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challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Minor: Eating disorder, Violence, Murder
The Kill (Maeve Kerrigan, Book 5)
by Jane Casey
★★★☆☆
464 Pages
1st person, single character POV
Themes: murder, crime, violence, romance, relationships
Triggers: murder, violence, stalking, violent murder, racism, sexism, cheating, blackmail, murder of police officers, threats of rape, suicide, attempted suicide, mentions of historic sexual assault, cancer, and mass shootings
Genre: Crime, Contemporary, Murder Mystery
~
The Kill is Book 5 in the Maeve Kerrigan series, and I'm sorry to say that it frustrated me more than most of the others. I feel like Maeve was in a total tailspin, and the more books I read, the more annoying she becomes. While I generally enjoy the overall book, her major insecurities and strictly ridiculous decisions come really close to ruining it for me. And then there's Derwent, who I actually really like for his no-nonsense attitude, but who becomes increasingly disgusting in terms of his sexual remarks, and -ist behaviour. Because, let's face it, he's a racist, sexist, ableist and so many more, which he wasn't when he started in the series. Sure, he was unpleasant and a little old-fashioned in terms of his views, but the more books go by, the more insulting he becomes, with casual comments about the disabled, women, and the mentally ill.
I usually write a long review, but I'm going to keep this short because I'm annoyed. The somewhat late-to-the-table decision to write each book like a standalone began last book, but continues here by recapping unnecessary information about people and their backgrounds. I say unnecessary, because the plot contents continually refer back to previous cases – Skinner, Chris the stalker, etc. It took about 4% to tell us that a year had passed since the previous book. Again, we're back to the whole Intro idea of a different POV. Why it needs to be 3rd person, in a series told predominantly in 1st, I don't really know, but this time it was the POV of witnesses, not the killer, which was a light relief.
Again, the execution was off. While it had a more equal division of personal and professional life, there was still the odd phrasing, and no trigger warnings. And, for some reason, another thing that started in the last book quite obviously, continues here – being in the middle of a scene and then recapping how we got there, by 'flashbacking' to a few hours earlier, and then returning to the present. Except, there is no separation of flashbacks, they're just shoved into the same formatting as the present timeline. There's also an inconsistency, where they name a victim, and a page later, she's described as a “nameless young” girl. For the first time – and I don't know why they waited until now – there's a Glossary of Police Terminology – which would have been helpful in previous books, too.
I find it quite annoying that Maeve keeps inventing these imaginary romantic scenarios with other men. There's no reason for it, and she's supposedly happy with Rob, but she keeps eyeing up other men and flirting, then forcing herself to feel guilty about it, while claiming it's part of her nature to self-sabotage relationships with that behaviour. It seems ridiculous, especially when we're being sold a potential romance between Maeve and Derwent. Again, Maeve fails to report a serious crime, which could lead to the people who threatened her being free to hurt someone else. It doesn't make sense, how selfish and egotistical she is about her work safety.
Derwent might be an ass, but I prefer his no nonsense approach to Maeve's increasingly (throughout the series) selfish, mamby-pamby moments. She's becoming progressively sanctimonious as the series continues, making decisions that make no sense. Like running after a suspected criminal alone and finding herself surrounded by four young, angry men who threaten to rape her to death.
Because, of course, even in a book where the crime doesn't need to have a sexual element, it does. Because, as well as this disgusting near-page-long conversation about how these men could make Maeve suffer, there's also a sexual element to how one victim was kill. Because, God forbid there might be ONE crime where there isn't rape and sexual abuse.
Sadly, every woman is supposed to be either window dressing or a hard-nosed bitch. Like the sex-mad Debbie. The power-hungry Una. The slutty crime scene tech. For a female author, I'm stunned at the casual sexism of nearly every character towards Maeve, with everyone in the police force apparently sure she's having an affair with every male senior officer. Then there's this little nugget:
“If it was hard to be a woman in the Met, it was doubly hard to be a plain one.”
