After the Fire
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  • Published: 21 October 2023
  • ISBN: 9781804942611
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $24.99

After the Fire

The gripping detective crime thriller from the bestselling author

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16 Jun 2022
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21 Oct 2023
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The sixth 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
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Arson, accident or murder?

After a fire rips through a North London tower block, two bodies are found locked in an eleventh-floor flat. But it is the third victim - the MP Geoff Armstrong - that requires the presence of detective Maeve Kerrigan and the murder squad.

It appears that Armstrong, trapped by the fire, chose to jump to his death rather than wait for rescue. But why? And what was the controversial right-wing politician doing there in the first place?

As Maeve picks through the wreckage, she will uncover a secret world where everyone has something to hide . . .
  • Published: 21 October 2023
  • ISBN: 9781804942611
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

Jane Casey

“All my criminal elements have some basis in reality, no matter how awful they may be. Nothing is completely farfetched.” Jane Casey

Crime is a family affair for Jane Casey. Married to a criminal barrister, she has a unique insight into the brutal underbelly of urban life, from the smell of a police cell to the darkest motives of a serial killer.

This gritty realism has made her books international bestsellers and critical successes; while D.C. Maeve Kerrigan has quickly become one of the most popular characters in crime fiction.

Her novel The Stranger You Know won the Mary Higgins Clark Award and she has also been shortlisted for the Irish Crime Novel of the Year Award four times as well as the CWA Dagger in the Library Award.

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Also by Jane Casey

Hide and Seek
The Kill
Bet Your Life
Left For Dead: A Maeve Kerrigan Story
The Stranger You Know
How to Fall
The Last Girl
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Praise for After the Fire

a dark, page-turning police procedural

Irish Independent

Jane Casey's writing is compulsive, menacing and moving

Sophie Hannah

The story of a domestic violence survivor and her young son is rendered with the authenticity of searing investigative journalism. The everyday plight of an elderly widow is brought to life with a complexity you won't soon forget. ... Kerrigan is a steadfast hero and narrator who wins the reader's confidence with her smart, wry sense of humour

Oprah.com
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