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

A locked room mystery that will confound and surprise you…

Wealthy, privileged Ilaria Cavendish checks into a luxury London hotel. Within the hour, her lover finds her submerged in a bath of scalding water, dead.

At first glance it looks like an accident, because no one went into the room with her and no one came out, but all the signs point to murder.

For DS Maeve Kerrigan, the case is a welcome distraction from her personal life. But then her partner, DI Josh Derwent, is arrested. Now, Maeve faces the toughest challenge of her career as she juggles both cases – 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! 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

‘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 a case that will break your heart' Jo Callaghan

‘This book hit the ground running and didn’t let up’ Sam Holland

'Her best yet, gripping and twisty but also moving and with a slow-burn sizzle that would put romance writers to shame' Claire McGowan

ISBN: 9780008702250

Dimensions: 240mm x 159mm x 27mm

Weight: 270g

384 pages