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Жителі тихої оксфордської вулиці шоковані. Під час ремонтних робіт у підвалі будинку ледь живими знайшли молоду жінку з маленькою дитиною. Ніхто з мешканців не впізнає цих людей, жінка не говорить ані слова, а в поліції немає жодної заяви про подібне зникнення.. Власник будинку - самотній літній чоловік з ознаками деменції - стверджує, що ніколи раніше не бачив їх і навіть не здогадувався про приховану кімнату у власному підвалі…
Однак детектив Адам Фоулі знає: ніщо не стається просто так і ніхто не є таким безневинним, яким здається на перший погляд.
Жителі тихої оксфордської вулиці шоковані. Під час ремонтних робіт у підвалі будинку ледь живими знайшли молоду жінку з маленькою дитиною. Ніхто з мешканців не впізнає цих людей, жінка не говорить ані слова, а в поліції немає жодної заяви про подібне зникнення.. Власник будинку - самотній літній чоловік з ознаками деменції - стверджує, що ніколи раніше не бачив їх і навіть не здогадувався про приховану кімнату у власному підвалі…
Однак детектив Адам Фоулі знає: ніщо не стається просто так і ніхто не є таким безневинним, яким здається на перший погляд.
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First published July 12, 2018
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Cara Hunter
19 books3,068 followersCara Hunter is a writer who lives in Oxford, in a street not unlike those featured in her series of crime books. Close to Home is her debut featuring DI Adam Fawley, and her second, In the Dark, is coming soon.
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May 28, 2018
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.
The second in the DI Adam Fawley series gets off to a riveting start, with the discovery of a young woman and a child in the cellar of a former academic (who incidentally exhibits all the signs of dementia). It seems that they have been held captive, and the woman in particular is in a bad way, unable even to speak, such is the level of her trauma. Investigations demonstrate links to a missing girl two years previously, (and how DI Fawley and his team painstakingly identify the dots that join the two is just ingenious)!
Fawley and his team have their work cut out with what turns out to be an extremely complex case, and the author certainly brings these guys to life. I particularly liked the relationship between Detectives Quinn and Gislingham (Gis) “Gis, who has always been exceptionally good at knowing when to stop digging, and Quinn who carries his own set of shovels“! DI Fawley himself is very perceptive, and he shares those perceptions with a touch of humour and irony.
As police procedurals go, it doesn’t get much better, alternating between characters good, bad, and innocent, where motivations vary from the pure to the malicious, and with plenty of twists and turns. I can now include Cara Hunter on my list of favourite authors. Well done Cara!
*Thank you to Netgalley, Penguin Books UK, and Cara Hunter for my ARC in exchange for an honest review *
The second in the DI Adam Fawley series gets off to a riveting start, with the discovery of a young woman and a child in the cellar of a former academic (who incidentally exhibits all the signs of dementia). It seems that they have been held captive, and the woman in particular is in a bad way, unable even to speak, such is the level of her trauma. Investigations demonstrate links to a missing girl two years previously, (and how DI Fawley and his team painstakingly identify the dots that join the two is just ingenious)!
Fawley and his team have their work cut out with what turns out to be an extremely complex case, and the author certainly brings these guys to life. I particularly liked the relationship between Detectives Quinn and Gislingham (Gis) “Gis, who has always been exceptionally good at knowing when to stop digging, and Quinn who carries his own set of shovels“! DI Fawley himself is very perceptive, and he shares those perceptions with a touch of humour and irony.
As police procedurals go, it doesn’t get much better, alternating between characters good, bad, and innocent, where motivations vary from the pure to the malicious, and with plenty of twists and turns. I can now include Cara Hunter on my list of favourite authors. Well done Cara!
*Thank you to Netgalley, Penguin Books UK, and Cara Hunter for my ARC in exchange for an honest review *
March 14, 2024
In the Dark (A DI Adam Fawley Novel, Book 2)
Cara Hunter (Author), Lee Ingleby (Narrator), Emma Cunniffe (Narrator)
When a young woman and a child are found in the locked basement room of the house of a man suffering from dementia, neither one of them can tell authorities their names. The woman is too traumatized to speak and the little boy may not even know how to speak. The more that DI Fawley and his team learn, the more the horrors grow.
Could this case be linked to the death of a woman in the same neighborhood? Why does no one seem to be looking for this young woman and her child? Was the child born in this basement?
The deeper they dig the sicker the situation seems. So many secrets, people are hiding things, the very woman they are trying to help isn't helping them. She has every right to be traumatized but something isn't right with the entire situation. Once again I was wrapped up in the story and appalled by the events. It's not just the victims that are interesting but also members of Fawley's team and the politics among them. Add to that the excellent audiobook narration and I was riveted by the story.
Once again I'm amused by language. This time I heard the word correctly but I didn't understand what it meant. The word is "bog" and the location is the bog on the upstairs floor. I thought that this area and this house must be extremely humid to have a bog on the upstairs floor of the house. Bog this, bog that, how could there be a bog in a house? Finally I cottoned on to the fact that the bog they were talking about was a toilet. Ha ha
Pub Feb 19, 2019
Cara Hunter (Author), Lee Ingleby (Narrator), Emma Cunniffe (Narrator)
When a young woman and a child are found in the locked basement room of the house of a man suffering from dementia, neither one of them can tell authorities their names. The woman is too traumatized to speak and the little boy may not even know how to speak. The more that DI Fawley and his team learn, the more the horrors grow.
Could this case be linked to the death of a woman in the same neighborhood? Why does no one seem to be looking for this young woman and her child? Was the child born in this basement?
The deeper they dig the sicker the situation seems. So many secrets, people are hiding things, the very woman they are trying to help isn't helping them. She has every right to be traumatized but something isn't right with the entire situation. Once again I was wrapped up in the story and appalled by the events. It's not just the victims that are interesting but also members of Fawley's team and the politics among them. Add to that the excellent audiobook narration and I was riveted by the story.
