Cruel Acts

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.

‘Cruel Acts is magnificent…I could not stop reading it! Utter brilliance’ Marian Keyes‘You’ll be checking the locks and looking over your shoulder after reading this one…clever, classy crime fiction with a conscience’ Erin Kelly‘Jane Casey’s brilliant storytelling pulled me straight into Maeve Kerrigan’s world, leaving me breathless and wanting more’ Fiona Barton‘Jane Casey is writing one of THE very best police series around…Terrific’ Sarah Hilary, bestselling author of the DI Marnie Rome series‘The smartest, most empathetic writer of police procedural novels today. I absolutely, whole-heartedly adored this book’ Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Skin Deep‘One of the most authentic police procedural writers around’ Jo Spain, bestselling author of The Confession‘A compulsive read. The story is captivating’ Patricia Gibney, author of the Detective Lottie Parker series‘An utterly engaging, powerful novel that had me hooked from page one’ Helen Fields, author of Perfect Remains‘Kept me turning the pages long into the night’ Rachel Abbott, author of the Tom Douglas thriller series‘Humane, emotional and deeply intelligent’ Sinéad Crowley, author of the DS Claire Boyle series‘Mesmerising’ Sunday Times‘The plot makes for a breathtaking page-turner’ Sun‘One of the most thoroughly human and convincing police officers in the fictional ranks’ Guardian‘Jane Casey is a terrific writer and her Maeve Kerrigan books are irresistible’ Irish Times‘This brutal thriller doesn’t pull its punches, and it hooks till the last gasp’ Heat‘You’ll be totally hooked’ Woman & Home‘There are procedural crime novels and then there are procedurals written by Irish writer Jane Casey’ i‘Real emotional depth’ Guardian, Books of the Year‘A masterful tale of twisted psychology, trauma and betrayal’ Woman’s Weekly‘A series that's establishing itself as one of the finest in all of crime fiction’ Irish Independent