Hello All!
Thanks to an advance reading copy from Minotaur Books and
one or more reviews in Aunt Agatha’s Mystery Bookshop’s newsletter, I have
spent the last few months reading Jane Casey’s Maeve Kerrigan mystery series, catching up this week with The Kill.
Maeve is an
interesting, smart, yet somewhat insecure Metropolitan Detective. For most of
the series she is partnered with DI Josh Derwent, who is very obnoxious mostly
(including sexist) but does have a softer side, buried way, way, way deep. There
are other parts of organizational structure of the police department that Maeve
has to deal with.
Over the course
of the series, Maeve also learns to let a great guy into her life, Rob. He even
moves to a different department so that they can continue their relationship. She
is a bit shy of commitment, but Rob is the guy for her.
I think The Kill
is the best of the series. The homicide victims in this book are police—different
levels of officers, no connections to each other—how and why are they being
murdered. This case for Maeve affects her coworkers, her partner Derwent, and
her relationship with Rob. The story is excellent.
Highly
recommended!
Happy Reading!
Patti
The Kill by Jane Casey, Minotaur
Books, June 2, 2015; ISBN 9781250048844
This book was
sent to me for review by the publisher; no other compensation was offered or
accepted for this review.
The Maeve
Kerrigan series by Jane Casey
The Burning
(2010)
The Reckoning
(2011)
The Last Girl
(2012)
The Stranger You
Know (2013) 2015 Mary Higgins Clark Award
The Kill (2014
British publication date; 2015 U.S. pub date)
