‘A compulsive thriller’ Ann Cleeves ‘Immediately gripping, compelling and emotionally wrought…Clear your diary and get reading!’ Gytha Lodge His team is compromised. His girlfriend’s in danger. And the biggest case of his career hangs in the balance. ‘A compulsive thriller’ Ann Cleeves ‘Immediately gripping, compelling and emotionally wrought…Clear your diary and get reading!’ Gytha Lodge His team is compromised. His girlfriend’s in danger. And the biggest case of his career hangs in the balance. As dusk falls the night before the trial of notorious crime boss Thomas Unwin, the prosecution’s star witness is brutally murdered, his killer escaping in plain sight from a secure hotel. Detective Rick Turner spent months building the case against Unwin, and he’s not willing to give up now. But Unwin has one final trick up his sleeve to turn the trial in his favour: he has Rick’s girlfriend, Jess, kidnapped in a plan to coerce Rick into throwing his own testimony. Faced with a stark choice, Rick must find Jess or give false testimony which would cost him his career and let Unwin walk free. But with the net closing in Rick must soon face a terrifying truth: the killer is closer to him than he ever expected, and as the case turns personal there is no one he can trust, not even his closest colleagues… ‘Murphy has always been an exciting writer, but this brings the tension to an even greater level. Dead Man Walking is a compulsive thriller with pace, brilliant plotting, and characters who are credible, despite the extraordinary situations in which they find themselves.’ Ann Cleeves, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series ‘I loved this. An immediately gripping, compelling and emotionally wrought thriller where the high stakes and strong mystery never let up from first page to last. Clear your diary and get reading!’ Gytha Lodge. author of She Lies in Wait 'An unstoppable and addictive thriller. Clear your diary, you’ll want to read this in one sitting.’ Michael Wood, author of the DCI Matilda Darke series ‘Rich with tension and action, there are surprises at every plot twist.’ Marni Graff, award-winning author of the Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries ‘Tension bristles on every page on this rollercoaster of a read. I couldn't put the book down.’ Sarah Ward, author of the Mallory Dawson series ‘Always exciting to meet a new detective, esp when they're as kick ass as DS Rick Turner… Kidnapping and killing for days in this hard slice of London crime. Very keen to read the next in the series.’ Dan Malakin, author of The Box An utterly gripping crime thriller that will have you hooked! Margaret Murphy writes internationally acclaimed and bestselling psychological thrillers under her own name, and forensic thrillers as Ashley Dyer and AD Garrett. She is a past Chair of the UK Crime Writers Association (CWA), founder of Murder Squad, and a former RLF Writing Fellow and Reading Round Lector. She’s been a country park ranger, biology teacher, dyslexia specialist and Visiting Professor in creative writing. A Short Story Dagger, HRF Keating, and CWA Red Herring award winner, she has also been shortlisted for the ‘First Blood’ critics award and CWA Dagger in the Library. An utterly gripping crime thriller that will have you hooked! • M. K. Murphy has previously written crime as Ashley Dyer and AD Garrett (published by Corsair and William Morrow), as well as psychological thrillers as Margaret Murphy (originally published by Pan and recently republished by Joffe)• Margaret is a past Chair of the CWA, a Short Story Dagger, HRF Keating, and CWA Red Herring award winner, and a shortlistee for the ‘First Blood’ critics award and CWA Dagger in the Library• This is the start of a gripping new series featuring DS Rick Turner, perfect for fans of Neil Lancaster, Matt Brolly, Ian Rankin, and Line of Duty Competition: Dead Man’s Grave;The Night Watch;The Pier;Slow Horses;One for the Ages;Dead to Me;One Lost Soul;The Bridge;A Heart Full of Headstones;Picture You Dead. by;Neil Lancaster;Matt Brolly;Simon Kernick;Damien Boyd;David Beckler;Ian Rankin;Peter James;Angela Marsons;J M Dalgleish;Mick Heron;Mark Dawson
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