Name: The Last Girl
ISBN: 9780312622015

Jane Casey

Investigating two brutal murders, Detective Constable Maeve Kerrigan finds the case complicated by deep-rooted family secrets, numerous false leads, and the questionable decisions of a once-trustworthy superintendent.

The Last Girl

Melody Izard

The most interesting things about this series are the relationships. The relationship between Maeve and her partner. Maeve and her mother. Maeve and Rob. The crime plot is usually quite convoluted and sometimes the dialog is hard to figure out who is saying what. But the main characters are well constructed and that's what I like about this series and why I will continue on with them.

The teenage girl was the first victim. Her throat cut to the bone, she didn’t stand a chance. Her mother was the second. She, at least, had time to fight back. Briefly. Called to the South London crime scene, Maeve Kerrigan’s first thought is that this is a domestic dispute gone bad. But the husband – found bloody and unconscious in an upstairs room – insists he’s the third victim not the killer. However, the only witness is his young daughter. And she’s not talking...