A Stranger in the Family — Jane Casey

The gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author

Every mother's worst nightmare . . .

When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one summer night, her disappearance tore her family apart.

Now, sixteen years later, her mother Helena is found dead, her husband by her side. It looks like a straightforward murder-suicide but DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent soon discover nothing about this case is straightforward.

The Marshalls have been keeping secrets. And someone is prepared to kill to hide the truth. Until Maeve finds out what happened to Rosalie, no one will be safe . . .

You won't want to miss the book that everyone is talking about in 2024!

'With every breath in my body, I'm BEGGING you to read Jane Casey's books!' Marian Keyes

'The last chapter concludes with a cliffhanger that will make you clutch your pearls' The Times

‘The ultimate just-one-more-chapter read' Abigail Dean, author of Girl A

‘Sparks are flying in this top class detective story' Liz Nugent, author of Strange Sally Diamond

‘A twisting, seductive, sensational thriller' Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End

‘The twist in the end was as surprising as it was satisfying' Stig Abell, author of Death Under a Little Sky

'2024 has barely started and this is already one of my books of the year' Jo Spain, author of The Trial

‘As tense as piano wire' Neil Lancaster, author of the D.S. Max Craigie series

‘The undisputed queen of simmering tension' Sarah Hilary, author of the D.I. Marnie Rome series

'I was hooked from the first page' Karen Perry, author of Girl Unknown

'One of the very best authors writing today' Andrea Mara, author of All Her Fault

‘Blew me away' Catherine Kirwan, author of A Lesson in Malice

‘Brilliant' William Shaw, author of the Alexandra Cupidi mysteries

'Stellar stuff' Jo Callaghan, author of In the Blink of an Eye

'Gripping and twisty but also moving ' Claire McGowan, author of What You Did

‘This book hit the ground running and didn't let up' Sam Holland, author of The Echo Man

About the author

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 is being adapted for television. Jane lives in southwest London with her husband, who is a criminal barrister, and their two children.