Love Lies Bleeding: A short story (Maeve Kerrigan)

From award-winning author Jane Casey comes an exciting short detective story following Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent. <p> Murder can happen in the most unlikely of places... </p> <p> Don’t miss the newest Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent thriller – THE CLOSE – Coming March 2023. Available to Pre-Order now! </p> <p>When Detectives Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent arrive at the solicitors’ firm of Mitchford Bexley, they instantly see it is a place of wealth, good taste, and orderly calm. Except, that is, for the bloody footprints leading out of the reception...</p> <p>Diana Bexley – beautiful, successful, independent – has been brutally murdered in her office. She was clearly targeted. The culprit entered the office with a motorbike helmet on, and was in and out within four minutes.</p> <p>Who would do such a thing? Could it be Diana’s ex-husband? Her business partner? Her colleague with whom she was having an affair? Only Maeve and Derwent can discover the truth...</p> <p> To avoid disappointment, please note this story has previously been published in the back of the Asda edition of Let the Dead Speak. </p> <p> Praise for Jane Casey: </p> <p>'I love Maeve Kerrigan – what a terrific series Jane Casey has created’ Sarah Hilary, bestselling author of Someone Else’s Skin</p> <p>‘I was utterly gripped’ Susie Steiner, author of bestseller Missing, Presumed</p> <p>‘Sharp, complex and gripping to the very end’ Alex Marwood, bestselling author of The Wicked Girls and The Killer Next Door</p> <p>‘Fiendishly gripping’ John Connolly, bestselling author of the Charlie Parker series</p>