Claire Murdoch

Claire Murdoch is a writer, editor, reviewer, Lee Child's Jack Reacher ranker, and formerly Head of Publishing at Penguin Random House New Zealand. She is currently employed as Senior Manager, Arts Development at Creative New Zealand.

Claire Murdoch

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The cover of a book called Holding the Heavy Stuff: the cover is bottle green texture with white text. It sits on a background emulating the inside of a house with white walls and a wooden floor.
Culture

‘Totally devoid of bullshit’: Holding the Heavy Stuff by Ben Sedley, reviewed

Claire Murdoch
25 Nov 2025
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Culture

Every Jack Reacher novel ranked from worst to best

Claire Murdoch
29 Dec 2022
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Culture

All 28 of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels ranked from worst to best

Claire Murdoch
25 Nov 2022
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Society

We’re living in a golden age of feminist storytelling. And it’s only beginning

Claire Murdoch
25 Sep 2018