Margaret Yorke Books
January 30, 1924 – November 17, 2012
Margaret Yorke, a celebrated crime fiction writer, is renowned for her compelling narratives that delve into the lives of ordinary individuals thrust into extraordinary and often harrowing circumstances. Her literary style is characterized by exquisite language and a profound exploration of character psychology, with Yorke famously stating that her characters often guided her writing rather than the other way around. She emphasized the primacy of character development over intricate plotting, believing that readers connect deeply with the relatable conflicts that emerge from everyday life. This focus on authentic human experience, coupled with her masterful prose, has cemented her reputation among readers and critics alike.
Almost The Truth
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Margaret Yorke delivers incredibly tense and chilling novels of suspense, delving into the darker recesses of the human psyche, as extraordinary events collide with everyday lives. Winner of the 1999 Cartier Diamond Dagger for her outstanding contribution to the crime fiction genre.
Distrusting her husband's explanation of his first wife's disappearance and lured by her old, exciting way of life, Carrie Foster makes illicit trips to London, where she learns that those from the past--even the dead--cannot be silenced.
Devil's Work
- 178 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Alan Parker cannot face telling his wife he has lost his job. Each day he goes off to 'work'. Other than this deception he is honest and loyal, but all changes when he happens across a child after an accident and then meets her mother. A double life follows. The child goes missing and the police are involved ... with yet more twists to follow.
The Hand of Death
- 212 pages
- 8 hours of reading
We meet George Fortescue and Ronald Trimm. The former appears gentle and ordinary, whilst Trimm is successful, but deprived because of his frigid, controlling, wife. Pornographic magazines fill the void until he encounters a willing widow. Two rapes and murders occur, but it is Fortescue who receives the attention of the police.
Margaret Yorke delivers incredibly tense and chilling novels of suspense, delving into the darker recesses of the human psyche, as extraordinary events collide with everyday lives. Winner of the 1999 Cartier Diamond Dagger for her outstanding contribution to the crime fiction genre.
Grave Matters
- 162 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Amelia Brinton appears to have accidently fallen to her death in Greece. Her friend also meets her death having been pushed down stairs in the British Museum. Dr. Patrick Grant connects the two events and his investigations lead him to a quiet backwater village in Hampshire where yet more mysteries unfold.
Safely to the Grave
- 315 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Mick Harvey liked to frighten people and after a spell in prison for stealing, he is determined not to end up inside again. It was just by chance that Laura and Marion encountered Mick on the road and reported him for dangerous driving. Now, Mick has only one thought on his mind - revenge.
Evidence to Destroy. The Smooth Face of Evil. Two Nowels in One Volume
- 608 pages
- 22 hours of reading
Two tales that demonstrate Margaret Yorke's ability to see what can lurk beneath the most unremarkable facades.
The price of guilt
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Louise Widdows has never been happy in her marriage. Of a generation where the woman's role was assumed to be one of support and supplication, she provided both in exchange for a secure roof over her head. But her facade of genteel acceptance disguises two secrets - a child born in adultery and given away at birth, and a small inheritance she has kept hidden from her husband. Then two events align to free her from her miserable existence: the father of her son dies allowing her the luxury of attempting to find him, and her husband abruptly leaves her. Abandoning the shabby matrimonial home, she moves into the cottage left to her by her mother and begins to blossom in her independence. But other events have collided - the discovery of a body near her old home and another close to a former residence of theirs, and the realisation that her husband has absconded with a charity's funds as well as the contents of their bank account. Suddenly her new life doesn't seem so secure, and she begins to doubt that she will have time to enjoy it, never mind locate her unknown son.
