xCMaeve Kerrigan is a fascinating and plausible characterx What she has is persistence integrity and emotional intelligence and a very deft way of insinuating herself into a readerxs affectionsxD xThe Irish Independent UKVast wealth offers London defense attorney Philip Kennford a lot of things a gorgeous house with a pool in the backyard connections in the top echelons of society a wardrobe worthy of Milan runways But his money doesnxt provide a happy marriage or good relationships with his twin daughtersxand it does nothing to protect his family when someone brutally murders his wife and daughter in their own homeWhen Detective Constable Maeve Kerrigan arrives at the scene the two survivorsxPhilip and his second-favorite daughter Lydiaxboth claim to have seen nothing but itxs clear right away that this is an unhappy family accustomed to keeping secrets Maeve soon finds herself entangled in a case with a thousand leads that all seem to point nowhere and it doesnxt help that her boss whom she trusts more than almost anyone is starting to make decisions that Maeve finds questionable at bestIn The Last Girl Jane Casey once again demonstrates her ability to write vivid three-dimensional characters and spin a gripping unpredictable mystery.
