• The Girl in the Black Chemise, Beacon 1958 - cover art by Owen Kampen

    February 10, 2022 By 

    Dwyer Murphy
    Dwyer Murphy's new book is The House on Buzzards Bay, available June 24, 2025 from Viking Books. He is the author of An Honest Living and The Stolen Coast, both of which were New York Times Editors’ Choice selections. He is the editor in chief of Literary Hub‘s CrimeReads vertical








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