Once again I'm amused by language. This time I heard the word correctly but I didn't understand what it meant. The word is "bog" and the location is the bog on the upstairs floor. I thought that this area and this house must be extremely humid to have a bog on the upstairs floor of the house. Bog this, bog that, how could there be a bog in a house? Finally I cottoned on to the fact that the bog they were talking about was a toilet. Ha ha
Pub Feb 19, 2019
January 19, 2019
Wow! In the Dark is an impressive police procedural with a captivating mystery. I thought that this was going to be a typical procedural that focused more on characterization than the mystery, but it was so much more! The characters are compelling and the mystery is freaking fantastic!!
DI Fawley and his team are brought in to investigate when a young girl and a two-year-old child are rescued from being held as prisoners in a basement for several years in an exclusive neighborhood in Oxford, England. At the same time, a clue pops up in a missing person’s case that had gone cold. As Fawley and team slowly uncover the identity of the sick and perverted captor of the girl in the basement, they realize the two cases might be linked. It appears that a serial kidnapper and rapist had been right under their nose for years. Or is all that it seems?
I read so many mysteries and thrillers that I can usually solve a case or figure out a twist rather quickly, but not with this book. My inner detective failed big time! Hunter’s characters really pulled the wool over my eyes. I had been craving a good police procedural and this more than fit the bill. I enjoyed the first book in the series but I loved this one so much more because it took me by surprise.
In the Dark can be read as a standalone. With that being said, the characters have developed since the first book, especially Fawley. I liked getting more of a glimpse into his home life with his wife. I have to say out of all of the procedural series that I read, the characters in this one appear to be the most human and the most normal (this is a good thing!).
I knocked my rating down a star because I found it to be too slow in the beginning, and I didn’t get hooked until I was about 40% in. Also, the narrative structure takes some getting used to. I find it odd that DI Fawley’s chapters begin in the first person, but other characters begin in the third person and sometimes switch into the first person. But please don’t let my annoying criticism prevent you from reading this book!
This series, which was at the lower end of my favorites, has moved way to the top! I cannot wait to read book three! I am HOOKED!
I received an ARC of this book from Edelweiss and Penguin Books.
DI Fawley and his team are brought in to investigate when a young girl and a two-year-old child are rescued from being held as prisoners in a basement for several years in an exclusive neighborhood in Oxford, England. At the same time, a clue pops up in a missing person’s case that had gone cold. As Fawley and team slowly uncover the identity of the sick and perverted captor of the girl in the basement, they realize the two cases might be linked. It appears that a serial kidnapper and rapist had been right under their nose for years. Or is all that it seems?
I read so many mysteries and thrillers that I can usually solve a case or figure out a twist rather quickly, but not with this book. My inner detective failed big time! Hunter’s characters really pulled the wool over my eyes. I had been craving a good police procedural and this more than fit the bill. I enjoyed the first book in the series but I loved this one so much more because it took me by surprise.
In the Dark can be read as a standalone. With that being said, the characters have developed since the first book, especially Fawley. I liked getting more of a glimpse into his home life with his wife. I have to say out of all of the procedural series that I read, the characters in this one appear to be the most human and the most normal (this is a good thing!).
I knocked my rating down a star because I found it to be too slow in the beginning, and I didn’t get hooked until I was about 40% in. Also, the narrative structure takes some getting used to. I find it odd that DI Fawley’s chapters begin in the first person, but other characters begin in the third person and sometimes switch into the first person. But please don’t let my annoying criticism prevent you from reading this book!
This series, which was at the lower end of my favorites, has moved way to the top! I cannot wait to read book three! I am HOOKED!
I received an ARC of this book from Edelweiss and Penguin Books.
February 24, 2019
Sometimes you just need to pick up a super dark crime thriller and roll with it.
Las year, I had the pleasure of winning a finished copy of Cara Hunter's first DI Adam Fawley novel Close To Home via Goodreads. I'm a sucker for a good police procedural, and find that I require the detail of the various detectives' personal lives to be just as intriguing as the case that they are solving. I was won over immediately with the flawed protagonists and the twisty case that left me scratching my brain all the way until the mind blowing epilogue. I was pleased to discover that I wasn't even close to figuring out what had really happened, so needless to say, I had extremely high expectations going into book #2 in the series. I'm pleased to report that In the Dark was another high quality installment to a new favorite series on my radar.
Again, Ms. Hunter captivates the audience with a dark, dark premise, one where a woman and child have been held in the basement of an elderly man's home for an indeterminate amount of time. They are happened upon by chance, and the police are quick to tie this case to another missing woman from 3 years prior. The beginning is a beautiful slow burn, where the reader is privy to a realistic insight of the timetable and steps required of a police procedural, but I never felt bored once. The author uses a wonderful array of multimedia inserts, such as twitter feeds, newspaper articles, and email exchanges to keep the interest there; I was thrilled to see that the author chose to continue this approach from book one.
I don't want to give any spoilers, but the ending once again had my head spinning. We reap the benefits of copious amounts of drama in the various detectives' personal lives, and I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I'm still unsure of what the epilogue implies at the end. If you've read this one, I'd love a chance to pick your brain and see if you can ensure I've understood correctly. Overall, this was another book that I felt my time was well spent in investment towards, and highly recommend all fans of police procedural crime fiction to take a chance on picking up for themselves.
*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy.
Las year, I had the pleasure of winning a finished copy of Cara Hunter's first DI Adam Fawley novel Close To Home via Goodreads. I'm a sucker for a good police procedural, and find that I require the detail of the various detectives' personal lives to be just as intriguing as the case that they are solving. I was won over immediately with the flawed protagonists and the twisty case that left me scratching my brain all the way until the mind blowing epilogue. I was pleased to discover that I wasn't even close to figuring out what had really happened, so needless to say, I had extremely high expectations going into book #2 in the series. I'm pleased to report that In the Dark was another high quality installment to a new favorite series on my radar.
Again, Ms. Hunter captivates the audience with a dark, dark premise, one where a woman and child have been held in the basement of an elderly man's home for an indeterminate amount of time. They are happened upon by chance, and the police are quick to tie this case to another missing woman from 3 years prior. The beginning is a beautiful slow burn, where the reader is privy to a realistic insight of the timetable and steps required of a police procedural, but I never felt bored once. The author uses a wonderful array of multimedia inserts, such as twitter feeds, newspaper articles, and email exchanges to keep the interest there; I was thrilled to see that the author chose to continue this approach from book one.
