The Close: The exciting new detective crime thriller you won’t be able to put down! (Maeve Kerrigan, Book 10)

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I want to thank the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read and review an advanced copy of Jane Casey’s book, ‘The Close’. As they try to gather the evidence they need, they have no idea of the true threat they face – because someone in Jellicoe Close has murder on their mind… Fans will be excited about the long-awaited tension between Maeve and Josh. Highly entertaining! Fast-paced and INTENSE, another great installment by the talented Jane Casey.

This is #10 in the series, but it reads easily as a stand-alone with only a few references to events in past books, and these are well explained. THE AUTHOR: Jane Casey, a former editor, is married to a criminal barrister who ensures her writing is realistic and as accurate as possible. Born in Dublin, Jane now lives in southwest London with her husband and two children.

At a London hospital car park, age 34, Dr. Hassan Dawoud is discovered murdered in his car. His husband, Cameron, was away. Maeve is still recovering from her trauma of past events, domestic violence, and not at her best. The Close is basically a police procedural crossed with a fake dating romance (if couples end up together EVERY time in romance books, I wouldn't know and this doesn't mean they do here and it doesn't mean they don't either). I loved the mix of genres and all the suspense. On the surface, Maeve and Josh don't appear to get on, but underneath they have a deep respect for one another. But what is living in close quarters and posing as a newly loved-up couple going to do to that relationship? As deeply satisfying yet intensely moreish as all its predecessors – I devoured it, I loved it, I want the next one ASAP, please’ Lucy Mangan

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Thank you NetGalley and Harper Collins for this eARC this is my honest opinion of this delightful read. DS Maeve Kerr and DI Josh Derwent go undercover as a couple to get to the bottom of a missing person's case.

Apart from that I thoroughly enjoyed it. There's no particularly gory scenes, which I also find gratuitous on occasion. The story doesn't involve one crime but several and Maeve is a great character who brings just enough of her personal life to bear on the cases (excepting the Derwent nonsense). A meticulously plotted thriller populated with a cast of richly drawn characters that exudes a distinct air of deadly menace’ Irish Independent This book probably won't work for you if you haven't read the earlier books in the series. But if you have, make sure you have time to binge it in one sitting - you'll want to 😍 I was hesitant to jump into this series at book ten, but I just couldn't resist the premise and the drive to find another good detective mystery series. The Close is a fast paced police procedural with an intriguing and complex plot, and interesting characters that I read in little more than 24 hours. Once I got into the last third, I simply couldn't put The Close down. The further the story progressed, the tenser it got. I can't wait for the next in this series.I will add that I did not feel lost when it came to Josh and Maeve's narrative in terms of the broad strokes, but I know that there are some undertones and a history that could make my understanding of their dynamic more informed by reading the previous nine books. The good news is that this story had me immersed from the start-and while there were a few stretches that weighed down the pacing-I found this is a series that I am definitely going to add to my TBR list! Before I finished this book I was already searching for titles in my library. I want to start at the first book and see if it can possibly be as good as The Close!

Murderous deception As they try to gather the evidence they need, they have no idea of the true threat they face – because someone in Jellicoe Close has murder on their mind…We'll meet the neighbors. A group of definite wingnuts with each overflowing with their own set and degree of quirkiness. Who knows what and what is the what? The two Met detectives are sent undercover by the senior aide to the London Mayor to discover how her brother-in-law ended up dead. Shortlisted for the Dead Good Reader Awards 2017 in the Best Police Procedural category for LET THE DEAD SPEAK.