The mother was repeatedly stabbed to death, her teenage
daughter's throat was slashed, while the father was knocked
unconscious -- and the surviving daughter is the one to
discover the scene of the horrific crime. Why was Lydia
spared while her twin sister Laura and their mother killed?
And why was her father only left with a bruise on his head?
These are all questions that Met detective Maeve Kerrigan
and her partner are asking as they delve deeper into the
family's background. What they eventually find is more
shocking than they could ever have anticipated.
Maeve is also dealing with a personal stalker who is
targeting both her and her live-in boyfriend, also a
detective. Then she is asked to assist her boss with a case
dealing with the increase in gangland-type killings that
proves unsettling to Maeve's relationship with her boss. It
is a lot for Maeve to deal with, but she proves to be a
strong, resilient woman as she intelligently handles it all.
Jane Casey's THE LAST GIRL is a vividly written
police procedural thriller sure to please fans of this
genre. The investigative skills of the detectives involved,
as well as the many plot twists, make THE LAST GIRL a must-
read novel.
Vast wealth offers London defense attorney Philip Kennford a
lot of things: a gorgeous house with a pool in the backyard,
connections in the top echelons of society, a wardrobe
worthy of Milan runways. But his money doesn’t provide a
happy marriage, or good relationships with his twin
daughters…and it does nothing to protect his family when
someone brutally murders his wife and daughter in their own
home.
When Detective Constable Maeve Kerrigan arrives at the
scene, the two survivors—Philip and his second favorite
daughter, Lydia—both claim to have seen nothing, but it’s
clear right away that this is an unhappy family accustomed
to keeping secrets. Maeve soon finds herself entangled in a
case with a thousand leads that all seem to point nowhere,
and it doesn’t help that her boss, whom she trusts more than
almost anyone, is starting to make decisions that Maeve
finds questionable at best.
In The Last Girl, Jane Casey once again demonstrates
her ability to write vivid, three-dimensional characters and
spin a gripping, unpredictable mystery.
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