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Bled to death and left in a rubbish bin, the teenaged prostitute is just the first victim.
DI Jeff Rickman's investigation into the Afghan refugee's sordid death leads first to the heart of a community who can't - or won't - talk to him. Then the investigation comes home to Rickman's own private life. As the body count starts rising he is framed for a crime he didn't commit. A murderer is trying to make things personal. Very personal.
Is he on the trail of a serial killer? Or something even more sinister?
THE DISPOSSESSED travels deep into the heart of Liverpool's underworld. It is the strongest, most suspenseful and hardest hitting thriller this brilliant storyteller has written yet.
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'The best modern crime writers like to tackle two levels of offence at the same time: one, the headline-grabbing violence of the street; the other, the official negligence or misguided policies that can drive - or at least exacerbate - underclass thuggery. In The Dispossessed Margaret Murphy does exactly this as she uncovers the horrifying snake-pit that is life for asylum-seekers in modern Britain . . .combines the warmth and feelings of Margaret Murphy's early fiction with the scrupulous research and wider canvas of her Clara Pascal series, to provide an eye-opening shocker of a novel, in which the links between sharp practice and crime form a chain to bind the unwary.' TLS
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'Surprisingly teasing . . . visual, well-paced thriller.' Daily Mirror on Darkness Falls
'Just what British crime writing is crying out for - a compassionate, grass roots British novel with the pace, energy and impeccable research of an American thriller.' Mo Hayder on Darkness Falls
'A skilfully plotted story with strongly drawn characters.' Sunday Telegraph on Darkness Falls
'Exemplary chiller . . . If Murphy's appointed task is to scare the reader . . . she succeeds brilliantly.' Literary Review on Darkness Falls
'A cracking good read with a masterly doubletake.' Scotsman on Darkness Falls
'DARKNESS FALLS is a model of what the modern suspense thriller should be . . . tense, scary, page-turning and stomach-churning - because we care most of all about what happens to the characters. Set aside a day - you won't be able to put it down once it has you in its grip.' Val McDermid
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 034083417X
- ISBN 13 9780340834176
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages432
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. VG+/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO ANNIE LEDGER AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, MARGARET MURPHY, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'To Annie/With sincere thanks for your/help and support in my/research for this novel./Best wishes/Margaret/Murphy'. Annie is Annie Ledger, Director of Migrant Helpline, and she is mentioned in the 'Acknowledgements' as having helped the author with proceedures and situations. SCARCE ASSOCIATION COPY. A novel set in Liverpool, in which Detective Inspector Jeff Rickman and his team are investigating the sordid death of an Afghan refugee. The first novel of the author's Rickman and Forter series. Some age-tanning to edges of pages; bruising to head and tail of spine; else a very good plus copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. Presentation Copy Inscibed And Signed By Autho. Seller Inventory # 19662
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