The Secret Room

*The #1 Irish bestseller*

The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author

A closed door.

An impossible murder.

2:32 p.m. Wealthy, privileged Ilaria Cavendish checks into a luxury London hotel and orders a bottle of champagne. Within the hour, her lover discovers her submerged in a bath of scalding water, dead.

At first glance it looks like an accident. No one went in with her. No one came out. But all the signs point to murder.

For DS Maeve Kerrigan, the case is a welcome distraction. But when shock news hits close to home, affecting her partner, DI Josh Derwent, she faces the toughest challenge of her career. And if she fails her world will never be the same again?

'The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction' ERIN KELLY
'Oh. My. God.' RUTH WARE
'I LOVE it - it is completely MAGNIFICENT' MARIAN KEYES
'Utterly brilliant' LIZ NUGENT
'Sublime' ANDREA MARA
'An old-fashioned locked room mystery wrapped in a deeply moving love story' MAIL ONLINE
'This book hit the ground running and didn't let up' Sam Holland
'Her best yet, gripping and twisty but also moving and with a slow-burn sizzle that would put romance writers to shame' Claire McGowan

The Secret Room was a #1 Irish bestseller on Sunday 4th May 2025

READERS LOVE THE SECRET ROOM?

'Flawless writing, flawless plotting and flawless characterisation. I'm utterly addicted to this series!' *****
'You will not be disappointed!' *****
'So compelling and tense right to the end' *****
'This is what Maeve and Josh fans have been waiting for' *****
'I need more already from this addictive series' *****
'This book was really unputdownable!' *****
'It's 1am and I should have been asleep hours ago, but I couldn't put the book down' *****
'Hard to review without spoilers!' *****
'Expect nail biting and very late nights! It stays tense to the very, very end' *****