Jane Casey

Jenny Shepherd is 12 years old and missing. Her teacher, Sarah Finch, knows better than most that the chances of finding her alive are diminishing with every day she is gone. As a little girl her older brother had gone out to play one day and never returned. The strain of never knowing what has happened to Charlie had ripped Sarahs family apart.

A serial killer who wants to watch you burn... The media call him The Burning Man, a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death, before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of Londons parks. And now the fifth victim has been found...

The gripping new detective crime thriller featuring Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author

*The #1 Irish bestseller* The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction ERIN KELLY Oh. My. God. RUTH WARE I LOVE it it is completely MAGNIFICENT MARIAN KEYES Utterly brilliant LIZ NUGENT Sublime ANDREA MARAAn old-fashioned locked room mystery wrapped in a deeply moving love story MAIL ONLINE A closed door. An impossible murder. 2:32 p.m. Wealthy, privileged Ilaria Cavendish checks into a luxury London hotel and orders a bottle of champagne. Within the hour, her lover discovers her submerged in a bath of scalding water, dead. At first glance it looks like an accident. No one went in with her. No one came out. But all the signs point to murder. For DS Maeve Kerrigan, the case is a welcome distraction. But when shock news hits close to home, affecting her partner, DI Josh Derwent, she faces the toughest challenge of her career. And if she fails her world will never be the same again Praise for Jane Casey With every breath in my body, Im BEGGING you to read Jane Caseys books! Marian Keyes The ultimate just-one-more-chapter read. Come for the thrill of a historic disappearance case, and get obsessed by the sexiest will-they-wont-they in crime fiction Abigail Dean Jane Casey is simply one of the best writers of detective fiction today. There arent enough superlatives. Im in awe. I utterly loved it Liz Nugent A twisting, seductive, sensational thriller. Tense, heartfelt and hugely gripping, A Stranger in the Family is Jane Casey at her phenomenal best Chris Whitaker Nobody plots better than Jane Caseythe twist in the end was as surprising as it was satisfying Stig AbellA Stranger in the Family blew my mind. 2024 has barely started and this is already one of my books of the year Jo Spain As tense as piano wire, intricately plotted, endlessly intriguing and all underpinned by a simmering will they, wont they narrative. Just terrific Neil Lancaster The undisputed queen of simmering tension. Explosively good Sarah Hilary A wonderfully clever plot, surprises at every turnone of the very best authors writing today Andrea Mara Stellar stuff: funny, sexy, and a character and a case that will break your heart Jo Callaghan This book hit the ground running and didnt let up Sam Holland The Secret Room was a #1 Irish bestseller on Sunday 4th May 2025 READERS LOVE THE SECRET ROOMFlawless writing, flawless plotting and flawless characterisation. Im utterly addicted to this series! You will not be disappointed! So compelling and tense right to the end This is what Maeve and Josh fans have been waiting for I need more already from this addictive series Its 1am and I should have been asleep hours ago, but I couldnt put the book down Hard to review without spoilers! OMG!!!!!!!! The way Jane Casey is able to surprise me book after book

*The No.1 Irish bestseller* Winner of Crime Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards A Times Crime Book of the Year The gripping new detective thriller from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling authorEvery mothers worst nightmare When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one summer night, her disappearance tore her family apart. Now, sixteen years later, her mother Helena is found dead, her husband by her side. It looks like a straightforward murder-suicide but DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent soon discover nothing about this case is straightforward. The Marshalls have been keeping secrets. And someone is prepared to kill to hide the truth. Until Maeve finds out what happened to Rosalie, no one will be safe You dont want to miss the book that everyone is talking about!With every breath in my body, Im BEGGING you to read Jane Caseys books! Marian Keyes The ultimate just-one-more-chapter read Abigail Dean Simply one of the best writers of detective fiction today Liz Nugent A cliffhanger that will make you clutch your pearls The Times A twisting, seductive, sensational thriller Chris Whitaker The twist in the end was as surprising as it was satisfying Stig Abell As tense as piano wire, intricately plotted Neil Lancaster The undisputed queen of simmering tension Sarah HilaryOne of the very best authors writing today Andrea Mara Smart, gripping and stylish Catherine Ryan Howard Funny, sexy, and a character and a case that will break your heart Jo Callaghan This book hit the ground running and didnt let up Sam HollandBlew my mind. One of my books of the year Jo Spain A slow-burn sizzle that would put romance writers to shame Claire McGowan Add a frisson of romance and you have a devilishly potent mixtureDaily Mail Another gripping case Heat This is Casey at her insightful best Financial Times Reading a Jane Casey case is such a pleasure Irish Independent A gripping and absorbing read Irish Examiner A pleasingly twisty and taut thriller Red Magazine The Kerrigan series remains among the most satisfying reading experiences anywhere in crime fiction Irish Times A masterclass in plot, suspense and tension Womans Weekly A Stranger in the Family was the No.1 Irish bestselling book w/c 18/3/24

