Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Left for Dead | 2013 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 2 | The Burning | 2010 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 3 | The Reckoning | 2011 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 4 | The Last Girl | 2012 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 5 | The Stranger You Know | 2013 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 6 | The Kill | 2014 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 7 | After the Fire | 2015 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 8 | Let the Dead Speak | 2017 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 9 | Cruel Acts | 2019 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 10 | The Cutting Place | 2020 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 11 | Love Lies Bleeding | 2019 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 12 | A Stranger in the Family | 2024 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 13 | Silent Kill | 2020 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 14 | The Close | 2023 | Jane Casey | Buy |
| 15 | The Secret Room | 2025 | Jane Casey | N/A |
The Maeve Kerrigan series by Jane Casey is a London-set police procedural that began with The Burning in 2010. The series follows Maeve Kerrigan, an ambitious detective on the Metropolitan Police’s murder team, as she investigates homicides across the city. Casey’s background in Irish literature and her husband’s legal career inform the books’ realistic portrayal of police work and the justice system.
The series has grown to fifteen books, including The Reckoning (2011), The Last Girl (2012), The Stranger You Know (2013), which won the Mary Higgins Clark Award, and After the Fire (2015), which won Irish Crime Novel of the Year. More recent entries include The Cutting Place (2020), The Close (2023), A Stranger in the Family (2024), and The Secret Room (2025). Kerrigan’s character develops across the series as she gains experience and authority, making the books rewarding to read in sequence.