Murphy's Law (novel)
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| Author | Colin Bateman |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Martin Murphy novels |
| Genre | Crime, dark comedy |
| Publisher | Headline |
Publication date | 4 November 2002 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Softcover) |
| Pages | 345 |
| ISBN | 9780755302437 |
| OCLC | 53389672 |
| Followed by | Murphy's Revenge (2005) |
Murphy's Law is the first novel of the Martin Murphy series by Northern Irish author Colin Bateman, published on 13 October 2011 through Headline Publishing Group.[1] The novel is adapted from the television series of the same name, created by Bateman and starring James Nesbitt.
The novel surrounds undercover Northern Irish policeman Martin Murphy. Murphy fails a professional assessment due to the murder of his young son by IRA terrorists, and is assigned to work in London. He is assigned a case investigating a North London funeral home, the proprietors of which are suspected diamond thieves.
Development
The novel was written when Bateman realised that the amount of material he had written for the TV series of the same name exceeded what would be produced. Bateman decided to change the name of the protagonist from "Tommy" to "Martin" as "I wanted to be able to control the character if – as it turned out to be true – I was no longer writing the series and someone else decided to take it in a different direction".[2]
