nine European languages. I have been shortlisted for the ‘First Blood’ critics award and CWA Dagger in the Library, and I am a CWA Short Story Dagger and Red Herring award winner. Joffe Books have been re-releasing my backlist during 2020, and I’m thrilled that they plan to relaunch two more before Christmas. But the book I’m most excited about is Don’t Scream – a brand new novel. It’s book 3 in the Detective Jeff Rickman series, set in Liverpool. Books 1 & 2 have already been re-launched as See Her Burn and See Her Die, respectively, and I’m thrilled that both reached the bestseller lists. I’ve waited 15 long years to finally see Don’t Scream published, so it means a huge amount to me that Joffe will publish Don’t Scream on 8th December. Several storylines in the series are resolved in this novel; we also learn more about Foster’s background.
Don’t Scream is available to buy NOW at just 99p in kindle, and for reviewers and bloggers out there, the ARC is also available on Netgalley
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My books
Don’t Scream
Don’t Scream Don’t Scream – a brand new novel. The third in the Detective Jeff Rickman series, set in Liverpool. A drugs war rages in Liverpool and beatings and reprisal attacks escalate to murder when a young mother is found dead in her home and her baby is missing. Tasked...
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Her Husband’s Killer
Her Husband’s Killer DID SHE OR DIDN’T SHE? She’d planned the perfect murder of her husband so many times. And now he’s dead. But did she really kill him? Dr Helen Wilkinson stands over the body of her husband, Edward. It’s just as she’d imagined it so many times before. He...
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Dear Mum
Dear Mum Shortlisted for the First Blood Award. A Sunday Times ‘Christmas Cracker’ “A story of searing suspense and terror . . . thoroughly engrossing and one of the best books of the year. Read it.” Tangled Web A MOTHER’S WORST NIGHTMARE — JUST GOT WORSE It’s been six months since...
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See Her Die
See Her Die (Detective Jeff Rickman book 2) A WOMAN VANISHES BUT DID SHE EVER EXIST? Megan Ward goes missing and suspicion falls on the stalker seen outside her house. Detective Jeff Rickman is brought in to investigate – it should be a simple missing person case. Megan Ward is a...
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Before He Kills Again
Before He Kills Again (Detective Cassie Rowan book 1) “Pace, taut plotting and great characterisation from the first page. Add humour and some wonderful one liners and you have a popular novel with depth.” —Sunday Times bestseller Ann Cleeves CAN CASSIE STOP A SERIAL PREDATOR BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN? A serial predator stalks the...
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See Her Burn
See Her Burn (Detective Jeff Rickman Book 1) A woman’s body is found stuffed inside a wheelie bin. Naked. Drained of blood. Thrown out like trash. Detective Jeff Rickman is on the case. Within hours, the police have their prime suspect. And it’s Rickman himself. Elsewhere, a cruel prank ends with four...
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Darkness Falls
Darkness Falls CLARA PASCAL HAS IT ALL She’s beautiful, successful and a devoted mother. People want to be her. THEN IT’S SNATCHED AWAY Now, robbed of everything that gives her life meaning, she lies chained to the stone wall of a dark cellar – without food, warmth, or sleep, without even the...
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Weaving Shadows
Weaving Shadows Amy Dennis is beaten to death with a hammer in her own home. Her baby is asleep upstairs. A custody battle now rages between Amy’s family and the baby’s father, a married man. A CASE CLARA CAN’T REFUSE Clara Pascal is struggling to put her life back together after...
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@MikeWalters60 @The_CWA @AndrewJRTaylor She obviously relishes the psychological aspects of her characters, and she's terrific at occupying their minds and hearts as she writes from their very disparate perspectives.
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Read MoreA choice of classic crime fiction from @AndrewJRTaylor. I'm reading Allingham's The Tiger In The Smoke just now. Her portrayal of a psychopath is chillingly authentic, her writing vivid & deliciously entertaining. #CrimeFiction
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