When it comes to Rob, he gets VERY little page time here, and for a reason. However, I felt his character went off on a weird direction, because everything he did in this book felt so unnatural to the character we've been led to believe he is. I don't forgive him for what he did, especially since it was the most ridiculously stupid thing to do, and I'm not sure if I want to see him back.
The casual sexism has been bad enough, the casual homophobic remarks within the office have all been seen before, through characters marking horrible remarks and Maeve at least acknowledging why it's wrong, and that it's a problem to be solved. However, here, I found a lot of Maeve's own thoughts were so ignorant that it could only be bleed-through from the author. The way that women are described as either attractive or dog-like – because there can only ever be plain or glamorous – and the casual mention of how a young man looked like a rapper, just because he's black.
Also – Warning – the plot strongly references the Stephen Lawrence shooting without mentioning it, and talks about Dunblane – two very important cases that changed the UK drastically.
~
OVERALL
I said I'd keep this short, but that didn't work out. Let's face it – I'm annoyed.
The characters all behaved totally outside of their character remit, in ways that felt forced and unnatural. Liv was removed from the series in the last book, with no sign that she's coming back in the future. Derwent is taking over to share equal page-time with Maeve, which isn't a problem as I generally like him (without the smarmy, increasingly bigoted and -ist attitudes). Rob has been written out for an indeterminable time, which I'm really disappointed with, because he was a bright light in a series of dark cases. I HATE Una and Debbie, which means that the only decent female in the entire series is Maeve, which seems illogical.
Maeve needs to grow up, get a clue, and get back to business, because she hasn't been running at full capacity since she started dating Rob, which is confusing because he's the best part of her life. Her stalker is back, she's got uber-bitch Debbie – a female senior police officer! – sending threats to her home, and she's illogical about which crimes to report and what not to.
And, for the LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE STOP with the constant rape/sexual assault. Not every crime needs a sexual element, and it's disturbing how a sexual element is dropped into every case, with some historic rape case always creeping into EVERY damned book.
I'm beginning to worry that Casey has lost track of this series. The series is beginning to feel like a rinse-and-repeat, the characters are acting out of character, and the casual insults and bad/sick jokes are more prevalent than they need to be. There's a different between adding these comments for characterisation and just outright overdoing the ignorance.
by Jane Casey
★★★☆☆
464 Pages
1st person, single character POV
Themes: murder, crime, violence, romance, relationships
Triggers: murder, violence, stalking, violent murder, racism, sexism, cheating, blackmail, murder of police officers, threats of rape, suicide, attempted suicide, mentions of historic sexual assault, cancer, and mass shootings
Genre: Crime, Contemporary, Murder Mystery
~
The Kill is Book 5 in the Maeve Kerrigan series, and I'm sorry to say that it frustrated me more than most of the others. I feel like Maeve was in a total tailspin, and the more books I read, the more annoying she becomes. While I generally enjoy the overall book, her major insecurities and strictly ridiculous decisions come really close to ruining it for me. And then there's Derwent, who I actually really like for his no-nonsense attitude, but who becomes increasingly disgusting in terms of his sexual remarks, and -ist behaviour. Because, let's face it, he's a racist, sexist, ableist and so many more, which he wasn't when he started in the series. Sure, he was unpleasant and a little old-fashioned in terms of his views, but the more books go by, the more insulting he becomes, with casual comments about the disabled, women, and the mentally ill.
I usually write a long review, but I'm going to keep this short because I'm annoyed. The somewhat late-to-the-table decision to write each book like a standalone began last book, but continues here by recapping unnecessary information about people and their backgrounds. I say unnecessary, because the plot contents continually refer back to previous cases – Skinner, Chris the stalker, etc. It took about 4% to tell us that a year had passed since the previous book. Again, we're back to the whole Intro idea of a different POV. Why it needs to be 3rd person, in a series told predominantly in 1st, I don't really know, but this time it was the POV of witnesses, not the killer, which was a light relief.
