Cruel Acts (Maeve Kerrigan, Book 8)

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The Sunday Times bestseller!

From award-winning author Jane Casey comes a powerful Maeve Kerrigan crime thriller which will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final page!
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Guilty
A year ago, Leo Stone was convicted of murdering two women and sentenced to life in prison. Now hes been freed on a technicality, and hes protesting his innocence.

Not guilty
DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent are determined to put Stone back behind bars where he belongs, but the more Maeve digs, the less convinced she is that he did it.

The wrong decision could be deadly
Then another woman disappears in similar circumstances. Is there a copycat killer, or have they been wrong about Stone from the start

Magnificent Marian Keyes

Clever, classy crime fiction Erin Kelly

Brilliant Fiona Barton

Terrific Sarah Hilary

I adored this book Liz Nugent

Authentic Jo Spain

Compulsive Patricia Gibney

Powerful Helen Fields

Kept me turning the pages long into the night Rachel Abbott

Emotional Sinad Crowley

Reviews

Cruel Acts is magnificentI could not stop reading it! Utter brilliance Marian Keyes

Youll be checking the locks and looking over your shoulder after reading this oneclever, classy crime fiction with a conscience Erin Kelly

Jane Caseys brilliant storytelling pulled me straight into Maeve Kerrigans world, leaving me breathless and wanting more Fiona Barton

Jane Casey is writing one of THE very best police series aroundTerrific Sarah Hilary, bestselling author of the DI Marnie Rome series

The smartest, most empathetic writer of police procedural novels today. I absolutely, whole-heartedly adored this book Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Skin Deep

One of the most authentic police procedural writers around Jo Spain, bestselling author of The Confession

A compulsive read. The story is captivating Patricia Gibney, author of the Detective Lottie Parker series

An utterly engaging, powerful novel that had me hooked from page one Helen Fields, author of Perfect Remains

Kept me turning the pages long into the night Rachel Abbott, author of the Tom Douglas thriller series

Humane, emotional and deeply intelligent Sinad Crowley, author of the DS Claire Boyle series

Mesmerising Sunday Times

The plot makes for a breathtaking page-turner Sun

One of the most thoroughly human and convincing police officers in the fictional ranks Guardian

Jane Casey is a terrific writer and her Maeve Kerrigan books are irresistible Irish Times

This brutal thriller doesnt pull its punches, and it hooks till the last gasp Heat

Youll be totally hooked Woman & Home

There are procedural crime novels and then there are procedurals written by Irish writer Jane Casey i

Real emotional depth Guardian, Books of the Year

A masterful tale of twisted psychology, trauma and betrayal Womans Weekly

A series that's establishing itself as one of the finest in all of crime fiction Irish Independent

Author Bio

Jane Casey has written ten crime novels for adults and three for teenagers. A former editor, she is married to a criminal barrister who ensures her writing is realistic and as accurate as possible. This authenticity has made her novels international bestsellers and critical successes. The Maeve Kerrigan series has been nominated for many awards: in 2015 Jane won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for The Stranger You Know and Irish Crime Novel of the Year for After the Fire. In 2019, Cruel Acts was chosen as Irish Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. It was a Sunday Times bestseller. Born in Dublin, Jane now lives in southwest London with her husband and two children.