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Book review: The Secret Room by Jane Casey

Book review: The Secret Room by Jane Casey

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The Secret Room by Jane Casey is the latest in the Maeve Kerrigan series and though I’m an intermittent reader of the series I loved the previous book (A Stranger in the Family) which left us hanging. Here, we have one case involving the locked-room death of the young attractive wife of a wealthy man, murdered while at her weekly tryst with her lover; and another featuring Josh Derwent (Maeve’s boss and erstwhile will-they / won’t-they love interest) coming under suspicion after his girlfriend is beaten.

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Book review: A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey

Book review: A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey

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A Stranger in the Family (by Jane Casey) is the eleventh book in the Maeve Kerrigan / Josh Derwent series. I requested it as there’s not been much about lately and am extremely relieved I did as I loved it. It was a huge surprise. According to Goodreads I’ve read the first four books in the series and missed out on reading any since.

Kerrigan and Derwent have come a long way since then and I was surprised to see there’d been a flirtation and perhaps some feelings on one or both sides. And though the will they / won’t they was part of the novel and an element I certainly enjoyed, it doesn’t overshadow the investigation at hand.

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