Again, the execution was off. While it had a more equal division of personal and professional life, there was still the odd phrasing, and no trigger warnings. And, for some reason, another thing that started in the last book quite obviously, continues here – being in the middle of a scene and then recapping how we got there, by 'flashbacking' to a few hours earlier, and then returning to the present. Except, there is no separation of flashbacks, they're just shoved into the same formatting as the present timeline. There's also an inconsistency, where they name a victim, and a page later, she's described as a “nameless young” girl. For the first time – and I don't know why they waited until now – there's a Glossary of Police Terminology – which would have been helpful in previous books, too.
I find it quite annoying that Maeve keeps inventing these imaginary romantic scenarios with other men. There's no reason for it, and she's supposedly happy with Rob, but she keeps eyeing up other men and flirting, then forcing herself to feel guilty about it, while claiming it's part of her nature to self-sabotage relationships with that behaviour. It seems ridiculous, especially when we're being sold a potential romance between Maeve and Derwent. Again, Maeve fails to report a serious crime, which could lead to the people who threatened her being free to hurt someone else. It doesn't make sense, how selfish and egotistical she is about her work safety.
Derwent might be an ass, but I prefer his no nonsense approach to Maeve's increasingly (throughout the series) selfish, mamby-pamby moments. She's becoming progressively sanctimonious as the series continues, making decisions that make no sense. Like running after a suspected criminal alone and finding herself surrounded by four young, angry men who threaten to rape her to death.
Because, of course, even in a book where the crime doesn't need to have a sexual element, it does. Because, as well as this disgusting near-page-long conversation about how these men could make Maeve suffer, there's also a sexual element to how one victim was kill. Because, God forbid there might be ONE crime where there isn't rape and sexual abuse.
Sadly, every woman is supposed to be either window dressing or a hard-nosed bitch. Like the sex-mad Debbie. The power-hungry Una. The slutty crime scene tech. For a female author, I'm stunned at the casual sexism of nearly every character towards Maeve, with everyone in the police force apparently sure she's having an affair with every male senior officer. Then there's this little nugget:
“If it was hard to be a woman in the Met, it was doubly hard to be a plain one.”
When it comes to Rob, he gets VERY little page time here, and for a reason. However, I felt his character went off on a weird direction, because everything he did in this book felt so unnatural to the character we've been led to believe he is. I don't forgive him for what he did, especially since it was the most ridiculously stupid thing to do, and I'm not sure if I want to see him back.
The casual sexism has been bad enough, the casual homophobic remarks within the office have all been seen before, through characters marking horrible remarks and Maeve at least acknowledging why it's wrong, and that it's a problem to be solved. However, here, I found a lot of Maeve's own thoughts were so ignorant that it could only be bleed-through from the author. The way that women are described as either attractive or dog-like – because there can only ever be plain or glamorous – and the casual mention of how a young man looked like a rapper, just because he's black.
Also – Warning – the plot strongly references the Stephen Lawrence shooting without mentioning it, and talks about Dunblane – two very important cases that changed the UK drastically.
~
OVERALL
I said I'd keep this short, but that didn't work out. Let's face it – I'm annoyed.
The characters all behaved totally outside of their character remit, in ways that felt forced and unnatural. Liv was removed from the series in the last book, with no sign that she's coming back in the future. Derwent is taking over to share equal page-time with Maeve, which isn't a problem as I generally like him (without the smarmy, increasingly bigoted and -ist attitudes). Rob has been written out for an indeterminable time, which I'm really disappointed with, because he was a bright light in a series of dark cases. I HATE Una and Debbie, which means that the only decent female in the entire series is Maeve, which seems illogical.
Maeve needs to grow up, get a clue, and get back to business, because she hasn't been running at full capacity since she started dating Rob, which is confusing because he's the best part of her life. Her stalker is back, she's got uber-bitch Debbie – a female senior police officer! – sending threats to her home, and she's illogical about which crimes to report and what not to.
