![]() The Burning has quite a few things going for it.įirstly there is Maeve Kerrigan, a smart and likeable character to hang a book on. Kerrigan is tasked with looking into Rebecca’s life to try and confirm if she is indeed a victim of the notorious serial killer, or if there is something even more complex going on. As the book opens, a fifth body, that the beautiful and successful Rebecca Haworth has been found, however at closer examination, her murder appears to be a copycat. He is killing young women in an area of London, dumping and burning their bodies. Maeve Kerrigan is a 28-year-old Detective Constable with the Metropolitan Police in London, who along with her partner, Rob Langton, is part of the team investigating a series of gruesome murders by a serial killer nicknamed the ‘Burning Man’. ![]() On the basis of The Burning, where Casey expertly mixes police procedural with psychological thriller, there is no need for her to stand in anyone’s shadow. ![]() The Burning is the first in her series featuring DC Maeve Kerrigan, a 28 year old Irish woman working for the Metropolitan Police and her partner Rob Langton. ![]() I can understand publishers wishing to capitalise on French’s success, but I think it does a disservice to Jane Casey, who is writing a very different type of procedural but just happens to come from the same place. Being a female Irish crime writer seems to lead to inevitable comparisons with Tana French. ![]()
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