The Burning (A Maeve Kerrigan Crime Novel – Book 1)
The Burning: A Maeve Kerrigan Crime Novel – Book 1) by Jane Casey
498 Pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, British Police Procedural
Maeve Kerrigan is a Detective Constable and asked to participate on a murder task force to solve the Burning Man case. The name comes from the way the murder kills and burns his victims. The latest victim, Rebecca Haworth, does not have similar wounds to the other victims and Maeve begins to wonder if she was killed by a copycat.
The book has a fast pace, the characters are somewhat developed, and it is written in the third person point of view from multiple perspectives. This is the first book in the series and I look forward to reading the rest of the series. If you like British detective stories, you will enjoy reading this one.
