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 doesnβt provide a
happy marriage, or good relationships with his twin
daughtersβ¦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 survivorsβPhilip and his second favorite
daughter, Lydiaβboth claim to have seen nothing, but itβs
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 doesnβt 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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