The Burning: A Maeve Kerrigan Crime Novel

· Maeve Kerrigan Novels Book 1 · Sold by Minotaur Books
3.9
7 reviews
Ebook
368
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A determined young police constable goes it alone against an enigmatic killer and her bosses in a series debut for fans of Sophie Hannah and Tana French

The Burning Man. It's the name the media has given a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of London's parks. And now there's a fifth.

Maeve Kerrigan is an ambitious detective constable, keen to make her mark on the murder task force. Her male colleagues believe Maeve's 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 seen when so much of the evidence has gone up in smoke?

Maeve's frenetic hunt for a killer in Jane Casey's gripping series debut will entrance even the most jaded suspense readers.

Ratings and reviews

3.9
7 reviews
Adam Freemotion
September 5, 2016
** spoiler alert ** This is my first jane casey book which is hers too. I need to ask these questions from Jane! 1. Story is good and exciting. But despite the huge amount of details you have written regarding the serial killer who burns his victims, despite your beautiful story, why did you conclude the whole process of the planning and catching the killer in just 4-5 pages? The end of the story about your major story (that is about a serial killer, i think) is really disappointing and it seems was written by someone else, who was in a hurry to wrap up the story asap! The police team go out to catch the killer and surprisingly killer attacks the detective and her friends catch him!! This is it! No any plans; no anything special! That point of the story was too way to be a mature! 2. Every character tells her/his story in your book. At the beginning of the story, Louise goes to see the rebecca's parents. The empathy she feels about the rebecca and her parents and the whole of the conversation between louise and herself in her brain isn't and cannot be right. Someone cannot kill someone else and speak to herself as if someone else did it, unless she suffers some mental problems, which is not the case in your story. Anyway, despite what i said above, the whole story was average to acceptable and not boring.
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Debbie Lee Wilham
April 13, 2020
I knew Louise was the other killer by the way she was given a voice
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About the author

JANE CASEY was born and raised in Dublin. A graduate of Oxford with a M. Phil from Trinity College, Dublin, she lives in London where she works as an editor. This is her second novel.

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