And, for the LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE STOP with the constant rape/sexual assault. Not every crime needs a sexual element, and it's disturbing how a sexual element is dropped into every case, with some historic rape case always creeping into EVERY damned book.
I'm beginning to worry that Casey has lost track of this series. The series is beginning to feel like a rinse-and-repeat, the characters are acting out of character, and the casual insults and bad/sick jokes are more prevalent than they need to be. There's a different between adding these comments for characterisation and just outright overdoing the ignorance.
TRIGGERS: anxiety, bullying, anorexia, murder, cancer, rehab facility, racism, anti-Muslim, gangs, mental health, eating disorders, post-natal depression
WARNING: mentions of Holocaust deniers committing cruel pranks against a teenager, neo-Nazis, anti-Semetism, Black Lives Matter
~
I have no idea why the author chose to write a 100+ page “short” story in the POV of the most hated/disliked recurring character of the series – Georgia. That's like writing a Harry Potter novel from the POV of Dolores Umbridge.
Unfortunately, though I've hated Georgia until now, it actually gets worse. She's vain, insecure, and – yes, the author tries to mitigate all that by suggesting it's because of her home life and family situation – but that doesn't make her any more likeable. Plenty of people have shitty parents, a horrible home life, or have lost a family member, without becoming a vindictive bitch who is only out for what she can get.
In one story, Georgia blatantly blackmails Derwent (over something that isn't even happening, isn't logical, and doesn't make sense at all, in the wider sense of the series), racial profiles a suspect, “falls” for a Dr of a witness, spends half her work day doing the bare minimum and the other half imagining what Derwent would be like in bed. Oh, and defends a murderer. Breaks the 4th wall, for no apparent reason (at the start of Chapter 7). And, when she comes home to her flat, and hears that her flatmate's boyfriend is home, she VERY deliberately undoes buttons on her blouse and blatantly flirts with him, pressing up against him in a disgusting attempt to make the girl angry. Then, says “She only had herself to blame” when the boyfriend eyes her up, as if, somehow, it's this girl's fault that Georgia acts like a raging slut. It's no wonder the flatmate hates her.
I think the best way to describe how I felt about this being in Georgia's POV would be to show you these little snippets:
“As for Maeve, she was wandering around the classroom looking at the posters on the walls, lost in thought. I took advantage of her being distracted to stand next to Derwent, lining up on his team. It looked as if he and I were there together, and Maeve was just tagging along. I liked giving that impression.”
“I would never admit it to Belcott, or anyone else, but I resented the fact that Derwent had a glint in his blue eyes that he never wasted on me. I might as well have been invisible to him, or even a man. He just wasn’t interested. At all.”
“I didn’t have a lot of friends, especially women. I always got on better with men – until we slept together and they ghosted me. If that didn’t happen, their girlfriends got worried about me being too much competition and made them back off.”
“I wanted to meet Lewis, and I wanted him to fall for me, because it would annoy the shit out of Amanda. That wasn’t the only reason – I wasn’t a complete monster. I wanted to be with someone who would tell me I was beautiful and appreciate me.”
I actually have hated Belcott since Book 1, for the disgusting way he talks about Maeve, and how everything under the sun has some sexual innuendo, but here, he won me over for a split second, by finally putting Georgia in her place. Though, sadly, I doubt it will show in the next novel.
“‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall.’
I turned the camera off and glared at Belcott. ‘Appearances matter, Pete.’
‘Turning up matters. Being there on time. Doing the job when you get there. How you look – that doesn’t matter.’”
Then, Maeve had her turn:
“Maeve was sorting through the contents of the girl’s bag. She paused to study an asthma inhaler, one of three that had been shoved in a side pocket of the bag.
‘So are we sure it’s murder? It couldn’t have been natural causes? If she had asthma, that could have killed her.’
‘Not unless it was armed with a knife.’ She pinched the edge of the girl’s coat and drew it back so I could see that the side of her torso was saturated with blood. ‘She was stabbed.’
‘Oh.’
‘Do you think the response officers and paramedics would have called us in for an asthma attack?’
