Review: A STRANGER IN THE FAMILY, Jane Casey

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  This edition read on Kindle (Amazon)
  
• #11 in the Maeve Kerrigan series
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CFQ631Z4
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hemlock Press (March 14, 2024)
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 463 pages

Synopsis  (Amazon)

Winner of Crime Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards
A Times Crime Book of the Year

The gripping new detective thriller from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author

Every mother's worst nightmare …

When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one summer night, her disappearance tore her family apart.

Now, sixteen years later, her mother Helena is found dead, her husband by her side. It looks like a straightforward murder-suicide but DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent soon discover nothing about this case is straightforward.

The Marshalls have been keeping secrets. And someone is prepared to kill to hide the truth. Until Maeve finds out what happened to Rosalie, no one will be safe …

My Take

You will see from the list below that I haven't read all of this series, but nearly all of them.  I recently read THE CLOSE which was a good background to the relationship between Maeve and Josh.

This latest novel explores the disappearance of 9 year old Rosalie Marshall 16 years earlier, against the background of the ongoing relationship between Maeve and Josh. When Rosalie's parents are found dead, it seems likely that the clues to their deaths lie in the cold case of the disappearance of their daughter. A very complex plot emerges.

Well worth reading.

My rating: 4.9

I've also read

4.6, THE MISSING 

4.3, THE BURNING #1

4.5, THE RECKONING - #2

4.4, THE LAST GIRL #3

4.5, LET THE DEAD SPEAK #7

4.6, CRUEL ACTS - #8

4.6, SILENT KILL - #8.5

4.8, THE CUTTING PLACE - #9

4.8, THE KILLING KIND

4.9, THE CLOSE -#10