Margaret Murphy

The Darkest Hours

Before He Kills Again

Her Husband's Killer

Dear Mum

Die düsteren Geheimnisse einer englischen Kleinstadt ... Der Psycho-Thriller »Die Stille der Angst« von Margaret Murphy als eBook bei dotbooks. Kann Gerechtigkeit mehr wiegen als Schuld? Als Inspector Nelson zu einem Tatort gerufen wird, ahnt er noch nicht, dass dieser Fall ihn in die schlimmsten Abgründe führen wird – die der menschlichen Seele ... Dr. Edmund Wilkinson, ein angesehener Professor, wird brutal ermordet in seinem Haus gefunden. Die einzige Verdächtige: seine eigene Ehefrau. Aber ist das vermeintliche Geständnis, dass Helen Wilkinson immer wieder vor sich hinmurmelt, wirklich glaubhaft? Schon bald beschleicht Nelson der Verdacht, dass sich hinter der Hochglanzfassade dieser Ehe ein Albtraumleben verborgen hat. Und auch am Institut scheint der Professor ein verhasster Tyrann gewesen zu sein. Doch wer ist Opfer, wer ist Täter? Mehr und mehr verfängt sich der Inspector in einem dunklen Netz, aus dem der einzige Ausweg der Tod zu sein scheint ... »Margaret Murphys Ziel, ihre Leser das Fürchten zu lehren, erfüllt sie brillant!« Literary Review Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: Der psychologische Spannungsroman »Die Stille der Angst« von Margaret Murphy überrascht wie »Gone Girl« und »Girl on the Train« mit unvorhersehbaren Wendungen, die den Atem rauben und Gänsehaut garantieren. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

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Die Stille der Angst: Eiskalte Psychospannung aus England

Clive Barker

Ramsey Campbell

Paul Farley

Brian Patten

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Beryl Bainbridge

James Friel

Dinesh Allirajah

Tracy Aston

A baby blown out of an upstairs window by a WWII bomb lives to hear others tell the tale… A woman embarks on a long-term obsession with a city landmark, abandoning her lover for the Liver… A bricklayer working on the foundations of a never-built cathedral becomes its evangelist, its full splendour soaring only in his mind… Bringing together fiction from some of the city’s most celebrated writers, The Book of Liverpool traces the unique contours that decades of social and economic change can impress on a city. Set against key historical moments from the Second World War to the Capital of Culture year, these stories question what ‘belonging’ and ‘home’ mean in the Liverpudlian context, from the regenerated city centre to satellite suburbs, from the sparring cathedrals to the no-go concrete housing estates. Liverpool emerges in these short stories as a city in constant flux: haunted by ghosts, buoyed up by myths, and shifting with an ebb and flow like the Mersey itself. "A literary gem that will share a niche in my library with M.R. James and E. F. Benson..." - Metapsychology online Read review. "Words thrive here, carried on the saline breeze of the Mersey and twisted round agile tongues into sentences as resilient as the sandstone blocks in the Town Hall walls..." - The Liverpool Daily Post, 11 Jul 08 Read review.

The Book of Liverpool

An eight-year-old boy is found in his pajamas wandering the streets. What's he so terrified of? Jenny Campbell promised her husband, Fraser, that they would take a break from fostering. But the plight of a small boy found wandering the streets of Garston in just his nightclothes proves impossible to ignore. Taking him in will make her question everything - most of all her husband.

The Lost Boy

Barrister Clara Pascal thought she was taking on a simple child custody case ... Still traumatised by her own recent experiences as a kidnap victim, Clara works hard to keep the shadows of the past from affecting her friends, family and work. But the dreams don't get any easier and the past won't go away. When a local woman is brutally murdered Clara finds herself thrown back into a crime investigation she wants nothing to do with. Risking her career, her reputation and her life Clara sets out to prove that the past has no hold on the future while a killer comes ever closer to making her the next victim ...

Weaving Shadows

Wenn der Albtraum zur Wirklichkeit wird ... Der abgründige psychologische Spannungsroman »Das stumme Kind« von Margaret Murphy als eBook bei dotbooks. Als auf den Straßen Liverpools ein kleiner Junge gefunden wird, bittet die Polizei die Kinderpsychologin Jenny Campbell um Hilfe. Das Kind spricht kein einziges Wort, malt nur immer wieder ein Bild: ein Haus, alle Fenster vergittert, alle Türen verriegelt. Handelt es sich dabei nur um die Fantasie eines vernachlässigten Kindes – oder verbirgt sich etwas viel Schlimmeres dahinter? Jenny nimmt den Jungen mit zu sich nach Hause, um ihm Sicherheit zu geben. Doch Jennys Ehemann reagiert plötzlich abweisend und rätselhaft – gibt es womöglich eine Verbindung zu seiner eigenen dunklen Vergangenheit? Mehr und mehr beschleicht Jenny der Verdacht, dass ein Ende des Schweigens auch das Ende aller Unschuld in ihrem Leben bedeuten könnte ... »Eine äußerst talentierte Autorin – Margaret Murphy erzeugt höchste psychologische Spannung.« The Times Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: Der Psycho-Thriller »Das stumme Kind« von Margaret Murphy bietet Hochspannung aus England für alle Fans von Val McDermid und Elizabeth George. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

Das stumme Kind: Brit Crime - Psychospannung für Fans von Val McDermid

When Megan Ward goes missing, suspicion falls on the stalker seen outside her house. The police would love it to be so simple, but the closer they look, the more mysterious Megan herself becomes. They find no photos, no passport, no family or friends. Only the corrupted computer files in Megan's strangely impersonal room. Meanwhile, Patrick Doran, owner of Safe Hands Security, is living his own nightmare. A hacker has breached his computer network, where he thought he had safely buried his past. Then, when her landlady is murdered, the shadowy Megan re-merges. The woman who doesn't exist becomes very real, very elusive and very dangerous.

Now You See Me

Jenny Campbell had promised her husband Fraser that they would take a break from fostering, but the plight of a small boy found wandering the streets of Garston in just his nightclothes proves impossible to ignore. So far, the child has refused to speak, and the police have no clues as to who he is or where he comes from. Only one fact is clear - something, or someone, has left him terrified ...

Past Reason

Kate is just coming to terms with the unsolved murder of her daughter, when sinister messages start appearing on her computer. When she realises that the hacker must be the killer, she goes on the offensive to unmask him.

Goodnight, My Angel

Clara Pascal had everything; a high-flying barrister and devoted mother, she was envied and admired by her peers. Now, robbed of everything that gives her life meaning, she lies chained to the stone wall of a dark cellar - without food, without warmth, without sleep, without even the most basic communication - for her kidnapper will not tell her what he wants from her. As the police team frantically knocks on doors, following up wisps of leads, bullying, cajoling, begging witnesses for help, it seems that Clara Pascal has disappeared without trace. Meanwhile, in her dark prison, Clara begins to suspect why her killer has kept her alive so far.

Darkness Falls

Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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?

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