Detective Maeve Kerrigan is away for a colleagues wedding and shes enjoying an excuse to spend a beautiful fall weekend relaxing in the English countryside Its a much-needed break from the grit and grime of her daily life on the London police force But even at a wedding the job is never far awayMidway through the reception Maeve and her abrasive but loyal partner on the police force DI Josh Derwent are called back to London A fellow policeman has been murdered in a compromising position in a public park at night And when Maeve and Derwent arrive to speak with the victims family his wife and daughter are surprisingly cold and reticent which adds further layers of complexity to an already delicate investigation And Maeve knows the victim and his family arent the only ones with things to hide the dark secret that her boss Superintendent Godley has been keeping for years is threatening to blow up in his face and if that happens theyll all be caught in the aftermathPulled between her loyalties to Godley Derwent the victim of a murder and her own driving sense of right and wrong Maeve will be forced to decide how much shes willing to risk in the name of justice in The Kill Jane Caseys most intimate compelling novel yet.