I don't want to give any spoilers, but the ending once again had my head spinning. We reap the benefits of copious amounts of drama in the various detectives' personal lives, and I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I'm still unsure of what the epilogue implies at the end. If you've read this one, I'd love a chance to pick your brain and see if you can ensure I've understood correctly. Overall, this was another book that I felt my time was well spent in investment towards, and highly recommend all fans of police procedural crime fiction to take a chance on picking up for themselves.
*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy.
January 18, 2024
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January 9, 2021
In the Dark by Cara Hunter is the second outing for DI Adam Fawley and his team and a very exciting one it is too!
A young woman and child are found locked in the basement of a large house belonging to a very confused old man. It seems they’ve been imprisoned for years in dark, dank, inhuman conditions.
A few years earlier, a young woman, a BBC reporter, who lived nearby, mysteriously went missing. Are the two cases connected?
This thriller/ police procedural series set in Oxford, is fast becoming addictive. The story lines are clever and surprising, the pacing is perfect and we’re getting to know the characters in Fawley’s team, incrementally, book by book. Carefully drawn individuals with credible back stories and realistic flaws are beginning to emerge, and the sometimes off colour banter of a modern police station, feels authentic.
The writing style that pulls together this unsettling, at times shocking, story is breezy, unpretentious and peppered with wit.
Two books in and I’m loving this series!
A young woman and child are found locked in the basement of a large house belonging to a very confused old man. It seems they’ve been imprisoned for years in dark, dank, inhuman conditions.
A few years earlier, a young woman, a BBC reporter, who lived nearby, mysteriously went missing. Are the two cases connected?
This thriller/ police procedural series set in Oxford, is fast becoming addictive. The story lines are clever and surprising, the pacing is perfect and we’re getting to know the characters in Fawley’s team, incrementally, book by book. Carefully drawn individuals with credible back stories and realistic flaws are beginning to emerge, and the sometimes off colour banter of a modern police station, feels authentic.
The writing style that pulls together this unsettling, at times shocking, story is breezy, unpretentious and peppered with wit.
Two books in and I’m loving this series!
May 18, 2020
Probing
In the Dark is a very intelligent and brilliantly realised crime mystery. DI Adam Fawley returns in this second book from Cara Hunter, to lead a complex police investigation involving murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment, rape, theft and a few other crimes. It is a smart, highly charged and engrossing story with surprises and dead-ends galore.
New owners of a house in an exclusive area of Oxford are undertaking renovation work in their basement when they inadvertently knock a hole through into the neighbour’s basement. Through the gap, they catch a glimpse of an emaciated woman and a child. The owner of the other house is Dr William Harper, a retired University professor, in his seventies, apparently suffering from Alzheimer’s, and living alone, well supposedly alone apart from a woman and child imprisoned in his basement. There are inclinations similar to the Austrian case of Josef Fritzl, considering there’s every possibility that the child was conceived and born in the basement.
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.
The backbone of the novel is told through the eyes of DI Adam Fawley, but what I loved about the structure was the way other parallel events and information sources seamlessly integrated and added to a sense of heightened activity. Information titbits such as emails, reports, news articles, and other police activities, never overtook the main plot and maintained the narration and intrigue at an enthralling pace. Page-turning at its best!
The police characters worth mentioning, besides Fawley, include; DS Gareth Quinn, DC Chris Gislingham and PC Erica Somer. This array of wonderful characters are all individually and distinctly drawn to give us a captivating range of personalities that sometimes are complementary and sometimes fractious. Fawley is capable and purposeful but is emotionally quite deep while he struggles silently with devastating personal issues following the suicide of his son, and the growing unspoken distance with his wife. I believe this team of competent police characters will stand the test of time as the series continues – hopefully.
I highly recommend this book and Cara Hunter is definitely one author that I will faithfully watch for new releases. Many thanks to Penguin Books (UK) Publishing Limited and NetGalley, for an ARC version of the book in return for an honest review.
In the Dark is a very intelligent and brilliantly realised crime mystery. DI Adam Fawley returns in this second book from Cara Hunter, to lead a complex police investigation involving murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment, rape, theft and a few other crimes. It is a smart, highly charged and engrossing story with surprises and dead-ends galore.
New owners of a house in an exclusive area of Oxford are undertaking renovation work in their basement when they inadvertently knock a hole through into the neighbour’s basement. Through the gap, they catch a glimpse of an emaciated woman and a child. The owner of the other house is Dr William Harper, a retired University professor, in his seventies, apparently suffering from Alzheimer’s, and living alone, well supposedly alone apart from a woman and child imprisoned in his basement. There are inclinations similar to the Austrian case of Josef Fritzl, considering there’s every possibility that the child was conceived and born in the basement.
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.
The backbone of the novel is told through the eyes of DI Adam Fawley, but what I loved about the structure was the way other parallel events and information sources seamlessly integrated and added to a sense of heightened activity. Information titbits such as emails, reports, news articles, and other police activities, never overtook the main plot and maintained the narration and intrigue at an enthralling pace. Page-turning at its best!
The police characters worth mentioning, besides Fawley, include; DS Gareth Quinn, DC Chris Gislingham and PC Erica Somer. This array of wonderful characters are all individually and distinctly drawn to give us a captivating range of personalities that sometimes are complementary and sometimes fractious. Fawley is capable and purposeful but is emotionally quite deep while he struggles silently with devastating personal issues following the suicide of his son, and the growing unspoken distance with his wife. I believe this team of competent police characters will stand the test of time as the series continues – hopefully.
I highly recommend this book and Cara Hunter is definitely one author that I will faithfully watch for new releases. Many thanks to Penguin Books (UK) Publishing Limited and NetGalley, for an ARC version of the book in return for an honest review.
August 28, 2022
4.5 rounded down
SYNOPSIS
A woman and child are found clinging to live in the basement; their alleged captor upstairs with his dong out on the toilet confused af. He claims he doesn't know about the victims... but the math just ain't mathin.
MY OPINION
WOW! Cara Hunter came back with a banger!! Now ya'll know (or now you do) that I HATED the epilogue in book #1 Close to Home. This ending was def OTT and crammed together, BUT the writing overall was much stronger. It was really giving me Iain Reid/Sharon Bolton with the sparse prose that packs an emotional punch.