THE SECOND BOOK IN THE GRIPPING MAEVE KERRIGAN SERIESJane Caseys police procedurals go from strength to strength!Sunday TimesIf you have not read Jane Casey, start immediatelyMarian KeyesThe most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .Erin Kelly________________________________Its a thin line between revenege and murder. . . To the public, hes a hero: a killer who targets convicted paedophiles.Two men have already been tortured to death and, for the police, their cases are not a priority.But DC Maeve Kerrigan believes that no one should be allowed to take the law into their own hands.As the killers violence begins to escalate, Maeve is forced to confront exactly how far shes prepared to go to ensure justice is served..._________________PRAISE FOR JANE CASEYA brilliant example of nothing being as it seems Harriet TycePacy plotting Sunday Times Crime ClubJane Casey is among our very best crime novelists Liz NugentChilling and inventive Womans WeeklyA deliciously bingeable read Ruth WareSimply stunning HeatA chilling read Woman

THE THIRD BOOK IN THE GRIPPING MAEVE KERRIGAN SERIESJane Caseys police procedurals go from strength to strength!Sunday TimesIf you have not read Jane Casey, start immediatelyMarian KeyesThe most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .Erin Kelly________________A woman and her teenage daughter are found murdered in their South London home. The girls throat has been cut. Her mother stabbed to death.When DC Maeve Kerrigan arrives at the scene, her first thought is that this is a domestic dispute gone bad.But the husband - found bloody and unconscious in an upstairs room - insists hes the third victim not the killer.With Maeves only witness refusing to talk, how will she unravel the truth?_________________PRAISE FOR JANE CASEYA brilliant example of nothing being as it seems Harriet TycePacy plotting Sunday Times Crime ClubJane Casey is among our very best crime novelists Liz NugentChilling and inventive Womans WeeklyA deliciously bingeable read Ruth WareSimply stunning HeatA chilling read Woman

If you havent read Jane Casey, start immediately Marian Keyes, the Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller *Dont miss the newest Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent thriller THE SECRET ROOM out now!* A Times best crime book of the year Suburban bliss The new neighbours seem just right for Jellicoe Close, a pretty street filled with perfect houses and happy families. Sinister secrets But one neat front door hides a ruthless criminal and the new neighbours arent what they seem to be either. DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent are undercover, posing as a couple to investigate a deadly conspiracy. Murderous deception As they try to gather the evidence they need, they have no idea of the true threat they face because someone in Jellicoe Close has murder on their mind What people are saying about The Close: A full-blooded triple-decker mysteryThe Close is Jane Casey at her very best The TimesA deliciously bingeable read Ruth Ware Another cracker from Jane Casey Cara Hunter Thrums with the tension of a classic crime thriller Sarah Hilary The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction Erin Kelly The Close is Janes best Maeve Kerrigan novel yet. Absolutely brilliant! Liz Nugent A brilliant example of nothing being as it seems Harriet Tyce

If you have not read Jane Casey, start immediatelyMarian KeyesDangerously addictiveErin Kelly_______________Jenny Shephard is twelve years old and missing.Her teacher, Sarah Finch, knows better than most that the chances of finding her alive are diminishing every day.As a little girl Sarahs older brother went out to play and never come home. The strain of not knowing what happened to him tore her family apart.When Sarah finds Jennys body, beaten and abandoned in the woods near her home, she is drawn into the heart of the investigation and a media storm.Her presence at the scene arouses suspicions. But it is not just the police that are watching her...

