The Murder List
A Novel of Suspense
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4.1 • 42 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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The Murder List is a new standalone suspense novel in the tradition of Lisa Scottoline and B. A. Paris from award-winning author and reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan.
"An exhilarating thrill ride that keeps you turning pages.. Ryan deftly delivers a denouement as shocking as it is satisfying."--Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish and The Last Time I Saw You
Law student Rachel North will tell you, without hesitation, what she knows to be true. She's smart, she’s a hard worker, she does the right thing, she’s successfully married to a faithful and devoted husband, a lion of Boston's defense bar, and her internship with the Boston DA's office is her ticket to a successful future.
Problem is--she’s wrong.
And in this cat and mouse game--the battle for justice becomes a battle for survival.
The Murder List is a new standalone suspense novel in the tradition of Lisa Scottoline and B. A. Paris from award-winning author and reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Early in this disappointing legal thriller from Mary Higgins Clark Award winner Ryan (the Jane Ryland series), Harvard Law student Rachel North accepts an internship with Martha Gardiner, the first assistant district attorney of Middlesex County, Mass. This decision raises tensions with Rachel's husband, Jack Kirkland, a preeminent Boston defense attorney who recently lost a high-profile murder case to Martha. Martha throws Rachel into the middle of a fresh homicide case, the killing of nurse Tassie Lyle, implausibly having her take an active role in the investigation. The inquiry soon zeroes in on a pizza deliveryman who was a hospital patient of the victim's and who may have been working with her to sell drugs. The action is interrupted first by flashbacks to Rachel's previous life as a political aide to Thomas Rafferty, the president of the state senate, who stops by her apartment late at night to leave an envelope with her for safekeeping. More flashbacks reveal the unlikely start to Rachel's relationship with Jack. Details that don't ring true to life only accentuate the soap opera ish plot, which builds to an unsatisfying ending. Ryan has done better and will do so again.
Customer Reviews
COMPELLING SUSPENSE!
Once you start reading @hankpryan’s THE MURDER LIST, you won’t want to stop until you’ve read the last word! It’s that compelling! Her characters are perfect for this plot - all are complex, some are endearing, some are underrated, some are evil & at least one is the queen of manipulation and cunning. The setting is around the State House in Boston, MA, the Offices of the Senate President and the homes of people involved in the main case as well as two other cases that seem to be relevant. The plot is suspenseful and and will keep you intrigued and guessing until the very end. The conclusion will blow you away! I was provided an ARC of this book by Forge Books and NetGalley. The opinions expressed here are completely my own and without influence.
The Murder Room
The shocking ending was just dumb.