BE WARNED, there are no chapters. BUT there are tons of scene breaks, and each "scene" is relatively short, which keeps the pace Usain Bolt-esque. I was tag teaming this book and Girl, Forgotten and LET ME TELL YOU, I would rather have no chapters than those long ass scenic drives Slaughter calls a chapter.
Maybe it was because I was reading two books at once and my brain barely has the capacity for one, but I found it hard to keep all the characters straight. Like Everett... Baxter... they were in and out but they didn't get much shine. Quinn can go kick rocks on a highway, idc. Ginslinger is whatever. I felt bad for Somer but the I'm so beautiful it's hard being me ordeal was... *cue world's smallest violin*.
I always love a well-written police procedural that goes deeper than the case and gives the MC dimension, in this case we have Alex who says WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER CHILD IN THIS HOUSE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. I was team Adam on this one. What Alex did was the equivalent of holding a man to gunpoint and asking him to twerk... what choice do you have? Either twerk or die.
The twisty twist was good for sure. She took a pretty straightforward story but added her own touch to it. I'm a hoe for a trapped in the basement but now she's not vibe but I like that Hunter did something unique with it.
You know a book is solid when you go out and buy another one in the series before you've even finished. Highly recommend to police procedural lovers.
PROS AND CONS
Pros: well-written (huge improvement from book #1 – well done!), fast-paced, juicy j case, solid twisty twist, multidimensional MC
Cons: undeserved empathy toward a certain someone like he wasn't out here yelling abuse left and right, OTT and rushed ending, some of the characters were on the peripheral of the story – they weren't memorable but they seemed crucial to solving the case
SYNOPSIS
A woman and child are found clinging to live in the basement; their alleged captor upstairs with his dong out on the toilet confused af. He claims he doesn't know about the victims... but the math just ain't mathin.
MY OPINION
WOW! Cara Hunter came back with a banger!! Now ya'll know (or now you do) that I HATED the epilogue in book #1 Close to Home. This ending was def OTT and crammed together, BUT the writing overall was much stronger. It was really giving me Iain Reid/Sharon Bolton with the sparse prose that packs an emotional punch.
BE WARNED, there are no chapters. BUT there are tons of scene breaks, and each "scene" is relatively short, which keeps the pace Usain Bolt-esque. I was tag teaming this book and Girl, Forgotten and LET ME TELL YOU, I would rather have no chapters than those long ass scenic drives Slaughter calls a chapter.
Maybe it was because I was reading two books at once and my brain barely has the capacity for one, but I found it hard to keep all the characters straight. Like Everett... Baxter... they were in and out but they didn't get much shine. Quinn can go kick rocks on a highway, idc. Ginslinger is whatever. I felt bad for Somer but the I'm so beautiful it's hard being me ordeal was... *cue world's smallest violin*.
I always love a well-written police procedural that goes deeper than the case and gives the MC dimension, in this case we have Alex who says WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER CHILD IN THIS HOUSE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. I was team Adam on this one. What Alex did was the equivalent of holding a man to gunpoint and asking him to twerk... what choice do you have? Either twerk or die.
The twisty twist was good for sure. She took a pretty straightforward story but added her own touch to it. I'm a hoe for a trapped in the basement but now she's not vibe but I like that Hunter did something unique with it.
You know a book is solid when you go out and buy another one in the series before you've even finished. Highly recommend to police procedural lovers.
PROS AND CONS
Pros: well-written (huge improvement from book #1 – well done!), fast-paced, juicy j case, solid twisty twist, multidimensional MC
Cons: undeserved empathy toward a certain someone like he wasn't out here yelling abuse left and right, OTT and rushed ending, some of the characters were on the peripheral of the story – they weren't memorable but they seemed crucial to solving the case
June 19, 2018
This is a darned good mix of psychological thriller and police procedural from Cara Hunter. I liked it much more than the first, which in my view was too far fetched, in the DI Adam Fawley series set in Oxford. A young woman and toddler are discovered locked in a cellar whilst the house next door is being renovated in a wealthy part of North Oxford. The woman, Vicky, and child are in a desperate state, starved, thirsty, cannot bear being with each other, and are too traumatised to speak for some time. The owner of the house they were imprisoned is owned by the querulous elderly dementia suffering Dr William Harper, the sole occupant, visited once a week for 15 minutes by his social worker, Derek Ross. What with his confusion and Vicky's silence, the police face a heartbreaking, complex and long running investigation to figure out what exactly happened. In a narrative interspersed with news reports, police interviews, social media comments and emails, we discover a truly twisted and complicated story, where it is best to take very little at face value.
To add to the enormity of the case, Harper's home is opposite the home of Hannah Gardiner, wife to Robert, mother to a small boy, local news reporter, who went missing two years ago. Fawley wonders if there is any connection to Harper, instigating an even deeper forensic examination of the house and grounds. A live in nanny to Robert Gardiner's son, Pippa Walker, implicates Robert in Hannah's disappearance, but can she be relied upon? Why did Hannah go out to the Cowley Road? In the meantime, Adam is still suffering from the grief of losing his beloved son, Jake, through suicide. His wife, Alex wants to move on, perhaps adopt, but Adam is not in a place where he can take this on, his emotions are just too raw. However, Alex insists on temporarily looking after Vicky's son, born whilst she was incarcerated, as Vicky shows no sign of wanting him. Adam agrees reluctantly, but wonders if Alex could cope when the boy is taken away from them. The police team working under Adam are hard working, although DS Gareth Quinn proves to be problematic, both to the case and other team members.
Cara Hunter writes a fast paced and compelling tale, that reveals shocking twist after twist. What seems so black and white at the beginning with the discovery of Vicky in the cellar becomes considerably more murkier, the city of dreaming spires harbours some very dark deeds. I find it difficult to get a real handle on Adam, he is such an able officer, weighed down by the burden of his family trauma, and whilst I like him, I feel he needs more development that needs to take place for him to feel more real to me. Hopefully the author is planning to do that in future additions to the series. Nevertheless, I found this an excellent novel, so entertaining and enthralling, highly recommended! Many thanks to Penguin UK for an ARC.
