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 Im a young, idealistic law student, that Im passionate about reforming a corrupt and brutal system.
They think Im working hard to impress them.
They think Im here to save an innocent man on death row.
They're wrong. Im 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 ones interest from its cheeky opening pages through its final scene Wall Street Journal
Gripping and full of tension, with twist after unexpected twist. Youll 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
Recenzijas
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 ones interest from its cheeky opening pages through its final scene Wall Street Journal
Gripping and full of tension, with twist after unexpected twist. Youll 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
Papildus informācija
The gripping crime thriller from the No.1 international, critically acclaimed bestselling author
Internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed writer Dervla McTiernan burst onto the writing scene with The Ruin, her crime debut set in Ireland. The Ruin is the first in the detective Cormac Reilly series and has been published in the United States, the UK and Ireland and in New Zealand and Australia, where it was a top ten bestseller.
Dervla spent twelve years working as a lawyer. Following the global financial crisis, she moved to Australia and turned her hand to writing. An avid fan of crime and detective novels from childhood, Dervla wrote a short story, The Roommate, which was shortlisted for the Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Competition. She went on to write The Ruin, and a string of other bestsellers. Dervla is a member of the Sisters in Crime and Crime Writers Association, and lives in Perth, Australia, with her husband and two children.