The Close: The exciting new detective crime thriller you won’t be able to put down!: Book 10 (Maeve Kerrigan)

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Finish whatever you start. Everyone has a moment halfway through a creative project where they think they should give up – but don’t! You are supreme ruler for a day. Which law do you pass or abolish? But the more DC Georgia Shaw and her colleagues Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent delve into the crime, the more elusive the answers become.

The "new" characters were not likeable but it didn't change how I felt about it - I literally only cared about Maeve and Derwent. DS Maeve Kerr and DI Josh Derwent go undercover as a couple to get to the bottom of a missing person's case. For fans of the Maeve Kerrigan series, this is a story with a difference. Told from Georgia’s point of view, we see Maeve and Josh from the outside…like you’ve never seen them before. Critical PraiseHe suggests a new case, one that requires a different approach, one that could make or break a career. Josh offers Maeve the opportunity to join him on a stake-out but it will require them living together and posing as a couple in a quiet rural estate. This is a definite situation of lines being blurred and Maeve is nervous of what to expect and the challenges they will face, but decides to take Josh up on his offer. A new scene might just be what she needs to shake her out of this reverie. At first glance, Jellicoe Close seems to be a perfect suburban street - well-kept houses with pristine lawns, neighbours chatting over garden fences, children playing together. But there are dark secrets behind the neat front doors, hidden dangers that include ruthless criminals who will stop at nothing. It's up to DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent to uncover the truth. Posing as a couple they move into the Close, blurring the lines between professional and personal as never before.

You started off as an editor of YA fiction and also have a YA series, featuring Jess Tennant. Tell me about it. Is it a field you’d like to return to? Odd things might be happening at Jellicoe Close. But without proof, there’s nothing that can be done. it’s up to DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent to find something, and the only way that can be done is to somehow integrate themselves into this suburban street’s community. Posing as a happy couple, they move into one of the residents’ houses, ostensibly to do a bit of dog-sitting. DS Maeve Kerrigan and DC Georgia Shaw observe the body slumped half in and half out of the BMW sports car in the hospital car park. The victim is Dr Hassan Dawoud and after extensive enquiries his killer remains elusive. As if a hard to solve a murder isn’t enough the team are instructed by the Mayors office to look into the death of a vulnerable adult, Davy Bidwell, discovered in a derelict house in Acton. Davy’s family believe Judy Thwaites, who Davy lodges with for a few days, is exploiting vulnerable people. An undercover operation is planned and DI Josh Derwent insists Maeve works with him on this. So the pair arrive at Jellicoe Close, West Idleford as a couple and dog sitters for a very lively pooch! Such a cute dog!

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This book is very much for the fans. While you can read it as a standalone, you’ll find at least reading the previous book, The Cutting Place would allow you to drink in the developments of Maeve and Josh’s partnership. But honestly I think you should start from the beginning to get its full deliciousness. In this book there is not one but two cases to solve. Dr Hassan Dawoud has been found murdered in his car. Maeve, who is not quite at her best yet begins to investigate before she and DI Josh Derwent are tasked with posing as a couple while house and dog sitting. While there they will investigate the death of an emaciated young man. The man was found with horrible injuries and his last known residence was in a home on Jellicoe Close. Jellicoe Close looks like a pristine street with nice homes, friendly neighbors, and happy children. But there are secrets on this street... The Close” is the tenth novel in the DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent series and having read a few of these books already, I knew exactly the top class police procedural/thriller I’d be getting from Jane Casey and as expected, it was as professional as anticipated. There were two interesting crimes to solve in this book; the death of a consultant found dead in his car in a hospital car park and the suspicious death of a thirty three year old man who, from his remains of his body, suffered terribly before he died. The latter investigation takes Maeve and Josh undercover to Jellicoe Close, to monitor a neighbour who housed the young man prior to his death. Obviously, living as a couple and not colleagues, brings its own sexual tensions and the flirting, the will they/won’t they at the same time as keeping the investigation professional, has the reader simmering with expectation. The suspense escalates towards the denouement and all in all, I was kept thoroughly entertained from start to finish. And while Maeve and Josh try to gather the evidence they need, they have no idea of the danger they face – because someone in Jellicoe Close has murder on their mind. For those who are tired of Rowling´s handling of a similar situation (I am, and stopped reading the series because of it),don´t worry.