Cruel Acts
- Author Jane Casey
- Narrator Caroline Lennon
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 18 April 2019
- Run Time 12 hours and 28 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Psychological thriller, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
The Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Irish Independent crime fiction book of the year!
*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?
What people are saying about Cruel Acts:
‘Magnificent’ Marian Keyes
‘Clever, classy crime fiction’ Erin Kelly
‘Brilliant’ Fiona Barton
‘Terrific’ Sarah Hilary
‘I adored this book’ Liz Nugent
‘Authentic’ Jo Spain
‘Compulsive’ Patricia Gibney
‘Powerful’ Helen Fields
‘Kept me turning the pages long into the night’ Rachel Abbott
‘Emotional’ Sinéad Crowley
Critics Review
‘Cruel Acts is magnificent…I could not stop reading it! Utter brilliance’ Marian Keyes
n‘You’ll be checking the locks and looking over your shoulder after reading this one…clever, classy crime fiction with a conscience’ Erin Kelly
n‘Jane Casey’s brilliant storytelling pulled me straight into Maeve Kerrigan’s world, leaving me breathless and wanting more’ Fiona Barton
n‘Jane Casey is writing one of THE very best police series around…Terrific’ Sarah Hilary, bestselling author of the DI Marnie Rome series
n‘The smartest, most empathetic writer of police procedural novels today. I absolutely, whole-heartedly adored this book’ Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Skin Deep
n‘One of the most authentic police procedural writers around’ Jo Spain, bestselling author of The Confession
n‘A compulsive read. The story is captivating’ Patricia Gibney, author of the Detective Lottie Parker series
n‘An utterly engaging, powerful novel that had me hooked from page one’ Helen Fields, author of Perfect Remains
n‘Kept me turning the pages long into the night’ Rachel Abbott, author of the Tom Douglas thriller series
n‘Humane, emotional and deeply intelligent’ Sinéad Crowley, author of the DS Claire Boyle series
n‘Mesmerising’ Sunday Times
n‘The plot makes for a breathtaking page-turner’ Sun
n‘One of the most thoroughly human and convincing police officers in the fictional ranks’ Guardian
n‘Jane Casey is a terrific writer and her Maeve Kerrigan books are irresistible’ Irish Times
n‘This brutal thriller doesn’t pull its punches, and it hooks till the last gasp’ Heat
n‘You’ll be totally hooked’ Woman & Home
n‘There are procedural crime novels and then there are procedurals written by Irish writer Jane Casey’ i
n‘Real emotional depth’ Guardian, Books of the Year
n‘A masterful tale of twisted psychology, trauma and betrayal’ Woman’s Weekly
n‘A series that's establishing itself as one of the finest in all of crime fiction’ Irish Independent
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