Margaret Murphy
Margaret Murphy writes internationally acclaimed psychological thrillers under her own name, and has completed two DS Rick Turner novels under the penname M.K. Murphy, the first of which was published September 2023. Her forensic thrillers are penned under the names Ashley Dyer (the DS Lake and DCI Carver books) and AD Garrett (the Prof. Fennimore and DCI Simms trilogy) . She is the founder of Murder Squad, a past Chair of the Crime Writers Association, a CWA Short Story Dagger, Red Herring, and HRF Keating award winner, and has also been shortlisted for the ‘First Blood’ critics’ award and Dagger in the Library.
CWA Awards
- CWA Short Story Dagger - Winner
- CWA Dagger in the Library - Longlisted
- CWA Dagger in the Library - Shortlisted
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Books by Margaret Murphy
Dead Man Walking (DS Rick Turner book 1)
The Scarecrow Killer (Detective Cassie Rowan Book 2)
Darkness Falls (Clara Pascal Book 1)
Weaving Shadows (Clara Pascal Book 2)
See Her Burn (Detective Jeff Rickman Book 1)
See Her Die (Detective Jeff Rickman Book 2)
Before He Kills Again (Detective Cassie Rowan Book 1)
Dear Mum
Her Husband’s Killer
The Darkest Hours
Don’t Scream (DETECTIVE JEFF RICKMAN BOOK 3)
The Lost boy
Dying Embers
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