‘No, of course not.’”
~
So, why 3 stars? Because the STORY was good. The crime itself was clever, if slightly disgusting. There's a lot of triggers here, but the way the story panned out, the pacing and interviews, were well done. If it wasn't for the strong, and horrible female-competition aspect of this series, Maeve's stupid behaviour, and Georgia's disgusting behaviour, then this would be a brilliant series. I utterly love Derwent and Godley, I kind of like Una now (though I hated her at first, as planned), and I love Kev Cox and the other Detectives. If only the women – in a series written BY a woman – cared less about their appearance, their personal lives, and who is sleeping with whom, this would be a cracker of a crime series.
WARNING: mentions of Holocaust deniers committing cruel pranks against a teenager, neo-Nazis, anti-Semetism, Black Lives Matter
~
I have no idea why the author chose to write a 100+ page “short” story in the POV of the most hated/disliked recurring character of the series – Georgia. That's like writing a Harry Potter novel from the POV of Dolores Umbridge.
Unfortunately, though I've hated Georgia until now, it actually gets worse. She's vain, insecure, and – yes, the author tries to mitigate all that by suggesting it's because of her home life and family situation – but that doesn't make her any more likeable. Plenty of people have shitty parents, a horrible home life, or have lost a family member, without becoming a vindictive bitch who is only out for what she can get.
In one story, Georgia blatantly blackmails Derwent (over something that isn't even happening, isn't logical, and doesn't make sense at all, in the wider sense of the series), racial profiles a suspect, “falls” for a Dr of a witness, spends half her work day doing the bare minimum and the other half imagining what Derwent would be like in bed. Oh, and defends a murderer. Breaks the 4th wall, for no apparent reason (at the start of Chapter 7). And, when she comes home to her flat, and hears that her flatmate's boyfriend is home, she VERY deliberately undoes buttons on her blouse and blatantly flirts with him, pressing up against him in a disgusting attempt to make the girl angry. Then, says “She only had herself to blame” when the boyfriend eyes her up, as if, somehow, it's this girl's fault that Georgia acts like a raging slut. It's no wonder the flatmate hates her.
I think the best way to describe how I felt about this being in Georgia's POV would be to show you these little snippets:
“As for Maeve, she was wandering around the classroom looking at the posters on the walls, lost in thought. I took advantage of her being distracted to stand next to Derwent, lining up on his team. It looked as if he and I were there together, and Maeve was just tagging along. I liked giving that impression.”
“I would never admit it to Belcott, or anyone else, but I resented the fact that Derwent had a glint in his blue eyes that he never wasted on me. I might as well have been invisible to him, or even a man. He just wasn’t interested. At all.”
“I didn’t have a lot of friends, especially women. I always got on better with men – until we slept together and they ghosted me. If that didn’t happen, their girlfriends got worried about me being too much competition and made them back off.”
“I wanted to meet Lewis, and I wanted him to fall for me, because it would annoy the shit out of Amanda. That wasn’t the only reason – I wasn’t a complete monster. I wanted to be with someone who would tell me I was beautiful and appreciate me.”
I actually have hated Belcott since Book 1, for the disgusting way he talks about Maeve, and how everything under the sun has some sexual innuendo, but here, he won me over for a split second, by finally putting Georgia in her place. Though, sadly, I doubt it will show in the next novel.
“‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall.’
I turned the camera off and glared at Belcott. ‘Appearances matter, Pete.’
‘Turning up matters. Being there on time. Doing the job when you get there. How you look – that doesn’t matter.’”
Then, Maeve had her turn:
“Maeve was sorting through the contents of the girl’s bag. She paused to study an asthma inhaler, one of three that had been shoved in a side pocket of the bag.
‘So are we sure it’s murder? It couldn’t have been natural causes? If she had asthma, that could have killed her.’
‘Not unless it was armed with a knife.’ She pinched the edge of the girl’s coat and drew it back so I could see that the side of her torso was saturated with blood. ‘She was stabbed.’
