Cruel Acts, Jane Casey
Cruel Acts, Jane Casey
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Cruel Acts

Author: Jane Casey

Narrator: Caroline Lennon

Unabridged: 12 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 04/18/2019


Synopsis

The bestseller and winner of the crime fiction book of the year! What people are saying about : *Don’t miss the newest Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent thriller – A STRANGER IN THE FAMILY – out now!* Guilty? A year ago, Leo Stone was convicted of murdering two women and sentenced to life in prison. Now he’s been freed on a technicality, and he’s protesting his innocence. Not guilty? DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent are determined to put Stone back behind bars where he belongs, but the more Maeve digs, the less convinced she is that he did it. The wrong decision could be deadly… Then another woman disappears in similar circumstances. Is there a copycat killer, or have they been wrong about Stone from the start? ‘Magnificent’ ‘Clever, classy crime fiction’ ‘Brilliant’ ‘Terrific’ ‘I adored this book’ ‘Authentic’ ‘Compulsive’ ‘Powerful’ ‘Kept me turning the pages long into the night’ ‘Emotional’

About Jane Casey

Jane Casey was born and brought up in Dublin. She then studied English at Jesus College, Oxford, followed by an mPhil in Anglo-Irish Literature at Trinity College, Dublin. Married to a criminal barrister, she lives in London and worked in publishing as a children's books editor.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz on March 23, 2025

23.3.25 reread complete. Still brilliant. I love this series so much. It's been a bit of a wait for this one but trust me it's worth every minute. Here's what I know about the Kerrigan series generally. It has the best "friendship" in fiction out there at the moment within the ever changing ebb and......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on April 20, 2019

Bestselling crime writer Jane Casey is back with the eighth instalment in the gripping DS Maeve Kerrigan series, and once again it is packed with the gritty realism we have come to expect from Ms Casey. Although part of a popular and long-running series these books work perfectly as standalones as e......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on May 02, 2019

Although this is the 8th book in the Maeve Kerrigan series, I have to confess I have not read the others in this series but I could not help but want to read this book immediately!! Leo Stone was in prison after being found guilty of killing 2 women, but now there are doubts that he is guilty and is......more

Goodreads review by Louise on September 23, 2019

Maieve Kerrigan #8 Leo Stone had been convicted of murder but a lawyer has lodged an appeal. It seems some of the jurors had looked up his past crimes and found him guilty for them and not just the crime he was being tried for. So there's now a case for miscarriage of justice. Leo Stone is released a......more

Goodreads review by Ken on November 10, 2021

Having loved the most recent instalment in the DS Maeve Kerrigan series earlier this year, I thought I'd read some of the earlier titles. I somehow seem to be working through them in reverse order as my local library only had the previous entry avaliable, though like all strong crime dramas there's a......more


Quotes

‘Cruel Acts is magnificent…I could not stop reading it! Utter brilliance’ Marian Keyes ‘You’ll be checking the locks and looking over your shoulder after reading this one…clever, classy crime fiction with a conscience’ Erin Kelly ‘Jane Casey’s brilliant storytelling pulled me straight into Maeve Kerrigan’s world, leaving me breathless and wanting more’ Fiona Barton ‘Jane Casey is writing one of THE very best police series around…Terrific’ Sarah Hilary, bestselling author of the DI Marnie Rome series ‘The smartest, most empathetic writer of police procedural novels today. I absolutely, whole-heartedly adored this book’ Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Skin Deep ‘One of the most authentic police procedural writers around’ Jo Spain, bestselling author of The Confession ‘A compulsive read. The story is captivating’ Patricia Gibney, author of the Detective Lottie Parker series ‘An utterly engaging, powerful novel that had me hooked from page one’ Helen Fields, author of Perfect Remains ‘Kept me turning the pages long into the night’ Rachel Abbott, author of the Tom Douglas thriller series ‘Humane, emotional and deeply intelligent’ Sinéad Crowley, author of the DS Claire Boyle series ‘Mesmerising’ Sunday Times ‘The plot makes for a breathtaking page-turner’ Sun ‘One of the most thoroughly human and convincing police officers in the fictional ranks’ Guardian ‘Jane Casey is a terrific writer and her Maeve Kerrigan books are irresistible’ Irish Times ‘This brutal thriller doesn’t pull its punches, and it hooks till the last gasp’ Heat ‘You’ll be totally hooked’ Woman & Home ‘There are procedural crime novels and then there are procedurals written by Irish writer Jane Casey’ i ‘Real emotional depth’ Guardian, Books of the Year ‘A masterful tale of twisted psychology, trauma and betrayal’ Woman’s Weekly ‘A series that's establishing itself as one of the finest in all of crime fiction’ Irish Independent