The Reckoning - Jane Casey

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Résumé :
A new psychological thriller from the author of The Missing and The Burning. Features a brutal killer who targets paedophiles, and a young Irish DC who is determined to bring the killer to justice. '...compulsive, menacing and moving, a very satisfying psychological thriller' Sophie Hannah

Biographie:
Jane Casey was born and brought up in Dublin. A former editor, she has written eleven 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.

stands out from the pack as both a twisty, well-crafted mystery and as a humanistic portrait of an ambitious professional with a strong moral centre. The series could almost be subtitled Jane Tennison: The Early Years Irish Times The plots [Maeve] has to unravel are impeccably weaved and unfold dexterously while maintaining a strong sense of place and a compulsive, menacing atmosphere. Driven by a strong sense of justice, she is a character younger female readers will find easy to identify with. Definitely one for the future. -- Maxim Jakubowski Love Reading Maeve Kerrigan [is] a fascinating and plausible character.What she has is persistence, integrity and emotional intelligence, and a very deft way of insinuating herself into a reader's affections The Irish Independent A] dramatic, expertly crafted thriller Entertainment Weekly