Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #317757 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Manchester Evening News
'Absorbing and unpredictable'

Review
'Surprisingly teasing...visual, well-paced thriller.' (Daily Mirror 20030307)

'Just what British crime writing is crying out for - a compassionate, grass roots British novel with the pace, energy and impeccable research of an American thriller' (Mo Hayder on Darkness Falls 20030724)

'A skilfully plotted story with strongly drawn characters.' (Sunday Telegraph )

'Margaret Murphy has managed to produce another outstanding psychological thriller...Darkness Falls is a powerful work...Readers of her previous work should certainly not be disappointed,whilst those fresh to her output will find this book provides an enticing introduction.' (Sherlock )

'Exemplary chiller...If Murphy's appointed task is to scare the reader...she succeeds brilliantly.' (Literary Review )

Darkness Falls is a model of what the modern suspense thriller should be -- tense, scary, page-turning and stomach-churning -- because we care most of all about what happens to the characters. Set aside a day -- you won't be able to put it down once it has you in its grip. (Val McDermid )

'Dark, gripping, horrific crime tale.' (The Bookseller )

'Absorbing and unpredictable' (Manchester Evening News )

'Ms Murphy handles her complex plot with a sure hand and brings it to a stunning climax' (Sunday Telegraph )

'Murphy's excellent books are all concerned with the psychology of both the violent criminal and the victim of crime, and the new book will add lustre to her reputation.' (Crime Time on Weaving Shadows )

"...gripping storytelling." (Dublin Evening Herald )

Sunday Telegraph
‘Ms Murphy handles her complex plot with a sure hand and brings it to a stunning climax.’

Customer Reviews

Another stunning thriller from Margaret Murphy
I have just read Weaving Shadows while on holiday. Wow!

For those readers who enjoyed the fabulous Darkness Falls, this one is even better. The way Murphy has brought the characters forward from that novel is masterful - building them as people, giving tantalising hints at the devastating events of the past, and embroiling them in a credible, powerful, sometimes shocking new story.

As a sequel it works brilliantly, but it could easily be read on its own. Having said that, anyone who hasn't read Darkness Falls will surely want to get hold of a copy on the back of Weaving Shadows! (Indeed, any of Murphy's previous novels are well worth a read.)

As a crime novel it's excellent - I like to think I'm good at guessing twists, but I was shocked at the ending, which seems so horribly inevitable ...

Really excellent. I am in awe!