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Ours Is a Tale of Murder
  • Published: 24 March 2026
  • ISBN: 9781464275487
  • Imprint: Sourcebooks Landmark
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $34.99
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Ours Is a Tale of Murder

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First, it was a tale of love. Then, it was a tale of murder.

"A shocking collision made all the more satisfying by Murphy's brilliant twists...Clear your schedule—you won't be putting this down until that last, mesmerizing page." — Carter Wilson, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of Tell Me What You Did

One quiet neighborhood
Three different families
Bound by murder

Klara never wanted the house with the white picket fence. Troy never wanted anything else.

Nothing is quite right with this happy couple, but they fit right in. The mother in the blue house, Mary, is cleaning out her son's old room before she sells, haunted by the mistakes of her past and afraid of what her home has become. Next door, Henry, freshly laid off and back living with his parents, has plenty of time to watch everyone—especially wives. He knows something is wrong. But then then nothing is quite as it seems, and sometimes you miss what is right in front of you.

Murder will soon thread its way through this world in ways no one will see coming—unless you've been plotting all along.
  • Published: 24 March 2026
  • ISBN: 9781464275487
  • Imprint: Sourcebooks Landmark
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $34.99
Categories:

About the author

Nora Murphy

NORA MURPHY is the author of The Favor and The New Mother. A practicing attorney, Nora resides in Maryland with her husband, two sons, and four rescue pets.
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Praise for Ours Is a Tale of Murder

Nora Murphy’s riveting thriller Ours Is a Tale of Murder is not what it seems...in the best possible way. Three seemingly disparate stories, all captivating in their own right, pull the reader toward a shocking collision made all the more satisfying by Murphy’s brilliant twists. The stakes are high, the casualties tragic, the losses profound. Clear your schedule—you won’t be putting this down until that last, mesmerizing page.

Carter Wilson, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of Tell Me What You Did

Beautifully creepy. Deliciously dark.

Iliana Xander, bestselling author of Love, Mom

Slick, masterful writing combined with sleek, serpentine twists add up to a first-rate domestic suspense. Murphy weaves together seemingly disconnected stories in delicious, frightening, and satisfying ways, creating a tale that quietly and cunningly asks a timeless question: how well can we ever truly know our neighbors?

Ashley Winstead, USA Today-bestselling author of This Book Will Bury Me

OURS IS A TALE OF MURDER is a brilliant puzzle of seemingly unrelated stories, intricately and expertly woven together into a satisfying, tense, and unexpected thriller. Congratulations to Nora Murphy for creating a gripping and moody world filled with danger and misdirection that entertains from beginning to end.

Darby Kane, #1 internationally bestselling author of Pretty Little Wife