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The Kill

The Kill

The gripping detective crime thriller from the bestselling author

Summary

'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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Their job is to fight crime. Now they are the victims. . .

A killer is terrorising London and this time the police are the targets.

Urgently re-assigned to investigate a series of attacks on fellow officers, Maeve Kerrigan and her boss Josh Derwent have little idea what motivates the killer's fury against the force.

And they know it will only be a matter of time before the killer strikes again.

About the author

Jane Casey

Jane Casey was born and brought up in Dublin. A former editor, she has written eleven 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 is being adapted for television. Jane lives in southwest London with her husband, who is a criminal barrister, and their two children.
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