‘Oh.’
‘Do you think the response officers and paramedics would have called us in for an asthma attack?’
‘No, of course not.’”
~
So, why 3 stars? Because the STORY was good. The crime itself was clever, if slightly disgusting. There's a lot of triggers here, but the way the story panned out, the pacing and interviews, were well done. If it wasn't for the strong, and horrible female-competition aspect of this series, Maeve's stupid behaviour, and Georgia's disgusting behaviour, then this would be a brilliant series. I utterly love Derwent and Godley, I kind of like Una now (though I hated her at first, as planned), and I love Kev Cox and the other Detectives. If only the women – in a series written BY a woman – cared less about their appearance, their personal lives, and who is sleeping with whom, this would be a cracker of a crime series.
It was Derwent and Kerrigan so of course I enjoyed this but because I’d started the series at book 6 “After the fire” I came in at the fallout of some of the major developments in The Kill and didn’t want to read it.
Whinge here about a spoiler development hence three stars:
To have him shag the lecherous boss was a cop out. I get he had PTSD from traumatic event but that was shit. It would’ve been better to have him do something shit or attempt it and stick around and see that fallout play out over later books. It seemed out of left field. I’d have rather the tension they both had didn’t involve such cliches like the lecherous boss or this to write him out. It seemed so shit given it took her a long time to trust him and relax int9 their relationship.
I’m also glad a resolution to the Godley development from a few books though it seemed way too lucky and a bit of deus ex machina bc no way they’d allow it. I think it was written into the corner.
Whinge here about a spoiler development hence three stars:
Spoiler
That was a shit development to have Rob rape Maeve. I get it does happen andmany women have had that happened. I also get he had PTSD but I thought it was character assassination to do that with his character. It came out of left field, I also think the reaction to trauma is to assault his partner? Then have him just take off without a proper apology or goodbye and leaving her over a year not knowing as totally out of character and a bad way to get rid of him. ) Rob was given a voice in the earlier books where he adored Maeve, they were never given a chance to properly just be together and deal with stress of the job and working diff hours.To have him shag the lecherous boss was a cop out. I get he had PTSD from traumatic event but that was shit. It would’ve been better to have him do something shit or attempt it and stick around and see that fallout play out over later books. It seemed out of left field. I’d have rather the tension they both had didn’t involve such cliches like the lecherous boss or this to write him out. It seemed so shit given it took her a long time to trust him and relax int9 their relationship.
I’m also glad a resolution to the Godley development from a few books though it seemed way too lucky and a bit of deus ex machina bc no way they’d allow it. I think it was written into the corner.
Silent Kill is a novella set between “Cruel Acts and “The Cutting Place” told from the point of view of DC Georgia Shaw. We learn why behaves the ways she does since her arrival in “Let the Dead Speak”. It’s an insight into the mind of an insecure young woman struggling to find her feet as a cop and in the team. She’s clearly her own worst enemy and can't resist the impulse to shit stir.
I knew beforehand that I’d have more empathy towards Georgia but this book tells us why we should (even if she will still irritate us!). I had a bunch of theories and while none were right, one was kinda close. It certainly confirms why for me she did what she did in “The Cutting Place” deliberately (she might’ve been drunk, but she knew what she was doing). If only she could see that Maeve has had to work her arse off, none of it came easy for her and she’s been working with Derwent for about five years so they have history (and she had to deal with a lot of the shitty side of Derwent). Georgia is ambitious to want everything without working for it, then blaming others for it not happening to her.
It was a nice hark back to earlier Maeve Kerrigan novels when we’d have chapters from other character’s perspectives. My only sadness is I did miss Liv appearing in this book.
Oh and as for Josh and Maeve, well Maeve may be a brilliant detective but she’s oblivious to what’s in front of her (unless she’s under the influence of good painkillers!).
Now I’m off to read it a second time. Hopefully this will keep me going until next year’s novellas which will be published in place of a full book (Casey has a stand alone being published next year that sounds intriguing so I believe there will be two more Maeve novellas).
