Blood Debt by M.K. Murphy

Blood Debt

 by M.K. Murphy



Blood Debt by M.K. Murphy

 will be published on 12th September by HQ.

My thanks to the author and the publisher for sending me a copy to review and to 

Random Things Tours for inviting me to take part on the tour.




Synopsis

Justice is served

As criminal gangs rampage unchecked across London, a secretive elite squad begins a campaign of action, delivering the guilty to the cops – along with all the evidence they need for a conviction.

Lines are drawn

But when innocent people are shot after the vigilante crew blunders into a major police operation – Detective Rick Turner among the unintended victims – it’s clear they must be stopped. Rick’s brother Sam might be able to help, but he’s a fugitive from the law himself, on nobody’s side but his own.

In too deep

As Sam and Rick are drawn into a vast criminal web, allegiances are tested to the limit. mistrusted by his bosses, and targeted by a deadly enemy out for revenge, Rick must decide where his true loyalties lie.




My Review

Gosh, where to start with this incredible book that I could not put down for anything.  Compulsive read is too tame a statement for this mind- blowing cleverly written novel. This is not a short read , just under 400 pages, but the world had to stand still whilst I read, and finished it. This is a book that has everything you would expect , and more , from a crime thriller. The descriptive writing , especially of the primary characters is exceptional and makes you feel as though you have known them for years, or that you would never want to get to know them. The description of the setting of the murky and industrial areas of London sets the picture for what evolves throughout the book.

Everything is in this drama, drugs, money laundering, vigilantes , betrayal, greed and family ties. This is the type of story that could have been separated into four books but instead is cleverly and expertly written into one. There is something for everyone and more . Just when you feel that you are on top of what is happening another door is opened for you and you are taken on a different rollercoaster route through another link. In my mind Sam would make an incredible 007 !!!!!

I was so captivated by this that I wanted to , and did, get the previous book Dead Man Walking,  not that it is necessary as Blood Debt is a complete standalone in it’s own write.



About the Author


Margaret Murphy is the Founder of Murder Squad and a past Chair of the Crime Writers Association. She has been shortlisted for both the ‘First Blood’ critics award and the CWA Dagger in the Library and is an HRF Keating, Red Herrings, and Short Story Dagger winner.

In 2023, she published Dead Man Walking – the first of a new detective thriller series – under the pen name M.K. Murphy. It was immediately optioned for TV. The sequel, Blood Debt, will be released 12th September 2024. Over almost three decades, Margaret has written 12 internationally acclaimed psychological suspense / domestic noir novels under her own name, plus 5 equally well-received forensic thrillers as Ashley Dyer and AD Garrett. Her work has been translated into nine languages. Margaret recently gathered all of her novels and pen names at www.margaret-murphy.co.uk, where you will also find links events, writing tips and interviews.


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