To add to the enormity of the case, Harper's home is opposite the home of Hannah Gardiner, wife to Robert, mother to a small boy, local news reporter, who went missing two years ago. Fawley wonders if there is any connection to Harper, instigating an even deeper forensic examination of the house and grounds. A live in nanny to Robert Gardiner's son, Pippa Walker, implicates Robert in Hannah's disappearance, but can she be relied upon? Why did Hannah go out to the Cowley Road? In the meantime, Adam is still suffering from the grief of losing his beloved son, Jake, through suicide. His wife, Alex wants to move on, perhaps adopt, but Adam is not in a place where he can take this on, his emotions are just too raw. However, Alex insists on temporarily looking after Vicky's son, born whilst she was incarcerated, as Vicky shows no sign of wanting him. Adam agrees reluctantly, but wonders if Alex could cope when the boy is taken away from them. The police team working under Adam are hard working, although DS Gareth Quinn proves to be problematic, both to the case and other team members.
Cara Hunter writes a fast paced and compelling tale, that reveals shocking twist after twist. What seems so black and white at the beginning with the discovery of Vicky in the cellar becomes considerably more murkier, the city of dreaming spires harbours some very dark deeds. I find it difficult to get a real handle on Adam, he is such an able officer, weighed down by the burden of his family trauma, and whilst I like him, I feel he needs more development that needs to take place for him to feel more real to me. Hopefully the author is planning to do that in future additions to the series. Nevertheless, I found this an excellent novel, so entertaining and enthralling, highly recommended! Many thanks to Penguin UK for an ARC.
September 17, 2021
5 escaleras para bajar al sótano de Oxford 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟.
🪜 Primera escalera: Cara Hunter ha hecho un gran trabajo porque la novela engancha desde el comienzo. Unas obras permiten acceder a un sótano en el que encuentran encerradas a una mujer y a un bebé. ¡Tendréis ganas de seguir leyendo!
🪜Segunda escalera: Otro caso del pasado amplía las posibilidades y los sospechosos. Las investigaciones las lleva el equipo de Adam Fawley. El inspector me gustó. La agente Erica Somer me encantó.
🪜 Tercera escalera: Una escalera diferente porque El sótano de Oxford tiene la particularidad de que la narración se ve salpicada de interrogatorios, entradas de blogs, entrevistas telefónicas, noticias en prensa, tuits, correos electrónicos… Tanto formato distinto podría haberme sacado de la historia, pero sentí todo lo contrario: agilidad y ritmo como en una carrera a relevos. Terminas un interrogatorio y necesitas seguir corriendo/leyendo.
🪜 Cuarta escalera: El final. En una LC muy numerosa de la sala DARK del Club Literario Atreyu conjeturamos con ganas en cada meta. Algunas teorías eran lógicas y otras muy locas, pero nadie acertó el final.
🪜 Quinta escalera: Si has bajado hasta aquí y has leído el libro probablemente pensarás “me gustó mucho y yo tampoco lo vi venir”. Si aún no lo has hecho y disfrutas con un buen thriller coge una linterna y entra en la oscuridad de El sótano de Oxford.
🪜 Primera escalera: Cara Hunter ha hecho un gran trabajo porque la novela engancha desde el comienzo. Unas obras permiten acceder a un sótano en el que encuentran encerradas a una mujer y a un bebé. ¡Tendréis ganas de seguir leyendo!
🪜Segunda escalera: Otro caso del pasado amplía las posibilidades y los sospechosos. Las investigaciones las lleva el equipo de Adam Fawley. El inspector me gustó. La agente Erica Somer me encantó.
🪜 Tercera escalera: Una escalera diferente porque El sótano de Oxford tiene la particularidad de que la narración se ve salpicada de interrogatorios, entradas de blogs, entrevistas telefónicas, noticias en prensa, tuits, correos electrónicos… Tanto formato distinto podría haberme sacado de la historia, pero sentí todo lo contrario: agilidad y ritmo como en una carrera a relevos. Terminas un interrogatorio y necesitas seguir corriendo/leyendo.
🪜 Cuarta escalera: El final. En una LC muy numerosa de la sala DARK del Club Literario Atreyu conjeturamos con ganas en cada meta. Algunas teorías eran lógicas y otras muy locas, pero nadie acertó el final.
🪜 Quinta escalera: Si has bajado hasta aquí y has leído el libro probablemente pensarás “me gustó mucho y yo tampoco lo vi venir”. Si aún no lo has hecho y disfrutas con un buen thriller coge una linterna y entra en la oscuridad de El sótano de Oxford.
June 12, 2020
EXCERPT: She opens her eyes to darkness as close as a blindfold. To the heaviness of cold dank air that hadn't been breathed in a long time.
Her other senses lurch awake. The dripping silence, the cold, the smell. Mildew and something else she can't yet place, something animal and fetid. She moves her fingers, feeling grit and wet under her jeans. It's coming back to her - how she got here, why this happened.
How could she have been so stupid?
She stifles the acrid rush of panic and tries to sit up, but the movement defeats her. She fills her lungs and shouts, flinging echoes across the walls. Shouts and shouts and shouts until her throat is raw.
But no one comes. Because no one can hear.
ABOUT THIS BOOK: A woman and child are found locked in a basement room, barely alive.
No one knows who they are — the woman can't speak, and there are no missing persons reports that match their profile. The elderly man who owns the house claims he has never seen them before.
The inhabitants of the quiet Oxford street are in shock. How could this happen right under their noses? But DI Adam Fawley knows that nothing is impossible.
And that no one is as innocent as they seem .
MY THOUGHTS: This is number two in the DI Adam Fawley series of which there are currently four books and which, I must admit, I have read in reverse order. Has it impacted on my enjoyment? Definitely not and, yes, I have #1 on order.
This was an exciting read, one which twisted and turned, and one where I would never in a million years have predicted the outcome.
There is a compelling blend of police procedural, mystery, crime and psychological thriller. The characterization is superb. Fawley is very perceptive and knows his team very well. He may not know quite what they're up to, but he knows that something's up. He has enough trust in them to let them run with their theories, but savvy enough to keep an eye on them. Quinn and Gislingham (Gis) feature prominently. We get enough of the private lives of the team to satisfy my curiosity, but not enough to overpower the main storyline although, interestingly, they are linked.
