EDITORIAL DIRECTOR EMMA GRUNDY HAIGH NETS DEBUT BY SERVING POLICE OFFICER-TURNED-CRIME WRITER CASEY KING IN TWO-BOOK DEAL
Joffe Books’s editorial director Emma Grundy Haigh has netted a sizzling debut by serving police officer-turned-crime writer, publishing under the pen name Casey King in a two-book deal.
In the first of this breathlessly pacey new series, a female gang boss and female police officer must work together to pursue revenge, following a fatal shooting ten years ago that shattered both their lives in this Dublin-based thriller.
Danielle Lewis is third in line to her uncle’s criminal empire. Saoirse Kelly is on compassionate leave from An Garda Siochana. Following a violent episode in which both women miscarry, they leave Dublin to mourn in private. Now they’re back. As the two women become more and more entwined with the criminal underworld, they uncover a network of family secrets, betrayal and deceit buried in a past neither can shake.
Internationally bestselling author of the Maeve Kerrigan mystery series Jane Casey says:
“Casey King writes with total authority about life on the dark side of Dublin, drawing you in with fascinating characters in dire situations. Her debut is authentic, gripping and thoroughly entertaining.”
Casey King says:
“The solitary act of writing is made all the more rewarding when my agent, Kate Nash, places my novel in the capable hands of Emma and the team at Joffe Books. I am very excited for this collaboration and where Emma and Joffe Books will take this next stage of my writing career, as they bring my gritty, female-led, gangland thriller to the hearts and minds of readers.”
Emma Grundy Haigh says:
“Casey is a fantastically talented writer and I was gripped by her sharp, propulsive writing from the start. The debut, a gritty page-turning gangland thriller, sends the reader skittering into a world of brutal, yet relatable women and snarling family dynamics, bolstered by brilliant police procedural elements borne of Casey’s own experience in the Irish police force. The result is a deliciously twisty ride into gangland Dublin that will keep readers glued to their seats. I am so excited that Casey has found a home with us at Joffe Books and I look forward to seeing where we will take these two novels.”