I recently read The Burning by Jane Casey, the first in her Maeve Kerrigan series…
It was offered through NetGalley…presumably to persuade people to read the rest of her Kerrigan stories. Maeve is a detective constable in London who is helping to investigate a serial killer who is burning women. The most recent victim, Rebecca Haworth, doesn’t seem to fit the mold for these killings, and it’s Maeve’s job to figure out what’s going on.
I’m a sucker for a good forensic mystery, which this is. It’s not super-heavy lit, but it definitely held my attention and kept me reading. I would read the rest of her books; the characters are somewhat typical but their stories are interesting enough to get me to read #2. Maeve has some version of a personal life and has to deal with sexist power plays (this is the police in London), plus like any good British detective, she often breaks the rules to solve the crime.
The 4th book in the Kerrigan series will be released in the US this May, and is already out in the UK. Casey also writes crime thrillers that aren’t about Kerrigan. The older books, like this one, are also available for a good price on e-readers.
Kathy Nida 