Blade Frontrunner

I mentioned a couple of weeks back that Jane Casey has been a very busy woman indeed, and that her new book, THE STRANGER YOU KNOW, will be published in July.
  Well, things are about to get even busier for Jane, because she’s been longlisted for the CWA’s ‘Dagger in the Library’ award.
  Quoth the CWA:

The thirteen authors in contention this year are Belinda Bauer, Alison Bruce, S.J. Bolton, Peter May, Gordon Ferris, Tania Carver, Elly Griffiths, Christopher Fowler, Michael Ridpath, Jane Casey, Phil Rickman, Alex Gray and Frances Brody. The shortlist will be announced at Crimefest on 31st May, with the eventual winner being revealed at the Daggers Gala Dinner on 15th July.

  Happy days. Hearty congrats to Jane Casey, and the very best of luck to everyone on the longlist. For all the details, clickety-click here …

Stranger Danger

Jane Casey has been a busy woman over the last 12 months. She’s published the Maeve Kerrigan thriller THE LAST GIRL, a YA novel called HOW TO FALL, and she will publish another Maeve Kerrigan title, THE STRANGER YOU KNOW (Ebury Press), on July 4th. Crikey. Quoth the blurb elves:

He meets women.

He gains their trust.

He kills them.

That’s all Maeve Kerrigan knows about the man she is hunting. Three women have been strangled in their homes by the same sadistic killer. With no sign of a break-in, every indication shows that they let him in.

But the evidence is pointing at a shocking suspect: DI Josh Derwent, Maeve’s colleague. Maeve refuses to believe he could be involved, but how well does she really know him? Because this isn’t the first time Derwent’s been accused of murder.

  So there you have it. Jane Casey has been twice shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards for her Maeve Kerrigan novels. Perhaps THE STRANGER YOU KNOW will be the one to nudge her all the way to the top of the pile …