Unreservedly recommended.
❤❤❤❤❤
THE AUTHOR: Cara Hunter is a writer who lives in Oxford, in a street not unlike those featured in her series of crime books.
DISCLOSURE: I listened to the audiobook of In The Dark (DI Adam Fawley #2) written by Cara Hunter, narrated by Lee Ingleby and Emma Cunliffe, published by Penguin. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.
For an explanation of my rating system please refer to my Goodreads.com profile page or the about page on sandysbookaday.wordpress.com
This review and others are also published on Twitter, Instagram, and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Her other senses lurch awake. The dripping silence, the cold, the smell. Mildew and something else she can't yet place, something animal and fetid. She moves her fingers, feeling grit and wet under her jeans. It's coming back to her - how she got here, why this happened.
How could she have been so stupid?
She stifles the acrid rush of panic and tries to sit up, but the movement defeats her. She fills her lungs and shouts, flinging echoes across the walls. Shouts and shouts and shouts until her throat is raw.
But no one comes. Because no one can hear.
ABOUT THIS BOOK: A woman and child are found locked in a basement room, barely alive.
No one knows who they are — the woman can't speak, and there are no missing persons reports that match their profile. The elderly man who owns the house claims he has never seen them before.
The inhabitants of the quiet Oxford street are in shock. How could this happen right under their noses? But DI Adam Fawley knows that nothing is impossible.
And that no one is as innocent as they seem .
MY THOUGHTS: This is number two in the DI Adam Fawley series of which there are currently four books and which, I must admit, I have read in reverse order. Has it impacted on my enjoyment? Definitely not and, yes, I have #1 on order.
This was an exciting read, one which twisted and turned, and one where I would never in a million years have predicted the outcome.
There is a compelling blend of police procedural, mystery, crime and psychological thriller. The characterization is superb. Fawley is very perceptive and knows his team very well. He may not know quite what they're up to, but he knows that something's up. He has enough trust in them to let them run with their theories, but savvy enough to keep an eye on them. Quinn and Gislingham (Gis) feature prominently. We get enough of the private lives of the team to satisfy my curiosity, but not enough to overpower the main storyline although, interestingly, they are linked.
Unreservedly recommended.
❤❤❤❤❤
THE AUTHOR: Cara Hunter is a writer who lives in Oxford, in a street not unlike those featured in her series of crime books.
DISCLOSURE: I listened to the audiobook of In The Dark (DI Adam Fawley #2) written by Cara Hunter, narrated by Lee Ingleby and Emma Cunliffe, published by Penguin. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.
For an explanation of my rating system please refer to my Goodreads.com profile page or the about page on sandysbookaday.wordpress.com
This review and others are also published on Twitter, Instagram, and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
February 23, 2024
GENIAL FANTASTICA!! Esta autora me tiene cautivado 2 libros leídos y 2 5⭐
Me encanta como elabora sus libros con muchos recursos, desde noticias de periódicos, redes sociales, entrevistas, interrogatorios, muy completos sus casos.
Me encanta también como enfoca la historia en la investigación policial, la cual me ha parecido a parte de buena, muy realista, dando bandazos en función de las pruebas que tenían y como iban cambiando las tornas de un lado para otro, genial, acabas con las ideas totalmente trastocadas y con grandes sorpresas.
Otra de las grandezas de este libro han sido los giros que van dando los casos, si digo casos porque son 2 y puede o no que estén relacionados, ya que se sitúan en prácticamente en el mismo lugar.
Me ha gustado, que a diferencia de otros libros de equipos de investigación, aquí si se les ve trabajar a casi todos ellos, incluso hay partes que se centran mas en unos que en otros, pero todos tienen su parte de protagonismo, no es solo el inspector jefe el que se lleva todo el merito.
Esta claro que seguiré con esta serie, que me parece de lo mejorcito que he leído.
Valoración: 10/10
Sinopsis: En una casa de un barrio adinerado de la ciudad de Oxford, encuentran por casualidad a una mujer y un niño encerrados en un sótano, casi sin vida y sin identificar. La mujer no habla, no hay registros de desapariciones similares y el anciano propietario de la casa asegura no haberlos visto en su vida.
Todo el vecindario está conmocionado.
¿Cómo ha podido suceder?
El inspector Adam Fawley sabe que, bajo ese aire inocente, muchos esconden secretos. La pista la proporciona uno de sus casos del pasado, una desaparición que no llegó a resolver.
¿Sabes qué esconden tus vecinos en el sótano?
Me encanta como elabora sus libros con muchos recursos, desde noticias de periódicos, redes sociales, entrevistas, interrogatorios, muy completos sus casos.
Me encanta también como enfoca la historia en la investigación policial, la cual me ha parecido a parte de buena, muy realista, dando bandazos en función de las pruebas que tenían y como iban cambiando las tornas de un lado para otro, genial, acabas con las ideas totalmente trastocadas y con grandes sorpresas.
Otra de las grandezas de este libro han sido los giros que van dando los casos, si digo casos porque son 2 y puede o no que estén relacionados, ya que se sitúan en prácticamente en el mismo lugar.
Me ha gustado, que a diferencia de otros libros de equipos de investigación, aquí si se les ve trabajar a casi todos ellos, incluso hay partes que se centran mas en unos que en otros, pero todos tienen su parte de protagonismo, no es solo el inspector jefe el que se lleva todo el merito.
Esta claro que seguiré con esta serie, que me parece de lo mejorcito que he leído.
Valoración: 10/10
Sinopsis: En una casa de un barrio adinerado de la ciudad de Oxford, encuentran por casualidad a una mujer y un niño encerrados en un sótano, casi sin vida y sin identificar. La mujer no habla, no hay registros de desapariciones similares y el anciano propietario de la casa asegura no haberlos visto en su vida.
Todo el vecindario está conmocionado.
¿Cómo ha podido suceder?
El inspector Adam Fawley sabe que, bajo ese aire inocente, muchos esconden secretos. La pista la proporciona uno de sus casos del pasado, una desaparición que no llegó a resolver.
