Let the Dead Speak

A top ten Sunday Times bestselling author

From award-winning author Jane Casey comes a powerful crime thriller, with a delicious edge of psychological suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final page…

A murder without a body
Eighteen-year-old Chloe Emery returns to her West London home one day to find the house covered in blood and Kate, her mother, gone. All the signs point to murder.

A girl too scared to talk
Maeve Kerrigan is determined to prove she’s up to her new role as detective sergeant. She suspects Chloe is hiding something, but getting her to open up is impossible.

A detective with everything to prove
No one on the street is above suspicion. All Maeve needs is one person to talk, but that’s not going to happen. Because even in a case of murder, some secrets are too terrible to share…

What people are saying about Let the Dead Speak:

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

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

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

'A tremendously twisty, emotional read’ Sarah Hilary, author of Someone Else’s Skin

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

‘If you haven’t discovered Jane Casey yet, this is the perfect place to start’ Mark Edwards, author of Follow You Home

‘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