The Killing Kind — Jane Casey

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The incredible new break-out thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Shortlisted for the Irish Crime Book Awards 2021

Ingrid will never forget what John did.
The people he hurt. The way he lied about it so easily. The way she defended him.

Now he's back.
He says a murderer is after her. He says only he can protect her.

Would you trust him?
The clock is ticking for Ingrid to decide. Because the killer is ready to strike…

Praise for The Killing Kind

'Nobody understands the dark gap between justice and the law better than Jane Casey' Val McDermid

‘Cool, accomplished, compulsive' Cara Hunter

‘Extremely tense and very gripping' Ruth Ware

‘A compulsive page-turner ' Steve Cavanagh

‘A breathless game of cat-and-mouse' Erin Kelly

‘A truly masterly thriller' Liz Nugent

‘Tense and well-plotted' Harriet Tyce

‘Each twist tightens the screw' J. R. Ellis

‘Tense, pacy, addictive' Sarah Vaughan

‘Brilliant plotted' Catherine Cooper

'One of my favourite writers' Dervla McTiernan

‘Twisty and unexpected' Ann Cleeves

‘Heart-stopping twists ' Sarah Hilary

‘Endlessly surprising' Catherine Ryan Howard

‘One of those 'just one more page' books' Susi Holliday

‘Authentic, tense, thrilling' Will Dean

‘Intricate' Jane Shemilt

'Fast-paced' Jo Spain

‘Brilliant' The Times

‘Creepily good' Daily Mail

‘Chilling' Sunday Times

About the author

Jane Casey has written ten crime novels for adults and three for teenagers. A former editor, she is married to a criminal barrister who ensures her writing is realistic and as accurate as possible.

This authenticity has made her novels international bestsellers and critical successes. 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.

Born in Dublin, Jane now lives in southwest London with her husband and two children.