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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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Paperback
21 Oct 2023
EBook
16 June 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.

THE SECOND BOOK IN THE GRIPPING MAEVE KERRIGAN SERIES

'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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It's a thin line between revenege 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

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

About the author

Jane Casey

Jane Casey was born and brought up in Dublin. A former editor, she has written twelve 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 has been adapted for television by Eleventh Hour and Paramount+, releasing September 2023 and broadcast on ITV in the UK and Hulu in America. The Close has been shortlisted for the E-Dunnit award at the 2024 CrimeFest Awards. Her most recent novel, A Stranger in the Family, spent 6 weeks on the Irish Times bestseller list and was named one of The Times 10 Best Crime & Thrillers of 2024. It won Crime Fiction Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the overall Book of the Year Award at the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards. Jane lives in southwest London with her husband, who is a criminal barrister, and their two children.
portrait photo of Jane Casey

Also by Jane Casey

The Last Girl
Hide and Seek
After the Fire
The Kill
Bet Your Life
Left For Dead: A Maeve Kerrigan Story
The Stranger You Know
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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