THE SECOND BOOK IN THE GRIPPING MAEVE KERRIGAN SERIESJane Caseys police procedurals go from strength to strength!Sunday TimesIf you have not read Jane Casey, start immediatelyMarian KeyesThe most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .Erin Kelly________________________________Its a thin line between revenege and murder. . . To the public, hes a hero: a killer who targets convicted paedophiles.Two men have already been tortured to death and, for the police, their cases are not a priority.But DC Maeve Kerrigan believes that no one should be allowed to take the law into their own hands.As the killers violence begins to escalate, Maeve is forced to confront exactly how far shes prepared to go to ensure justice is served..._________________PRAISE FOR JANE CASEYA brilliant example of nothing being as it seems Harriet TycePacy plotting Sunday Times Crime ClubJane Casey is among our very best crime novelists Liz NugentChilling and inventive Womans WeeklyA deliciously bingeable read Ruth WareSimply stunning HeatA chilling read Woman

THE FIRST BOOK IN THE GRIPPING MAEVE KERRIGAN SERIESJane Caseys police procedurals go from strength to strength!Sunday TimesIf you have not read Jane Casey, start immediatelyMarian KeyesThe most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .Erin Kelly________________________________A serial killer who wants to watch you burn. The media call him The Burning Man, a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death, before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of Londons parks. And now the fifth victim has been found.Maeve Kerrigan is an ambitious detective constable, keen to make her mark on the murder task force. Her male colleagues believe Maeves empathy makes her weak, but the more she learns about the latest victim, Rebecca Haworth, from her grieving friends and family, the more determined Maeve becomes to bring her murderer to justice.But how do you catch a killer no one has ever seen? And when so much of the evidence they leave behind has gone up in smoke. . .?_________________PRAISE FOR JANE CASEYA brilliant example of nothing being as it seems Harriet TycePacy plotting Sunday Times Crime ClubJane Casey is among our very best crime novelists Liz NugentChilling and inventive Womans WeeklyA deliciously bingeable read Ruth WareSimply stunning HeatA chilling read Woman

THE FOURTH BOOK IN THE GRIPPING MAEVE KERRIGAN SERIESJane Caseys police procedurals go from strength to strength!Sunday TimesIf you have not read Jane Casey, start immediatelyMarian KeyesThe most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .Erin Kelly______________He meets women.He gains their trust.He kills them.Thats all Maeve Kerrigan knows about the man she is hunting. Three women have been targeted in their homes by the same sadistic killer. With no sign of a break-in, every indication shows that they let him in.But the evidence is pointing at a shocking suspect: DI Josh Derwent, Maeves colleague.Maeve refuses to believe he could be involved, but how well does she really know him?Because this isnt the first time Derwents been accused of murder..._________________PRAISE FOR JANE CASEYA brilliant example of nothing being as it seems Harriet TycePacy plotting Sunday Times Crime ClubJane Casey is among our very best crime novelists Liz NugentChilling and inventive Womans WeeklyA deliciously bingeable read Ruth WareSimply stunning HeatA chilling read Woman

THE THIRD BOOK IN THE GRIPPING MAEVE KERRIGAN SERIESJane Caseys police procedurals go from strength to strength!Sunday TimesIf you have not read Jane Casey, start immediatelyMarian KeyesThe most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .Erin Kelly________________A woman and her teenage daughter are found murdered in their South London home. The girls throat has been cut. Her mother stabbed to death.When DC Maeve Kerrigan arrives at the scene, her first thought is that this is a domestic dispute gone bad.But the husband - found bloody and unconscious in an upstairs room - insists hes the third victim not the killer.With Maeves only witness refusing to talk, how will she unravel the truth?_________________PRAISE FOR JANE CASEYA brilliant example of nothing being as it seems Harriet TycePacy plotting Sunday Times Crime ClubJane Casey is among our very best crime novelists Liz NugentChilling and inventive Womans WeeklyA deliciously bingeable read Ruth WareSimply stunning HeatA chilling read Woman

