The Last Girl: A Crime Novel (Maeve Kerrigan)

by Jane Casey

The teenage girl was the first victim.

Her throat cut to the bone, she didn't stand a chance. Her mother, at least, had time to fight back. Briefly.

Called to the crime scene in leafy Wimbledon, Maeve Kerrigan's first thought is that this is a domestic dispute gone bad. But the husband is found lying bleeding and unconscious in an upstairs room. As a criminal barrister he insists he's the third victim rather than their prime suspect, even if he's a man who makes enemies easily.

The only other surviving family member is fifteen-year-old Lydia. She was the one to find her mother and twin sister's bodies - and the only witness Maeve has.But she isn't talking...

• ISBN10: 1250048958
• ISBN13: 9781250048950
• Publish Date: 29 April 2014 (first published 24 May 2012)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Minotaur Books
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 480
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

OOh that was messed up.

A young girl, the messed up twin in the family survives a brutal murder of her sister and mother, where her father is knocked unconscious, it turns out that her father is deeply unpleasant and has a lot of skeletons in his cupboard. To add to it all Maeve's relationship with Rob is strained by their jobs and her stalker and her partner Derwent is a pig.

The resolution of the murder mystery is interesting and the range of suspects is interesting and kept me reading the story. The father was a nasty piece of work.