One in Custody

From award-winning author Jane Casey comes an exciting short detective story following Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent.

Everyone is capable of murder…

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‘I’ve killed my husband.’

Those are the words Sheila Gleeson greets the police with when they arrive on her doorstep. There is a murder weapon, fingerprints, a confession. It’s clearly premeditated murder, end of story.

Or is it?

Because when detectives Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent dig a little deeper, they realise things might not be quite what they seem. And soon, they’re forced to question whether the woman in their custody really is as guilty as she seems, or if the killer is still on the loose…

To avoid disappointment, please note this story has previously been published in the back of the Tesco edition of Let the Dead Speak.

Praise for Jane Casey:

‘I was utterly gripped’ Susie Steiner, author of bestseller Missing, Presumed

'I love Maeve Kerrigan – what a terrific series Jane Casey has created’ Sarah Hilary, bestselling author of Someone Else’s Skin

‘Fiendishly gripping’ John Connolly, bestselling author of the Charlie Parker series

‘Fans of intelligent police procedurals and meaty crime fiction are in for a real treat’ Sinead Crowley, bestselling author of Can Anybody Help Me

Reviews

Praise for Jane Casey:

‘I was utterly gripped’ Susie Steiner, author of bestseller Missing, Presumed

‘Sharp, complex and gripping to the very end’ Alex Marwood, bestselling author of The Wicked Girls and The Killer Next Door

‘Fiendishly gripping’ John Connolly, bestselling author of the Charlie Parker series

'I love Maeve Kerrigan – what a terrific series Jane Casey has created’ Sarah Hilary, bestselling author of Someone Else’s Skin

‘Fans of intelligent police procedurals and meaty crime fiction are in for a real treat’ Sinead Crowley, bestselling author of Can Anybody Help Me

‘All the twists and turns of a top-rate police procedural but with the psychological depth of a top-rate psych thriller.’ Tammy Cohen, author of When She Was Bad

‘Hooked me till the last devastating twist’ Woman & Home

‘Witty, wry and with a great big heart, DS Maeve Kerrigan has to be my favourite contemporary detective.’ Irish Times

‘A clever pace-y read full of constant twists and turns that will keep you riveted right until the end’. Red Online

This, my friends, is a really fine crime novel’. Irish Independent

‘One of the most reliably enthralling of current crime series’ Sunday Express

‘Jane Casey’s writing is compulsive, menacing and moving’ Sophie Hannah

‘Astute, complex, layered. You’ll remember this one for a long time’ Lee Child

‘The number of convincing police officers in crime fiction is a tiny squad, but Maeve has the potential to be one of the few female members’ Telegraph

‘Jane Casey’s police procedurals go from strength to strength’ Sunday Times

‘Every scene is well timed. The characters are quickly, expertly drawn. You will turn the pages fast’ Financial Times

‘A truly modern detective tale’ Stylist

‘Accomplished writing and sensitive characterisation’ The Guardian

‘One of the most charming protagonists in contemporary crime fiction’ Irish Times