The Secret Room

Jane Casey's "A Stranger in the Family" is the latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent. It is the most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction, praised by authors such as Erin Kelly, Ruth Ware, Marian Keyes, Liz Nugent, Andrea Mara, and Jo Spain. The book follows wealthy, privileged Ilaria Cavendish, who is found dead in a bath of scalding water in a luxury London hotel. At first glance, it looks like an accident, but all the signs point to murder. For DS Maeve Kerrigan, the case is a welcome distraction, but when shock news hits close to home, affecting her partner, DI Josh Derwent, she faces the toughest challenge of her career.

Format: Hardback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 24 April 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author ‘The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction ERIN KELLY ‘Oh. My. God. RUTH WARE ‘I LOVE it – it is completely MAGNIFICENT MARIAN KEYES Utterly brilliant LIZ NUGENT A magnificent series THE TIMES ‘Sublime ANDREA MARA An old-fashioned locked room mystery wrapped in a deeply moving love story MAIL ONLINE A closed door. An impossible murder. 2:32 p.m. Wealthy,privileged Ilaria Cavendish checks into a luxury London hotel and orders a bottle of champagne. Within the hour,her lover discovers her submerged in a bath of scalding water,dead. At first glance it looks like an accident. No one went in with her. No one came out. But all the signs point to murder. For DS Maeve Kerrigan,the case is a welcome distraction. But when shock news hits close to home,affecting her partner,DI Josh Derwent,she faces the toughest challenge of her career. And if she fails her world will never be the same again… Praise for Jane Casey With every breath in my body,I m BEGGING you to read Jane Casey s books! Marian Keyes ‘The ultimate just-one-more-chapter read. Come for the thrill of a historic disappearance case,and get obsessed by the sexiest will-they-won t-they in crime fiction Abigail Dean ‘Jane Casey is simply one of the best writers of detective fiction today. There arent enough superlatives. Im in awe. I utterly loved it Liz Nugent ‘A twisting,seductive,sensational thriller. Tense,heartfelt and hugely gripping,A Stranger in the Family is Jane Casey at her phenomenal best Chris Whitaker ‘Nobody plots better than Jane Casey…the twist in the end was as surprising as it was satisfying Stig A. The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author ‘The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction ERIN KELLY ‘Oh. My. God. RUTH WARE ‘I LOVE it – it is completely MAGNIFICENT MARIAN KEYES Utterly brilliant LIZ NUGENT A magnificent series THE TIMES ‘Sublime ANDREA MARA An old-fashioned locked room mystery wrapped in a deeply moving love story MAIL ONLINE A closed door. An impossible murder. 2:32 p.m. Wealthy,privileged Ilaria Cavendish checks into a luxury London hotel and orders a bottle of champagne. Within the hour,her lover discovers her submerged in a bath of scalding water,dead. At first glance it looks like an accident. No one went in with her. No one came out. But all the signs point to murder. For DS Maeve Kerrigan,the case is a welcome distraction. But when shock news hits close to home,affecting her partner,DI Josh Derwent,she faces the toughest challenge of her career. And if she fails her world will never be the same again… Praise for Jane Casey With every breath in my body,I m BEGGING you to read Jane Casey s books! Marian Keyes ‘The ultimate just-one-more-chapter read. Come for the thrill of a historic disappearance case,and get obsessed by the sexiest will-they-won t-they in crime fiction Abigail Dean ‘Jane Casey is simply one of the best writers of detective fiction today. There arent enough superlatives. Im in awe. I utterly loved it Liz Nugent ‘A twisting,seductive,sensational thriller. Tense,heartfelt and hugely gripping,A Stranger in the Family is Jane Casey at her phenomenal best Chris Whitaker ‘Nobody plots better than Jane Casey…the twist in the end was as surprising as it was satisfying Stig A.
The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author ‘The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction ERIN KELLY ‘Oh. My. God. RUTH WARE ‘I LOVE it – it is completely MAGNIFICENT MARIAN KEYES Utterly brilliant LIZ NUGENT A magnificent series THE TIMES ‘Sublime ANDREA MARA An old-fashioned locked room mystery wrapped in a deeply moving love story MAIL ONLINE A closed door. An impossible murder. 2:32 p.m. Wealthy,privileged Ilaria Cavendish checks into a luxury London hotel and orders a bottle of champagne. Within the hour,her lover discovers her submerged in a bath of scalding water,dead. At first glance it looks like an accident. No one went in with her. No one came out. But all the signs point to murder. For DS Maeve Kerrigan,the case is a welcome distraction. But when shock news hits close to home,affecting her partner,DI Josh Derwent,she faces the toughest challenge of her career. And if she fails her world will never be the same again… Praise for Jane Casey With every breath in my body,I m BEGGING you to read Jane Casey s books! Marian Keyes ‘The ultimate just-one-more-chapter read. Come for the thrill of a historic disappearance case,and get obsessed by the sexiest will-they-won t-they in crime fiction Abigail Dean ‘Jane Casey is simply one of the best writers of detective fiction today. There arent enough superlatives. Im in awe. I utterly loved it Liz Nugent ‘A twisting,seductive,sensational thriller. Tense,heartfelt and hugely gripping,A Stranger in the Family is Jane Casey at her phenomenal best Chris Whitaker ‘Nobody plots better than Jane Casey…the twist in the end was as surprising as it was satisfying Stig A.

Weight: 636g
Dimension: 164 x 242 x 39 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008702250