A top ten Sunday Times bestselling author From award-winning author Jane Casey comes a powerful crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final page*Dont miss the newest Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent thriller THE STRANGER IN THE FAMILY out now!* A murder without a body Eighteen-year-old Chloe Emery returns to her West London home one day to find the house covered in blood and Kate, her mother, gone. There may not be a body, but everything else points to murder. A girl too scared to talk Maeve Kerrigan is young, ambitious and determined to prove shes up to her new role as detective sergeant. She suspects Chloe is holding something back, but best friend Bethany Norris wont let Maeve get close. What exactly is Bethany protecting Chloe from? A detective with everything to prove As the team dig deeper into the residents of Valerian Road, no one is above suspicion. All Maeve needs is one person to talk, but thats not going to happen. Because even in a case of murder, some secrets are too terrible to share What people are saying about Let the Dead Speak: I was utterly gripped Susie Steiner, author of Missing, Presumed Sharp, complex and gripping to the very end Alex Marwood, author of The Wicked Girls Fiendishly gripping John Connolly, author of the Charlie Parker series A tremendously twisty, emotional read Sarah Hilary, author of Someone Elses Skin Fans of intelligent police procedurals and meaty crime fiction are in for a real treat Sinead Crowley, author of Can Anybody Help Me If you havent discovered Jane Casey yet, this is the perfect place to start Mark Edwards, author of Follow You Home All the twists and turns of a top-rate police procedural but with the psychological depth of a top-rate psych thriller Tammy Cohen, author of When She Was Bad

The gripping thriller from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author, shortlisted for the Irish Crime Book Awards *Dont miss the newest Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent thriller A STRANGER IN THE FAMILY out now!*Rumours Everyones heard the rumours about elite gentlemens clubs, where the champagne flows freely, the parties are outrageousand what goes on behind closed doors is darker than you could possibly imagine. Scandals Paige Hargreaves was a young journalist working on a story about a club for the most privileged men in London. She was on the brink of exposing a shocking scandal. Then she disappeared. Secrets DS Maeve Kerrigan must immerse herself in the clubs world of wealth, luxury and ruthless behaviour to find out what happened. But Maeve is keeping secrets of her own. Will she uncover the truth? Or will time run out for Maeve first? What people are saying about The Cutting Place: Jane Caseys best book yet and thats really saying something Erin Kelly A really gripping, timely plot Elly Griffiths Jane Casey is among our very best crime novelists and this is her best book Liz Nugent Her best yet. Heartpounding and SO MOVING! Marian Keyes Complex and gripping The Times Jane Casey is a masterful storyteller Charlotte Philby The best police procedurals Ive read Claire Allan A superb crime novel Sharon Bolton Truly the gold standard for police procedurals Catherine Ryan Howard Terrifying, intense and devastatingly astut Sarah Hilary Engrossing crime fiction with heart Olivia Kiernan Tense, dramatic and sharply written Sinead Crowley A must read Patricia Gibney I ripped through it, unable to stop myself Sam Baker Superb Will Dean I couldnt love Maeve Kerrigan or Josh Derwent more Cressida McLaughlin Pacy plotting Sunday Times Crime Club Chilling and inventive Womans WeeklySimply stunning HeatA chilling read Woman

From award-winning author Jane Casey comes an exciting short detective story following Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent. Murder can happen in the most unlikely of placesDont miss the newest Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent thriller THE CLOSE Coming March 2023. Available to Pre-Order now! When Detectives Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent arrive at the solicitors firm of Mitchford Bexley, they instantly see it is a place of wealth, good taste, and orderly calm. Except, that is, for the bloody footprints leading out of the reception Diana Bexley beautiful, successful, independent has been brutally murdered in her office. She was clearly targeted. The culprit entered the office with a motorbike helmet on, and was in and out within four minutes. Who would do such a thing? Could it be Dianas ex-husband? Her business partner? Her colleague with whom she was having an affair? Only Maeve and Derwent can discover the truth To avoid disappointment, please note this story has previously been published in the back of the Asda edition of Let the Dead Speak. Praise for Jane Casey: I love Maeve Kerrigan what a terrific series Jane Casey has created Sarah Hilary, bestselling author of Someone Elses Skin I was utterly gripped Susie Steiner, author of bestseller Missing, Presumed Sharp, complex and gripping to the very end Alex Marwood, bestselling author of The Wicked Girls and The Killer Next Door Fiendishly gripping John Connolly, bestselling author of the Charlie Parker series

