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By Jane Casey Published by HarperCollins Synopsis: Leo Stone is a ruthless killer – or the victim of a miscarriage of justice. A year ago, he was convicted of the murder of two women and sentenced to life in prison. But now he’s free, and according to him, he's innocent. DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent are determined to put Stone back behind bars where he belongs, but the more Maeve finds out, the less convinced she is of his guilt. Then another woman disappears in similar circumstances. Is there a copycat killer, or have they been wrong about Stone from the start? How did this book end up in my hands? This was another brilliant serialisation by The Pigeonhole . Was it a page-turner? Yes, yes, yes! Having to wait for each instalment to be published was extremely difficult. I am normally quite patient but this book tested me! Did the book meet my expectations? This book went above and beyond expectations as it wasn’t as graphic as I feared (al...

Hi Jane ! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of Cruel Acts ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Cruel Acts is about a convicted killer named Leo Stone, who has been found guilty of the murder of two women. Unfortunately, during his trial the jurors searched for his name on the internet and discovered parts of his criminal history that they weren’t supposed to know. He is released pending a retrial, and Detective Sergeant Maeve Kerrigan is one of the police officers tasked with finding new evidence to make sure he isn’t set free for good. Did you have the plot entirely figured out when you started writing the book or did it take an unexpected turn as the characters grew on the page? A: I thought I had the plot completely worked out but it became much twistier as I was writing. There was one paragraph where the characters were supposed to find a single body, but I found myself typing that they had found four. It sounds flippant, bu...