Close to Home: The 'impossible to put down' Richard & Judy Book Club thriller pick 2018 (DI Fawley)

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The story is tense with wonderful surprising twists. Towards the end we discover something I honestly didn’t see coming. Usually I am good at guessing some of the twists but with this book I was completely blown away.

At the end of the book Sharon and Barry find themselves both up the creek without a paddle between them – Sharon in court accused of Daisy’s murder, and Barry accused of being a serial internet child-abuser. Detective Inspector Adam Fawley is the lead on the investigation, which is one of the book’s superlatives. Everyone carries their weight and the procedurals are highly interesting, causing me to have a tough time finding a breaking point. The clues took me on the most puzzling journey but it prepared me for the big twist in the epilogue. The story is well paced and both narrators delivered two fine performances. It’s a large cast but each was given distinction both in voice and design. The primary suspects kept me off balance for most of the book. And, the inclusion of social media commentary added a layer of reality, no matter how unfortunate. My biggest issue is with Daisy. Not in the way you may think, but it bothered me how she came across when she spoke. There were times she seemed her age, but more times than not she sounded like an adult. My other issue is the final reveal. I felt it came out of nowhere and wasn't particularly necessary.

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The finger of suspicion has a tremendous workout right the way through to the conclusion of ‘In The Dark’, pointing out numerous suspects along the way, ensuring that the reader remains utterly gripped from the word go. also shoutout to the gender roles in this book, which were truly wildin. we've got: objectification of female interviewees; objectification of female police officers; condescension/patronizing of female police officers; judgment of women based on sex life/clothing/maternity; and just really vitriolic ways of talking about women on the internet!!! Aquí se nota una evolución, una trama más trabajada, más complicada en ciertos tramos y que nos hace rebanarnos un poquito más los sesos 😂 I have two gripes with this book though, first the unnecessary epilogue when the book had already ended so well, and second that there are no chapters. I stop reading anywhere in a book - any sentence, chapter, whatever and it's fine but I had this constant feeling of like holding my breath where there's so much to go and no chapters. A me issue, I get that, but I am sooo hoping this isn't consistent with her other work because I am DEFINITELY getting book 2! Revisiting Fawley and his team was like catching up with old friends – in fact this time around there was even more focus on their personal lives – their baggage, conflict, romantic relationship, thoughts on the case and how it impacted and affected them – and I really enjoyed that aspect. After Fawley, Gislingham was my favourite (love his loyalty and patience) but all the characters really brought something extra to the table. Added bonus, more was revealed about Fawley’s past, his son, and his marriage.

Btw, there's NO chapters in this book, just scene breaks. If this sends you into orbit, you've been warned. When eight-year-old Daisy Mason vanishes from her family’s Oxford home during a costume party, Detective Inspector Adam Fawley knows that nine times out of ten, the offender is someone close to home. And Daisy’s family is certainly strange—her mother is obsessed with keeping up appearances, while her father is cold and defensive under questioning. And then there’s Daisy’s little brother, so withdrawn and uncommunicative ... I have a pretty good idea what to expect. It’s what used to be called an ‘Executive Home’. Perhaps still is, for all I There’s plenty of newspaper cuttings and police interview transcripts littered through that narrative that really helps to drive the plot forward.

Cara Hunter’s Adam Fawley books in order:

The investigation into the incarceration of the woman and her son gets off to a frustrating start because she won’t/can’t speak (suspected PTSD), the child can’t and the elderly man is often incoherent. The investigation does continue nevertheless and expands into revelations well beyond a case of kidnapping and imprisonment. As the team delve into the search of the house, they discover a dead body tightly wrapped and taped in a blanket beneath a garden shed. Now it’s a murder case! The body is identified as Hannah Gardiner and one of the major suspects in her murder will be her husband Rob, someone they were suspicious off when she was first reported missing 2 years earlier. The police procedural aspects were very well researched and narrated into the story in an absorbing manner. In the Dark is the 2nd in the DI Fawley series by Cara Hunter, and it’s a fast-paced plot, filled with mystery and intrigue. There are twists galore – just when I thought I had the answers, it went in another direction. An excellent psychological thriller which I recommend. year-old Daisy is reported missing after her family's BBQ. Who's at fault? Her image-obsessed mother? Her shifty-eyed father? Or her sullen brother? I don't think I've ever changed my mind so many times regarding who the perpetrator was - so congratulations to the author for keeping me guessing right until the end. I'm not sure the ending was quite believable, but having been utterly gripped throughout, I'm willing to go with it. The elderly resident of the home had no idea who they were, or how they got there. He had never seen them before, he declared. But he had recently been diagnosed with dementia…

Barry Mason & his family wife Sharon & children Daisy & leo were living a good life until one day their daughter goes missing after a party at their home DI Fawley & his team are brought in to investigate her disappearaance. Fawley interviews Barry & Sharon but both have no clue as to when they last saw her, so as Fawley goes deeper into the case he suspects Barry Mason knows more than he is letting on, lets just say Barry , Sharon & Leo dont have a normal family relationship i will leave it at that as i dont want to give away spoilers. Close to Home is one of the best crime novels I have read. If I were to try writing a crime novel, this is the type of book I’d like to have been able to write. It’s full of great twists and turns, red herrings and a wonderful build up of suspense. Oxford-based author Cara Hunter is definitely a name to look out for. She has an engaging style which will carry you along at pace and rarely takes a foot off the accelerator. Book two of the Fawley series, entitled In the Dark, is due out in July and I’m already looking forward to it! it follows Detective Investigator (i'm making that up, kinda) Adam Fawley, in the most procedural murder book of all time. seriously. if you have ever been interested in the mundane inner workings of a suburban british police station, this is the book for you.

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Al estar plagada de diálogos la historia fluye sola. Y al igual que ya hizo en su primera novela, la narración vendrá intercalada con fragmentos de interrogatorios a los sospechosos, planos, listado de pruebas, cronología de los hechos, noticias, correos electrónicos entre los que llevan el caso con pistas reveladoras... esto ayuda mucho a ubicarnos dentro de la historia y aporta un gran dinamismo al hacernos partícipes de lo que nos cuenta. Adam and his team become embroiled in the tensions and awkward relationships that exist within the Mason family and strange and unsettling details soon begin to emerge. She is rigid with outrage and recrimination and conscious of little else until, in terror, she feels the first sharp little feet start to move across her skin. I would understand if this happened once or twice, but they have solved the whole mystery with coincidences happening one after another as well as random plot lines being added in the middle of nowhere, just to keep the story going. Julia Connor fills half a dozen glasses with juice and carries the tray up to her daughter’s room. She can hear the noise the children are making all the way up the stairs; the neighbours can probably hear it halfway down the street. Inside, the carpet is buried in clothes and costumes.