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The Murder Rule
- Narrated by: Kate Orsini, Sophie Amoss, Michael Crouch
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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Summary
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.
‘Ingenious’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Gripping and full of tension, with twist after unexpected twist. You won’t just read The Murder Rule, you’ll devour it.’
– Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her
Critic reviews
‘Ingenious’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Thoroughly engrossing’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘Meticulously planned and beautifully executed, this is glorious storytelling to rival John Grisham.’ DAILY
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‘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 drop-everything book, The Murder Rule has an amazing set-up. This is 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. It turns the concept of an Innocence Project on its head– a legal thriller unlike any I’ve ever read! I loved it.’ JACKIE KABLER
“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
“A fascinating story about innocence and justice” PETRONELLA MCGOVERN
“Tense and fascinating, dripping with the sort of suspense and intrigue we've come to depend on from Dervla McTiernan” CHRISTIAN WHITE
“Deceptive and devious, this twisted and turned in exactly the way I hoped it would, resulting in an ultimately satisfying conclusion” SAM HOLLAND
“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. This book is diabolically clever, highly compelling, and deeply moving” DON WINSLOW
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- JoP
- 06-06-22
Another engrossing thriller from Dervla McTiernan
Dervla's writing never disappoints as she kept my attention throughout with the twisting plot written with true creative flair. The novel's framework raising the complexity of guilt and innocence and its setting against the Innocence Project and the controversial 'murder rule' both interests and educates at the same time as telling a good story.
The narrators are all excellent and appropriate to the plot, even if I was initially disappointed not to be read to in the usual lyrical voice of Aoife McMahon.
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- Kim
- 04-01-24
Fantastic story line
Another amazing book with the twists and turns you have come to expect from the author. I don’t get on well with American narrators for some reason but I may have just been turned around!
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-04-23
Original and engaging
I nearly avoided reading this based on some reviews on Audible but that would have been a mistake. It's very different to the Galway books but in no way disappointing.
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- Carl S
- 18-08-22
Another cracking story
Another neatly weaved story and engaging audio. Dervla McTiernan writes good character based stories and keeps you guessing until the end as the tail unfolds. You might have to give a little to poetic license to allow Hannah to get onto the Innocence Project fraudulently here, but it’s worth it for the overall story.
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- mrs
- 28-04-24
Really well read and great immersive writing
The style of writing is realistic, it’s not sentence after sentence of expanded noun phrases which some are! The readers voices are easy to recognise as the characters, it is a clear story, cleverly written without confusing unnecessary adjectives to try to create a setting or emotion. Just a great listen. I shall try another of these!
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- LornaMD
- 31-05-23
Different! Good to plot well read
Enjoyable.
A good twisting plot which ends well.
Excellent narration from all readers.
Will look for this author again
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- Audrey. Dublin
- 17-10-22
Not used to Dervla McTiernan books set in America
I love her books and have read them all. Story line very clever once you stick with it. But one of the narrator’s had such I whiny voice I skipped parts.
Would I buy another book.. absolutely but hopefully with better narrator’s.
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- amalia
- 10-07-22
Another amazing mystery
Another great book, the story is written in two different periods, perfectly narrated. Till the end it leaves you wondering who did the crime. Sooo good
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- Patrick
- 21-05-22
Sorry, but not for me
I've really tried, I promise you, but this isn't the author I was gripped by in The Ruin, not gripped, plodding on, finding Hannah irritating. Amazing research, I'll give you that but a story and characters I care about? Nope.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-09-22
interesting concept, good book but not memorable.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. the twists and turns are somewhat unexpected and rhe concept is very interesting and different. Sadly the book just isn't a very memorable one for me, I've found myself forgetting I've even read it. But I think this could definitely be someone's memorable book! It's not bad at all.
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