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The Burning - Jane Casey
The Burning
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A serial killer who wants to watch you burn...The media call him The Burning Man, a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death, before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of London's parks. And now the fifth victim has been found...Maeve Kerrigan is an ambitious detective... show more
A serial killer who wants to watch you burn...The media call him The Burning Man, a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death, before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of London's parks. And now the fifth victim has been found...Maeve Kerrigan is an ambitious detective constable, keen to make her mark on the murder task force. Her male colleagues believe Maeve's empathy makes her weak, but the more she learns about the latest victim, Rebecca Haworth, from her grieving friends and family, the more determined Maeve becomes to bring her murderer to justice. But how do you catch a killer no one has seen? And when so much of the evidence they leave behind has gone up in smoke?
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9781409005018 (1409005011)
Publisher: Ebury Digital
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
Series: Maeve Kerrigan (#1)
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So, I Read This Book Today . . .
So, I Read This Book Today . . . rated it
0.0 Brilliant British Thriller
First, to get this out there, I love British police procedurals. They are normally crisp, compelling and well written. The Burning is a premier example of the best the genre has to offer. Written from the viewpoint of Detective Constable (DC) Maeve Kerrigan, the story focuses on the hunt for “The Bu...
So Many Books...So Little Time!
So Many Books...So Little Time! rated it
4.0
Police procedural about a serial murder investigation and a victim that doesn't fit the profile. Chapters switch back and forth between two of the characters: Maeve Kerrigan, the DC in charge of investigating the copy-cat murder, and Louise North, the best friend of the victim. A couple of chapters ...
Lillie Loves to Read
Lillie Loves to Read rated it
4.5 The Burning by Jane Casey
The debut of a new young detective Maeve Kerrigan, which is a nice change from the older woman detectives (though I love those as well). She is ambitious and smart and looking to solve the mysteries. Loved her grit. Final verdict: Looking forward to the next in the series
A Book and A Review #2
A Book and A Review #2 rated it
4.0
Synopsis: There is a Burning Man serial killer running around London. His latest victim, Rebecca Haworth, has a history behind her, but is she truly his latest victim or of a plot much more sinister. DC Maeve Kerrigan is determined to find out even if it kills her!My opinion: I loved this series deb...
lisally
lisally rated it
A serial killer is loose in London, abducting young women and setting their corpses on fire. DC Maeve Kerrigan and her colleagues have been on the trail of the “Burning Man,” but their efforts have so far proven fruitless. A fifth victim has just been found; however, the crime scene doesn’t exactly ...
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