The Close by Jane Casey #Review #Book10(Maeve Kerrigan)

 

Today's book is a tense detective thriller by Jane Casey. The Close is the tenth in her Maeve Kerrigan series and was published by Harper Collins on 2nd March.

At first glance, Jellicoe Close seems to be a perfect suburban street – well-kept houses with pristine lawns, neighbours chatting over garden fences, children playing together.

But there are dark secrets behind the neat front doors, hidden dangers that include a ruthless criminal who will stop at nothing.

It’s up to DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent to uncover the truth. Posing as a couple, they move into the Close, blurring the lines between professional and personal as never before.

And while Maeve and Josh try to gather the evidence they need, they have no idea of the danger they face – because someone in Jellicoe Close has murder on their mind.

 Praise for JANE CASEY

‘Mesmerising’ SUNDAY TIMES

 
‘One of the most thoroughly human and convincing police officers in the fictional ranks’ GUARDIAN

 
‘The plot makes for a breath-taking page-turner’ THE SUN

 
‘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

 
‘A masterful tale of twisted psychology, trauma and betrayal’ WOMAN’S WEEKLY

 

 My Thoughts

This time thriller is a real pageturner, one that kept me hooked late into the night. In addition to the different story threads, I loved the friendship between Maeve and Derwent, both professionally and personally. Their dialogue is spot on and gives credibility to the story.

    This felt like a closed room type of crime story, except that the suspects were all living on the same cul de sac, rather than in the same building. It was a great device as the characters interacted and all the red herrings were able to be laid out. Other investigations were threaded through the story and made you see all the abilities of the detectives. Maeve is a great character at the centre. Determined and yet vulnerable, there are many facets to her character. Tension is built up throughout the book, only broken at times by flashes of humour found in the dialogue or through the little dog, Pippin. Highly recommended 

In short: suspense makes for a great read with a hint of romance

About the Author

Jane Casey has written twelve crime novels for adults and three for teenagers. Married to a criminal barrister, she’s got the inside track on some of the country’s most dangerous offenders, giving her writing an unsettlingly realistic feel.

This authenticity has made her novels international bestsellers and critical successes. They have been nominated for several awards and in 2015 Jane won both the Mary Higgins Clark Award and Irish Crime Novel of the Year for The Stranger You Know and After the Fire, respectively. 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 family.

You can follow Jane here: Twitter 

Book link: Amazon UK 

THanks to Jane Casey, Harper Collins and Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.

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