The Burning
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  • Published: 16 June 2022
  • ISBN: 9781804942642
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 512

The Burning

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 first book in Jane Casey's gripping Maeve Kerrigan series. A tense crime thriller from the 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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A serial killer who wants to watch you burn.

The media call him The Burning Man, 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 the fifth victim has been found.

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 ever seen? And when so much of the evidence they leave behind has gone up in smoke. . .?
  • Published: 16 June 2022
  • ISBN: 9781804942642
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 512
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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
After the Fire
The Kill
Bet Your Life
Left For Dead: A Maeve Kerrigan Story
The Stranger You Know
How to Fall
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Praise for The Burning

November 2010 Book of the Month. This is the new psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of The Missing. It's gripping and utterly compulsive, leaving you gasping for breath as you get to the last page

Love Reading

Cracks along at a smart pace and has a satisfying multi-layered plot

Candis

Casey rarely puts a foot wrong in this enthralling example of a bait-and-switch novel...Parallel first-person narratives from either side of the thin blue line contribute hugely to the novel's page-turning quality, although the author's success here is largely due to her superb characterisations. The Burning confirms that she's a talent to watch.

Irish Times

The Burning, is an excellent follow up, with a psychologically interesting plot and complex, well-drawn characters

Irish Independent

The number of convincing police officers in crime fiction is a tiny squad but Maeve has the potential to be one of the few female members

Daily Telegraph

Astute, complex, layered - and very twisted. You'll remember this one for a long time

Lee Child