From award-winning , Sunday Times bestselling author Jane Casey comes a gripping new detective novella set in the world of Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent. Dont miss the newest Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent thriller THE CLOSE Coming March 2023. Available to Pre-Order now! A murder in broad daylightA teenage girl is killed on a London bus. The case should be simple. The bus was full of witnesses, and there are cameras everywhere. A hunt for a killerBut the more DC Georgia Shaw and her colleagues Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent delve into the crime, the more elusive the answers become. A case that spirals out of controlIt seems impossible that no one saw anything, but soon the leads run cold. Will they uncover what really happened, or will the killer get away with murder? For fans of the Maeve Kerrigan series, this is a story with a difference. Told from Georgias point of view, we see Maeve and Josh from the outsidelike youve never seen them before.

From award-winning author Jane Casey comes an exciting short detective story following Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent. Everyone is capable of murderDont miss the newest Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent thriller THE CLOSE Coming March 2023. Available to Pre-Order now! Ive killed my husband. Those are the words Sheila Gleeson greets the police with when they arrive on her doorstep. There is a murder weapon, fingerprints, a confession. Its clearly premeditated murder, end of story. Or is it? Because when detectives Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent dig a little deeper, they realise things might not be quite what they seem. And soon, theyre forced to question whether the woman in their custody really is as guilty as she seems, or if the killer is still on the loose To avoid disappointment, please note this story has previously been published in the back of the Tesco edition of Let the Dead Speak.Praise for Jane Casey: I was utterly gripped Susie Steiner, author of bestseller Missing, PresumedI love Maeve Kerrigan what a terrific series Jane Casey has created Sarah Hilary, bestselling author of Someone Elses Skin Fiendishly gripping John Connolly, bestselling author of the Charlie Parker series Fans of intelligent police procedurals and meaty crime fiction are in for a real treat Sinead Crowley, bestselling author of Can Anybody Help Me

Now with exclusive first chapter from the sequel, BET YOUR LIFE. When fifteen-year-old Freya drowns, everyone assumes shes killed herself, but no-one knows why. Her cousin, Jess Tennant, thinks she was murdered - and is determined to uncover the truth. On a summer visit to sleepy Port Sentinel, Jess (who bears a striking resemblance to her dead cousin) starts asking questions - questions that provoke strong reactions from her friends and family, not to mention Freyas enemies.Everyone is hiding something - and Freya herself had more than her fair share of secrets. Can Jess unravel the mystery of her cousins death? A mystery involving a silver locket, seething jealousy and a cliff-top in the pitch black of night?

THE FIRST BOOK IN THE GRIPPING MAEVE KERRIGAN SERIESJane Caseys police procedurals go from strength to strength!Sunday TimesIf you have not read Jane Casey, start immediatelyMarian KeyesThe most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .Erin Kelly________________________________A serial killer who wants to watch you burn. The media call him The Burning Man, a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death, before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of Londons parks. And now the fifth victim has been found.Maeve Kerrigan is an ambitious detective constable, keen to make her mark on the murder task force. Her male colleagues believe Maeves empathy makes her weak, but the more she learns about the latest victim, Rebecca Haworth, from her grieving friends and family, the more determined Maeve becomes to bring her murderer to justice.But how do you catch a killer no one has ever seen? And when so much of the evidence they leave behind has gone up in smoke. . .?_________________PRAISE FOR JANE CASEYA brilliant example of nothing being as it seems Harriet TycePacy plotting Sunday Times Crime ClubJane Casey is among our very best crime novelists Liz NugentChilling and inventive Womans WeeklyA deliciously bingeable read Ruth WareSimply stunning HeatA chilling read Woman