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The Last Girl: The gripping detective crime thriller from the bestselling author
By (Author) Jane Casey
Cornerstone
Penguin (Cornerstone)
20th August 2023
20th July 2023
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: police procedural
Crime and mystery: women sleuths
823.92
Paperback
480
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
334g
The third book in Jane Casey's gripping Maeve Kerrigan series. A tense crime thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author, perfect for fans of Claire Douglas, Lisa Jewell and Clare Mackintosh. 'Jane Casey's police procedurals go from strength to strength!' Sunday Times 'If you have not read Jane Casey, start immediately' Marian Keyes 'The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .' Erin Kelly ________________ A woman and her teenage daughter are found murdered in their South London home. The girl's 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 he's the third victim not the killer. With Maeve's only witness refusing to talk, how will she unravel the truth
Jane Casey was born and brought up in Dublin. A former editor, she has written eleven crime novels for adults and three for teenagers. Her books have been international bestsellers, critically acclaimed for their realism and accuracy. 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. The Killing Kind was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick in 2021, and is being adapted for television. Jane lives in southwest London with her husband, who is a criminal barrister, and their two children.