I knew beforehand that I’d have more empathy towards Georgia but this book tells us why we should (even if she will still irritate us!). I had a bunch of theories and while none were right, one was kinda close. It certainly confirms why for me she did what she did in “The Cutting Place” deliberately (she might’ve been drunk, but she knew what she was doing). If only she could see that Maeve has had to work her arse off, none of it came easy for her and she’s been working with Derwent for about five years so they have history (and she had to deal with a lot of the shitty side of Derwent). Georgia is ambitious to want everything without working for it, then blaming others for it not happening to her.
It was a nice hark back to earlier Maeve Kerrigan novels when we’d have chapters from other character’s perspectives. My only sadness is I did miss Liv appearing in this book.
Oh and as for Josh and Maeve, well Maeve may be a brilliant detective but she’s oblivious to what’s in front of her (unless she’s under the influence of good painkillers!).
Now I’m off to read it a second time. Hopefully this will keep me going until next year’s novellas which will be published in place of a full book (Casey has a stand alone being published next year that sounds intriguing so I believe there will be two more Maeve novellas).
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow, another great Maeve Kerrigan installment - I've read 3 in a row because I can't get enough of this character.
With police officers being targeted seemingly at random across London, Maeve is struggling with what she knows about her boss, with issues at home and of course her abrasive interactions with her partner, Josh Derwent.
Another real page-turner that returns to previous storylines and leaves you wanting more.
With police officers being targeted seemingly at random across London, Maeve is struggling with what she knows about her boss, with issues at home and of course her abrasive interactions with her partner, Josh Derwent.
Another real page-turner that returns to previous storylines and leaves you wanting more.
Another exciting and chilling crime thriller in this long running series. This time the crime hits close to home when their own are targeted. I can't get enough of this series.
Maeve Kerrigan, a junior investigator at London's police didn't thought that the wedding she was invited would be the chance to laugh and joy she would have for a long time. Because troubles never stop and as a detective she must resolve the murders, considering that now the target is the law enforcement. She will have to deal with the cynicism of her partner Josh Derwent and with the rumours of her "possible" affair with her boss. Would she had enough energy to deal with all of them or will she be the next prey?
This is the fifth book of the Maeve Kerrigan saga, but if you haven't read anything of Jane Casey, it's a good book to start.
This is a good crime book, you will be fascinated about the story and the characters during all the book. It has some panic moments and of course mixed feelings, but it's a worthwhile read.
Obviously, there are some situations in the book where I would not react like Maeve; Josh Derwent is a misogynist and need someone to make him stop his verbal abuse against women. Maeve allow all his comments and tries to exonerate his behaviour; that annoys me but she is so tender and understanding that at the end you forget Derwent's behaviour.
Being a woman in the law enforcement seems that is still not widely accepted within men, would it ever be? If you are good at your work, why there are always rumours that you had won it because you are sleeping with your boss?
It's sad that women's achievements are always questioned. When it will end the men mandate?
This is the fifth book of the Maeve Kerrigan saga, but if you haven't read anything of Jane Casey, it's a good book to start.
This is a good crime book, you will be fascinated about the story and the characters during all the book. It has some panic moments and of course mixed feelings, but it's a worthwhile read.
Obviously, there are some situations in the book where I would not react like Maeve; Josh Derwent is a misogynist and need someone to make him stop his verbal abuse against women. Maeve allow all his comments and tries to exonerate his behaviour; that annoys me but she is so tender and understanding that at the end you forget Derwent's behaviour.
Being a woman in the law enforcement seems that is still not widely accepted within men, would it ever be? If you are good at your work, why there are always rumours that you had won it because you are sleeping with your boss?
It's sad that women's achievements are always questioned. When it will end the men mandate?
Another win in the Maeve Kerrigan series! This one was an intense ride. The body count keeps rising as law enforcement officers across London are killed in the line of duty. Looking forward to reading more.