Cruel Acts
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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
Jane Casey has written fifteen crime novels for adults and three for teenagers. A former editor, she is married to a criminal barrister who helps to ensure 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. She also won Irish Crime Novel of the Year in 2019 for Cruel Acts, which was a Sunday Times bestseller, and in 2024 for A Stranger in the Family. Jane’s standalone thriller The Killing Kind has been adapted for television.
Born in Dublin, Jane now lives in southwest London with her husband and two children.