The Murder Rule
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- $229.00
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- $229.00
Descripción editorial
*Dervla McTiernan's latest brilliant novel, What Happened to Nina?, is out now*
No one is innocent in this story.
First Rule: Make them like you.
Second Rule: Make them need you.
Third Rule: Make them pay.
They think I’m a young, idealistic law student, that I’m passionate about reforming a corrupt and brutal system.
They think I’m working hard to impress them.
They think I’m here to save an innocent man on death row.
They're wrong. I’m going to bury him.
What people are saying about The Murder Rule
‘Ingenious’ Sunday Times
‘Thoroughly engrossing’ Mail on Sunday
‘Meticulously planned and beautifully executed, this is glorious storytelling to rival John Grisham’ Daily Mail
‘The Murder Rule holds one’s interest from its cheeky opening pages through its final scene’ Wall Street Journal
‘Gripping and full of tension, with twist after unexpected twist. You’ll devour it’ Karin Slaughter
‘A fast-paced, clever and totally thrilling story that you will want to read in one sitting' Jane Casey
‘Anyone who enjoys true crime podcasts will not want to miss this book’ Jackie Kabler
‘The Murder Rule is utterly absorbing, entertaining and intriguing’ Liz Nugent
‘Dervla McTiernan has become one of my favourite writers, and if you read The Murder Rule, she will quickly become one of yours’ Don Winslow
‘Loved it, really gripped’ Jane Fallon
‘Pacy and intelligent’ Patricia Gibney
‘Taut, gripping, beautifully written’ Simon Lelic
‘This is McTiernan at a whole new level’ Jo Spain
‘Thoroughly addictive’ Anna Downes
‘Deceptive and devious, this twisted and turned in exactly the way I hoped it would’ Sam Holland
Reviews
‘Ingenious’ Sunday Times
‘Thoroughly engrossing’ Mail on Sunday
‘Meticulously planned and beautifully executed, this is glorious storytelling to rival John Grisham’ Daily Mail
‘The Murder Rule holds one’s interest from its cheeky opening pages through its final scene’ Wall Street Journal
‘Gripping and full of tension, with twist after unexpected twist. You’ll devour it’ Karin Slaughter
‘A fast-paced, clever and totally thrilling story that you will want to read in one sitting' Jane Casey
‘Anyone who enjoys true crime podcasts will not want to miss this book’ Jackie Kabler
‘The Murder Rule is utterly absorbing, entertaining and intriguing’ Liz Nugent
‘Dervla McTiernan has become one of my favourite writers, and if you read The Murder Rule, she will quickly become one of yours’ Don Winslow
‘Loved it, really gripped’ Jane Fallon
‘Pacy and intelligent’ Patricia Gibney
‘Taut, gripping, beautifully written’ Simon Lelic
‘This is McTiernan at a whole new level’ Jo Spain
‘Thoroughly addictive’ Anna Downes
‘Deceptive and devious, this twisted and turned in exactly the way I hoped it would’ Sam Holland
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In 2019, University of Maine law student Hannah Rokeby, the protagonist of this entertaining if flawed psychological thriller from Thriller Award winner McTiernan (The Scholar), shares a home with Laura, her alcoholic mother, until she transfers to the University of Virginia, where she wangles a highly desirable job with the law school's Innocence Project, which tracks down new evidence in cases of individuals convicted of a crime, but who profess their innocence. She's assigned to work on freeing Michael Dandridge, who's on death row, having served 11 years for the rape and murder of Sarah Fitzhugh. Meanwhile, vivid excerpts from her mother's diary recount dramatic events surrounding the death of wealthy Tom Spencer in 1994, when Laura was working as a maid at an exclusive hotel in Seal Harbor, Maine. McTiernan keeps the suspense high as she gradually reveals how Spencer's death relates to Hannah's work on the Dandridge case. Unfortunately, the rush to the finish is riddled with unaddressed issues, like why no one challenges Hannah after she admits in court that she broke into a sheriff's garage to obtain evidence. McTiernan has done better.
