Darkness Falls

British barrister Clara Pascal stars in Darkness Falls and she has everything. A high-flying attorney and devoted mother, she was envied and admired by her peers. Now, robbed of everything that gave her life meaning, she lies chained to the stone wall of a cold, dark cellar, deprived of food and rest. Most frightening, though, her kidnapper refuses to communicate with her, even to tell her what he wants. As Clara passes from fear to anger to despair in her dark prison, Detective Inspector Steve Lawson leads the Cheshire police team working to find her. Is her abduction the work of a random maniac? A released criminal taking his revenge on the lawyer who sent him to jail? An obsessed stalker? Is it a last, spectacular bid for freedom by Casavettes, the ruthless drug baron she was prosecuting? Even her husband is not above suspicion. The police team frantically knocks on doors, follows bare wisps of leads, bullying, cajoling, and begging witnesses for help, but it seems that Clara Pascal has disappeared without a trace. And Clara, at last, begins to suspect why her jailer has kept her alive so far....

MURPHY, MARGARET

Literature & Fiction

Minotaur Books

Attorney Clara Pascal thought she was taking on a simple child custody case.... Traumatized by her own recent experience as a kidnap victim in Darkness Falls, Clara is trying hard to keep the shadows of the past at bay. Her husband and young daughter don't understand why she's so distant. Her caseload at work has slowed to a trickle, and her friend Mitch, a lawyer, offers her work, but Clara refuses to take on a criminal case. And she can't shake the feeling that someone is after her. When a young, single mother is beaten to death with a hammer, Clara finds herself thrown into a criminal investigation she wants no part of. At stake is the fate of the child the victim left behind, the result of an affair with a married man. Clara is called upon by the father to help him gain custody of his little daughter, but he and his wife soon begin to doubt she is up to the job. Clara is running out of money and has no choice but to take the next available case. Convicted killer Ian Clemence, a stalker who photographs young women, is the number one suspect in the murder. He's fresh out of prison and itching to make up for lost time. The press is all over the case, and the police are eager to nail him. So why does Clara believe that he's innocent? Risking her career, her reputation, and her life, she sets out to prove the past has no hold on the future, while a killer comes ever closer to making her the next victim....

Weaving Shadows: A Mystery

Kate Pearson is just coming to terms with the unsolved murder of her daughter Melanie when a message appears on her computer: "Why did you let him hurt me, Mummy?" Only Melanie's murderer could be doing this - Kate turns his menace back on itself and uses it to unmask a killer.

Goodnight, My Angel

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

MACMILLAN PUB. LTD.

When one of her pupils disappears, Geri Simpson finds it hard to accept, but when another goes missing shortly after, she alone fears a more sinister hand at work.

Perfect measures (ISI lecture notes)

Science & Math

Mathematics

Macmillan

Bled to death and left in a rubbish bin, the teenaged prostitute is just the first victim. DI Jeff Rickman's investigation into the Afghan refugee's sordid death leads first to the heart of a community who can't - or won't - talk to him. Then the investigation comes home to Rickman's own private life. As the body count starts rising he is framed for a crime he didn't commit. A murderer is trying to make things personal. Very personal. Is he on the trail of a serial killer? Or something even more sinister?

The Dispossessed

Genre Fiction

Hodder&Stoughton

Weaving Shadows

Hodder&Stoughton Canada

Clara Pascal had everything. A high-flying barrister and devoted mother, she was envied and admired by her peers. Now, robbed of everything that gives her life meaning, she lies chained to the stone wall of a dark cellar - without food, without warmth, without sleep, without even the most basic communication, for her kidnapper will not even tell her what he wants from her. As Clara passes from fear to anger to despair in her dark prison, Detective Inspector Steve Lawson leads the Cheshire police team working to find her. Is her abduction the work of a random maniac A released criminal taking his revenge on the lawyer who sent him to jail An obsessed stalker Is it a last, spectacular bid for freedom by Casavettes, the ruthless drugs baron she was prosecuting Even her husband is not above suspicion.

Contemporary

Now You See Me

Hodder Paperback

Clara Pascal returns in a new thriller from Margaret Murphy Barrister Clara Pascal thought she was taking on a simple child custody case...Still traumatised by her own recent experiences as a kidnap victim, Clara works hard to keep the shadows of the past from affecting her friends, family and work. But the dreams don't get any easier and the past won't go away. When a local woman is brutally murdered Clara finds herself amidst a crime investigation that she wants nothing to do with. Her client is a convicted killer - so why does Clara think he's innocent? Risking her career, her reputation and her life Clara sets out to prove her case while a killer comes ever closer to making her the next victim...

Thrillers & Suspense

Isis Large Print

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Darkness Falls

Weaving Shadows: A Mystery

Goodnight, My Angel

Perfect measures (ISI lecture notes)

The Dispossessed

Weaving Shadows

Darkness Falls

Now You See Me

Weaving Shadows

Darkness Falls