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After the Fire
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  • Published: 21 October 2023
  • ISBN: 9781804942611
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $29.99

After the Fire

The gripping detective crime thriller from the bestselling author

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Paperback
21 Oct 2023
EBook
16 June 2022
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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.

THE SIXTH BOOK IN THE GRIPPING MAEVE KERRIGAN SERIES

'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'll uncover a secret world where everyone has something to hide . . .
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PRAISE FOR JANE CASEY

‘A brilliant example of nothing being as it seems’ Harriet Tyce
‘Pacy plotting’ Sunday Times Crime Club
‘Jane Casey is among our very best crime novelists’ Liz Nugent
‘Chilling and inventive’ Woman’s Weekly
‘A deliciously bingeable read’ Ruth Ware
‘Simply stunning’ Heat
‘A chilling read’ Woman
  • Published: 21 October 2023
  • ISBN: 9781804942611
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Jane Casey

Jane Casey was born and brought up in Dublin. A former editor, she has written twelve 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 has been adapted for television by Eleventh Hour and Paramount+, releasing September 2023 and broadcast on ITV in the UK and Hulu in America. The Close has been shortlisted for the E-Dunnit award at the 2024 CrimeFest Awards. Her most recent novel, A Stranger in the Family, spent 6 weeks on the Irish Times bestseller list and was named one of The Times 10 Best Crime & Thrillers of 2024. It won Crime Fiction Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the overall Book of the Year Award at the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards. Jane lives in southwest London with her husband, who is a criminal barrister, and their two children.
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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