The eighth Maeve Kerrigan thriller from the award-winning Jane Casey exemplifies once more her tremendous skill in characterisation and true-to-life depiction of police work. Smart and empathetic, Cruel Acts explores moral dilemmas with intricacy and psychological astuteness.
Longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2020
Guilty?
A year ago, Leo Stone was convicted of murdering two women and sentenced to life in prison. Now he's been freed on a technicality, and he's 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?
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008149062
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 280 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
‘Cruel Acts is magnificent…I could not stop reading it! Utter brilliance’ Marian Keyes ‘You’ll be checking the locks and looking over your shoulder after reading this one…clever, classy crime fiction with a conscience’ Erin Kelly ‘Jane Casey’s brilliant storytelling pulled me straight into Maeve Kerrigan’s world, leaving me breathless and wanting more’ Fiona Barton ‘Jane Casey is writing one of THE very best police series around…Terrific’ 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’ Sinéad 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 doesn’t pull its punches, and it hooks till the last gasp’ Heat ‘You’ll 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’ Woman’s Weekly ‘A series that's establishing itself as one of the finest in all of crime fiction’ Irish Independent
I love the Maeve Kerrigan series of crime novels and the eighth in the series is no exception.
This was a one sitting read for me and it was great to be back with Kerrigan and her DI Josh Derwent. ‘Cruel Acts’ is a...
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'Cruel Acts' is an excellent police procedural novel, absorbing, chilling and suspenseful, it is meticulously plotted. The characters are complex and realistic, they draw you into their lives and make you... More
DS Maeve Kerrigan (bit of a Maveric character quick to pick up on clues and apt to follow them without back up) and her boss DI Josh Derwent (brusque, off hand, opinionated but ready with a kind word when needed) run... More
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