Margaret Murphy

Margaret Murphy

Margaret Murphy writes internationally acclaimed psychological thrillers. A past Chair of the Crime Writers Association (CWA), the founder of Murder Squad, and a former RLF Writing Fellow and Reading Round Lector, she’s been a country park ranger, a biology teacher, a dyslexia specialist, and a visiting professor in creative writing. A Short Story Dagger and CWA Red Herring award winner, she has also been shortlisted for the “First Blood” Critics Award and the CWA Dagger in the Library.

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Before He Kills Again
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Before He Kills Again
  • By: Margaret Murphy
  • Narrator: Bianca Amato
  • Length: 12 hours 50 minutes
  • Publisher: Dreamscape Media
  • Publish date: March 29, 2022
  • Language: English
  • (1170 ratings)
(1170 ratings)
A serial predator is on the prowl in Liverpool–seven victims so far–and he’s already chosen his next one. The police can’t catch him. He leaves no trace. No one has been able to provide a reliable description. Detective... Read more
Dear Mum
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Dear Mum
  • By: Margaret Murphy
  • Narrator: Gail Shalan
  • Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
  • Publisher: Dreamscape Media
  • Publish date: May 10, 2022
  • Language: English
  • (673 ratings)
(673 ratings)
Six months ago, Kate’s twelve-year-old daughter Melanie disappeared. It’s been six long months since Kate identified her battered, lifeless body. Kate is only just beginning to come to terms with her daughter’s murder when a... Read more
See Her Burn
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See Her Burn
  • By: Margaret Murphy
  • Narrator: Jodie Harris
  • Length: 12 hours 18 minutes
  • Publisher: Dreamscape Media
  • Publish date: April 14, 2022
  • Language: English
  • (711 ratings)
(711 ratings)
A woman’s body is found stuffed inside a wheelie bin, stripped of her clothes, drained of her blood, thrown out with the rubbish. Detective Jeff Rickman is on the case. Within hours, the police have their prime suspect. And it’s Rickman... Read more
See Her Die
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See Her Die
  • By: Margaret Murphy
  • Narrator: Jodie Harris
  • Length: 11 hours 48 minutes
  • Publisher: Dreamscape Media
  • Publish date: April 26, 2022
  • Language: English
  • (588 ratings)
(588 ratings)
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. But the closer he looks the more mysterious Megan herself... Read more
The Darkest Hours
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The Darkest Hours
  • By: Margaret Murphy
  • Narrator: Lorna Bennett
  • Length: 11 hours 10 minutes
  • Publisher: Dreamscape Media
  • Publish date: May 26, 2022
  • Language: English
  • (565 ratings)
(565 ratings)
Two women are missing already, snatched by a prowler in the night. Brilliant psychologist Christine Radcliffe fears she may be next–or at least that’s what she tells Detective Alan Jameson. But Jameson already has the prime suspect in... Read more

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A Wolf Called Romeo The unlikely true story of a six-year friendship between a wild, oddly gentle black wolf and the people and dogs of Juneau, Alaska   No stranger to wildlife, Nick Jans had lived in Alaska for nearly thirty years. But when one evening at twilight a lone black wolf ambled into view not far from his doorstep, Nick would finally come to know this mystical species—up close as never before. ... Read Book
Survival Lessons Fifteen years ago, Alice Hoffman received a diagnosis that changed everything about the life she’d been living. Most significant-aside from the grueling physical ordeal she underwent-was the way it changed how she felt inside and what she thought she ought to be doing with her days. Now she has written the book that she needed to read then. In this honest, wise, and upbeat guide, Alice Hoffman ... Read Book
The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD!A WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD WINNER! The Chosen meets Adam Silvera in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friendship, betrayal, and hatred. Hoodie Rosen’s life isn’t that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to the quiet, mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron, but Hoodie’s world hasn’t changed ... Read Book
The Story of More The essential pocket primer on climate change that will leave an indelible impact on everyone who reads it. “Hope Jahren asks the central question of our time: how can we learn to live on a finite planet?” (Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction). “Hope Jahren is the voice that science has been waiting for.” —Nature Hope Jahren is an award-winning scientist, a brilliant ... Read Book
Mother to Mother Sindiwe Magona’s novel Mother to Mother explores the South African legacy of apartheid through the lens of a woman who remembers a life marked by oppression and injustice. Magona decided to write this novel when she discovered that Fulbright Scholar Amy Biehl, who had been killed while working to organize the nation’s first ever democratic elections in 1993, died just a few yards away from ... Read Book
Lab 257 Strictly off limits to the public, Plum Island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs, forests, ponds-and the deadliest germs that have ever roamed the planet. Lab 257 blows the lid off the stunning true nature and checkered history of Plum Island. It shows that the seemingly bucolic island in the shadow of New York City is a ticking biological time bomb that none of us can safely ignore.Based on ... Read Book
Native American History For Dummies Call them Native Americans, American Indians, indigenous peoples, or first nations-a vast and diverse array of nations, tribes, and cultures populated every corner of North America long before Columbus arrived. Native American History For Dummies reveals what is known about their pre-Columbian history and shows how their presence, customs, and beliefs influenced everything that was to follow.This ... Read Book
The Outcast Nyroc has exiled himself from the wicked Pure Ones. He flies alone, feared and despised by those who know him as Kludd’s son, hunted by those whose despotism he has rejected, and haunted by ghostly creatures conjured by Nyra to lure him back to the Pure Ones. He yearns for a place he only half believes in—the great tree—and an uncle who might be a true father to him—the near-mythic Soren. ... Read Book
It Happened on Love Street The most romantic place she never wanted to be . . . Pepper Knight moved to Everland, Georgia, as step one in her plan for a successful legal career. But after this big-city gal’s plans go awry, going home with her tail between her legs isn’t an option. So when the town vet-and her sexy new neighbor-offers Pepper a temporary dog-walking job, she jumps at the chance. No one needs to know that ... Read Book
Better Homes and Husbands A posh New York apartment building on Park Avenue is home to the rich and famous: Sidney Sapphire, the blond anchorwoman of ABC News; Angela Somoza, the gorgeous Nicaraguan jet-setter; Bob Horowitz, the former chairman of the United Jewish Appeals; and the usual collection of banking and industrial CEOs, Wall Street magnates, and white-haired philanthropists. Vinnie Ferretti, the Brooklyn-born ... Read Book
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