The Secret Room

Jane Casey author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Publishing:24th Apr '25

£16.99

This title is due to be published on 24th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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The new latest thrilling detective crime mystery novel from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author

The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author

‘The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction’ ERIN KELLY

‘Oh. My. God.’ RUTH WARE

‘I LOVE it – it is completely MAGNIFICENT’ MARIAN KEYES

'Utterly brilliant' LIZ NUGENT

‘A sumptuous golden age locked room mystery wrapped up in a will-they won’t-they love story. Sublime’ ANDREA MARA

A closed door. An impossible murder.

2:32 p.m. Wealthy, privileged Ilaria Cavendish checks into a luxury London hotel and orders a bottle of champagne. Within the hour, her lover discovers her submerged in a bath of scalding water, dead.

At first glance it looks like an accident. No one went in with her. No one came out. But all the signs point to murder.

For DS Maeve Kerrigan, the case is a welcome distraction. But when shock news hits close to home, affecting her partner, DI Josh Derwent, she faces the toughest challenge of her career. And if she fails her world will never be the same again…

Praise for Jane Casey

'With every breath in my body, I'm BEGGING you to read Jane Casey's books!' Marian Keyes

‘The ultimate just-one-more-chapter read. Come for the thrill of a historic disappearance case, and get obsessed by the sexiest will-they-won't-they in crime fiction’ Abigail Dean

‘Jane Casey is simply one of the best writers of detective fiction today. There aren’t enough superlatives. I’m in awe. I utterly loved it’ Liz Nugent

‘A twisting, seductive, sensational thriller. Tense, heartfelt and hugely gripping, A Stranger in the Family is Jane Casey at her phenomenal best’ Chris Whitaker

‘Nobody plots better than Jane Casey…the twist in the end was as surprising as it was satisfying’ Stig Abell

'A Stranger in the Family blew my mind. 2024 has barely started and this is already one of my books of the year’ Jo Spain

‘As tense as piano wire, intricately plotted, endlessly intriguing and all underpinned by a simmering “will they, won’t they” narrative. Just terrific’ Neil Lancaster

‘The undisputed queen of simmering tension. Explosively good’ Sarah Hilary

'A wonderfully clever plot, surprises at every turn…one of the very best authors writing today' Andrea Mara

'Stellar stuff: funny, sexy, and a character and...

Early praise for The Secret Room

‘Oh. My. God.’ Ruth Ware

‘Jane Casey just gets better and better’ Erin Kelly

‘I LOVE it – it is completely MAGNIFICENT’ Marian Keyes

'We all knew Jane Casey was good but even battle-weary cynics among the detective mystery reading cadre will have to stop, pause and take a breath to marvel at Casey’s ingenuity in The Secret Room. Each one of her books excels the one that went before and this is no exception. The heat is ON. I loved it. Utterly brilliant.' Liz Nugent

‘A sumptuous golden age locked room mystery wrapped up in a will-they won’t-they love story. Sublime’ Andrea Mara

‘Jane Casey is an absolute A1, copper-bottomed GENIUS’ Lucy Mangan

'How does she do it? Expert and extraordinarily satisfying … Long term fans will delight in this latest Josh and Maeve installment while readers of crime fiction, both new and old will get lost in a classic locked room mystery' Sinead Crowley

'The Secret Room has it all – heroes and villains, an intriguing mystery with a brilliant solve, and an emotional roller coaster with Maeve and Josh … Gripped from beginning to end' Sam Holland

'My favourite Maeve yet, with two electrifying mysteries and an emotional heartbeat that had mine racing for the whole read' Jo Spain

More praise for Jane Casey's Maeve Kerrigan series

'With every breath in my body, I'm BEGGING you to read Jane Casey's books! A Stranger in the Family is her latest and the plot! The characterisation! The sexual chemistry that continues to burn between Maeve Kerrigan and Derwent! Delivers on every level! I LOVED it!' Marian Keyes

‘The ultimate just-one-more-chapter read. Come for the thrill of a historic disappearance case, and get obsessed by the sexiest will-they-won't-they in crime fiction’ Abigail Dean

‘A twisting, seductive, sensational thriller. Tense, heartfelt and hugely gripping, A Stranger in the Family is Jane Casey at her phenomenal best’ Chris Whitaker

ISBN: 9780008702250

Dimensions: 240mm x 159mm x 29mm

Weight: 270g

416 pages