Reviews

‘A highly accomplished thriller that is sure to feature prominently among the nominees for best crime novel of the year.’
Jeff Popple, Deadly Pleasures

'A gripping read.' Prima

‘[The Dispossessed] dips and weaves at a cracking and totally convincing pace. The principal characters are skilfully and strongly drawn so their nightmare becomes yours. This is not a book you will put down easily anywhere between the stomach-turning start and the last page. Well written touches of humour make the grim turns all the more shocking.’
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‘Part suspense novel, part police procedural, The Dispossessed was an emotionally powerful reading experience for me – one I've come to expect from this highly talented writer. No one can accuse Margaret Murphy of pulling any punches.’
George Easter, Deadly Pleasures

"Margaret Murphy writes with a textual immediacy and in this novel she
reveals the exploitation and prejudice surrounding asylum seekers in a slow
build psychological thriller that draws you into its net and leaves you
feeling very uncomfortable indeed. It is a challenging novel, dealing with
contemporary issues and confronting the racist darkness that lies in society
today. The characters are sensitively drawn, flawed, and believable. The
Dispossessed is a brilliant novel, chilling, thrilling, and deeply humane.
You won't forget this one in a hurry."
Sherlock

'A gripping tale - page turning and stomach churning.'
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'A cracking thriller.'
Liverpool Daily Post

"The best modern crime writers like to tackle two levels of offence at the same time. . . in The Dispossessed Margaret Murphy does exactly this as she uncovers the horrifying snake pit that is life for asylum-seekers in modern Britain. The Dispossessed combines the warmth and feeling of Margaret Murphy's early fiction with the scrupulous research and wider canvas of her Clara Pascal series, to provide an eye-opening shocker of a novel, in which the links between sharp practice and crime form a chain to bind the unwary."
Times Literary Supplement

'Murphy tells a terrific story . . . Strong on plotting with splashes of humour and Murphy’s trademark interest in and compassion for victims, The Dispossessed is also informative on the realities of the system that refugees here face.'
Tangled Web

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