¿Sabes qué esconden tus vecinos en el sótano?
November 10, 2018
Wow that beginning certainly throws a punch. You have certainly got my attention!!!
A woman and a child are found in a cellar owned by Dr William Harper who incidentally has Dementia. The woman Vicky and her child are in a desperate state, dehydrated, starved.
Loved that this book kept me on my toes with lots of suspects along the way. There are lots of twists and it is a fast paced thriller. At first it seems like an open and shut case but as the story unfolds it is revealed to be grittier and darker!!
Having read “Close To Home ” the first in this series, it was great to see the police return and to see their characters develop, it was like meeting up with a long lost friend. I am looking forward to the next book in this series.
Thank you to Netgalley for my book in exchange for a review.
A woman and a child are found in a cellar owned by Dr William Harper who incidentally has Dementia. The woman Vicky and her child are in a desperate state, dehydrated, starved.
Loved that this book kept me on my toes with lots of suspects along the way. There are lots of twists and it is a fast paced thriller. At first it seems like an open and shut case but as the story unfolds it is revealed to be grittier and darker!!
Having read “Close To Home ” the first in this series, it was great to see the police return and to see their characters develop, it was like meeting up with a long lost friend. I am looking forward to the next book in this series.
Thank you to Netgalley for my book in exchange for a review.
July 11, 2022
A Devoradora de libros y a mi nos gustó tantísimo la conjunta de marzo; ¿Quién se ha llevado a Daisy Mason? que nos pusimos enseguida con la continuación, El sótano de Oxford.
Aunque son casos autoconclusivos es mejor leerlos en orden puesto que hay una evolución en los personajes y se tocan temas del anterior libro.
Nos volveremos a encontrar con el inspector Adam Fawley y conoceremos un poquito más elementos de su triste pasado.
Es una novela de casi quinientas páginas que devoras sin casi percatarte. Ya el inicio te atrapa con ese insólito descubrimiento y las terribles consecuencias que traerá consigo.
Aunque puedes llegar a sentirte abrumada por la cantidad de personajes que van apareciendo, te haces fácilmente con la historia y Cara Hunter sabe muy bien como llevarte por donde ella quiere.
Al igual que en la primera parte, en esta segunda entrega me ha vuelto a encantar tanto la estructura como su historia y el ritmo tan cinematográfico que tiene.
Es un lujazo poder disfrutar de este tipo de historias tan ágiles cuando el día a día con el estrés diario consecuente no te deja disfrutar de lecturas más profundas.
Aquí tenemos una historia directa, muy bien escrita, que va al grano y te hace disfrutar página tras página con cada giro.
Sumergirte en lo que te está contando y como lo hace.
Aunque puede que veas venir algunas "cosas" yo no me imaginaba que todo iba a desembocar de esa manera 🤐
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.
Lo dicho, una autora muy a tener en cuenta.
A mi me ha conquistado y leeré todo lo que publique, sin ninguna duda.
✔ Resumiendo, es una novela muy dinámica, centrada en la acción. No se para en mil historias sobre la vida de los protagonistas, va al grano y eso en ocasiones se agradece.
Es muy inquietante, incluso angustiante en algunos momentos, y nos demuestra hasta donde es capaz de llegar la maldad humana. No tiene límites.
Aquí se nota una evolución, una trama más trabajada, más complicada en ciertos tramos y que nos hace rebanarnos un poquito más los sesos 😂
Si quieres lecturas vertiginosas Cara Hunter es tu escritora 👌
¿Y tú? ¿Te atreves a descubrir que hay detrás de tan extraño hallazgo? 😏
📖 Próxima lectura:
"Sin rastro" - Alex Smith.
📚 https://www.facebook.com/LaLocadelosL... 📚
Aunque son casos autoconclusivos es mejor leerlos en orden puesto que hay una evolución en los personajes y se tocan temas del anterior libro.
Nos volveremos a encontrar con el inspector Adam Fawley y conoceremos un poquito más elementos de su triste pasado.
Es una novela de casi quinientas páginas que devoras sin casi percatarte. Ya el inicio te atrapa con ese insólito descubrimiento y las terribles consecuencias que traerá consigo.
Aunque puedes llegar a sentirte abrumada por la cantidad de personajes que van apareciendo, te haces fácilmente con la historia y Cara Hunter sabe muy bien como llevarte por donde ella quiere.
Al igual que en la primera parte, en esta segunda entrega me ha vuelto a encantar tanto la estructura como su historia y el ritmo tan cinematográfico que tiene.
Es un lujazo poder disfrutar de este tipo de historias tan ágiles cuando el día a día con el estrés diario consecuente no te deja disfrutar de lecturas más profundas.
Aquí tenemos una historia directa, muy bien escrita, que va al grano y te hace disfrutar página tras página con cada giro.
Sumergirte en lo que te está contando y como lo hace.
Aunque puede que veas venir algunas "cosas" yo no me imaginaba que todo iba a desembocar de esa manera 🤐
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.
Lo dicho, una autora muy a tener en cuenta.
A mi me ha conquistado y leeré todo lo que publique, sin ninguna duda.
✔ Resumiendo, es una novela muy dinámica, centrada en la acción. No se para en mil historias sobre la vida de los protagonistas, va al grano y eso en ocasiones se agradece.
Es muy inquietante, incluso angustiante en algunos momentos, y nos demuestra hasta donde es capaz de llegar la maldad humana. No tiene límites.
Aquí se nota una evolución, una trama más trabajada, más complicada en ciertos tramos y que nos hace rebanarnos un poquito más los sesos 😂
Si quieres lecturas vertiginosas Cara Hunter es tu escritora 👌
¿Y tú? ¿Te atreves a descubrir que hay detrás de tan extraño hallazgo? 😏
📖 Próxima lectura:
"Sin rastro" - Alex Smith.
📚 https://www.facebook.com/LaLocadelosL... 📚
May 3, 2021
Muy buen thriller con un avance vertiginoso con el que he estado muy intrigada hasta el final.
El comienzo es arrollador, casi no puedes dejar de leer. El impacto de la aparición de una joven y un niño muy pequeño encerrados en un sótano da escalofríos.
