The Reckoning
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  • Published: 16 June 2022
  • ISBN: 9781804942727
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 496

The Reckoning

The gripping detective crime thriller from the bestselling author

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21 Oct 2023
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16 Jun 2022
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The second 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.

'If you have not read Jane Casey, start immediately' Marian Keyes
'The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .' Erin Kelly
'Jane Casey's police procedurals go from strength to strength!' Sunday Times
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It's a thin line between revenge and murder. . .

To the public, he's a hero: a killer who targets convicted paedophiles.

Two men have already been tortured to death and, for the police, their cases are not a priority.

But DC Maeve Kerrigan believes that no one should be allowed to take the law into their own hands.

As the killer's violence begins to escalate, Maeve is forced to confront exactly how far she's prepared to go to ensure justice is served...
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Praise for Jane Casey:

‘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 brilliant example of nothing being as it seems’ Harriet Tyce
‘A chilling read’ Woman
  • Published: 16 June 2022
  • ISBN: 9781804942727
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 496
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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 Reckoning

The plots [Maeve] has to unravel are impeccably weaved and unfold dexterously while maintaining a strong sense of place and a compulsive, menacing atmosphere. Driven by a strong sense of justice, she is a character younger female readers will find easy to identify with. Definitely one for the future.

Maxim Jakubowski, Love Reading

stands out from the pack as both a twisty, well-crafted mystery and as a humanistic portrait of an ambitious professional with a strong moral centre. The series could almost be subtitled "Jane Tennison: The Early Years"

Irish Times

Maeve Kerrigan [is] a fascinating and plausible character…What she has is persistence, integrity and emotional intelligence, and a very deft way of insinuating herself into a reader's affections

The Irish Independent

A] dramatic, expertly crafted thriller

Entertainment Weekly