La trama se embrolla un poco hacia la mitad por la cantidad de personajes que aparecen, lo que le resta algo de punch. Pero remonta y se vuelve muy adictivo.
Acabas sospechando de tantos personajes que NECESITAS llegar hasta el final y que se desvele de una vez quién es el asesino.
Me ha gustado mucho, la recomiendo sin dudas.
El comienzo es arrollador, casi no puedes dejar de leer. El impacto de la aparición de una joven y un niño muy pequeño encerrados en un sótano da escalofríos.
La trama se embrolla un poco hacia la mitad por la cantidad de personajes que aparecen, lo que le resta algo de punch. Pero remonta y se vuelve muy adictivo.
Acabas sospechando de tantos personajes que NECESITAS llegar hasta el final y que se desvele de una vez quién es el asesino.
Me ha gustado mucho, la recomiendo sin dudas.
April 30, 2019
Having just discovered the DI Adam Fawley series, I’ve found myself completely hooked!
I’ve read a fair amount of police procedural mysteries, but what made this one completely standout was the narrative structure of no chapter breaks - which leads to a great real time feel to the story.
There’s plenty of newspaper cuttings and police interview transcripts littered through that narrative that really helps to drive the plot forward.
It also helped that the story was instantly gripping too!
This case involves a young women and her child who are discovered locked in a basement of retired university professor Dr. William Harper.
Suffering from Alzheimers Harper protests no knowledge of the women and child in his property...
The story instantly draws parallels with both the real life case of Josef Fritzl and Emma Donoghue’s hit novel Room, I appreciated that both were mentioned by Hunter which gave this story an added layer of realism whilst allowing the author to take a different path.
The case starts to get even more complicated for Fawley as a cold case also appears to be connected, as Harpers house backs onto a property where a women disappeared two years ago...
I loved all the layers and the direction the story took, both the characters and the twists were perfect.
I definitely intend to get the first novel Close to Home as soon as possible!
I’ve read a fair amount of police procedural mysteries, but what made this one completely standout was the narrative structure of no chapter breaks - which leads to a great real time feel to the story.
There’s plenty of newspaper cuttings and police interview transcripts littered through that narrative that really helps to drive the plot forward.
It also helped that the story was instantly gripping too!
This case involves a young women and her child who are discovered locked in a basement of retired university professor Dr. William Harper.
Suffering from Alzheimers Harper protests no knowledge of the women and child in his property...
The story instantly draws parallels with both the real life case of Josef Fritzl and Emma Donoghue’s hit novel Room, I appreciated that both were mentioned by Hunter which gave this story an added layer of realism whilst allowing the author to take a different path.
The case starts to get even more complicated for Fawley as a cold case also appears to be connected, as Harpers house backs onto a property where a women disappeared two years ago...
I loved all the layers and the direction the story took, both the characters and the twists were perfect.
I definitely intend to get the first novel Close to Home as soon as possible!
May 3, 2021
4,5 ⭐️
El libro engancha desde el principio parece que hay como dos crímenes que hay que saber si están relacionados entre ellos o no m, qué es exactamente lo que sucede.
Encuentran en un sótano a una mujer con un niño pequeño y un posible sospechoso que es el dueño de la casa pero que parece sufrir Alzheimer y no recuerda absolutamente nada.
La autora juega con nosotros de una forma increíble hay muchos sospechosos y no sabes exactamente quién estará detrás de todos estos hechos.
Lo que me gusta de esta autora es que además va combinando la historia con archivos de prensa y comentarios que puede hacer la gente en las redes.
Sin duda me ha parecido una forma de resolver el crimen increíble, para nada imaginaba lo que iba a suceder ni me esperaba para nada los acontecimientos.
👉🏼Es uno de los mejores thriller que leído, engancha desde el principio no puedes parar de leer y te sorprende muchísimo. No le he puesto cinco estrellas porque creo que hay algunas cosillas que se me han quedado pendientes...🧐
El libro engancha desde el principio parece que hay como dos crímenes que hay que saber si están relacionados entre ellos o no m, qué es exactamente lo que sucede.
Encuentran en un sótano a una mujer con un niño pequeño y un posible sospechoso que es el dueño de la casa pero que parece sufrir Alzheimer y no recuerda absolutamente nada.
La autora juega con nosotros de una forma increíble hay muchos sospechosos y no sabes exactamente quién estará detrás de todos estos hechos.
Lo que me gusta de esta autora es que además va combinando la historia con archivos de prensa y comentarios que puede hacer la gente en las redes.
Sin duda me ha parecido una forma de resolver el crimen increíble, para nada imaginaba lo que iba a suceder ni me esperaba para nada los acontecimientos.
👉🏼Es uno de los mejores thriller que leído, engancha desde el principio no puedes parar de leer y te sorprende muchísimo. No le he puesto cinco estrellas porque creo que hay algunas cosillas que se me han quedado pendientes...🧐
July 11, 2023
Firstly, shout out to GWTPSM for this series rec because it's getting better by the book so far! Loved it, thank you.
A gripping police procedural where the team are investigating a woman who was found locked in a cellar with a kid, seemingly her son. The owner of the house has dementia and how he kept her there is astounding everyone.
As this unfolds, my gosh the plot twists were big! And they worked for me.
The story is told through various mixed media methods and it never gets old this style. I am a huge fan. I didn't struggle with the fact there were no chapters this time as much either - mixed media breaks it up well.
⚠️ Check trigger warnings before reading ⚠️
A gripping police procedural where the team are investigating a woman who was found locked in a cellar with a kid, seemingly her son. The owner of the house has dementia and how he kept her there is astounding everyone.
As this unfolds, my gosh the plot twists were big! And they worked for me.
The story is told through various mixed media methods and it never gets old this style. I am a huge fan. I didn't struggle with the fact there were no chapters this time as much either - mixed media breaks it up well.
⚠️ Check trigger warnings before reading ⚠️
September 7, 2018
The owner of the home which was being renovated was angry – furious in fact. One of the workmen had knocked a hole in the wall of the cellar and he was moaning about the delays; his costs; incompetence – everything was an issue. It was when he went to the cellar to look at the damage that he received the shock. There was a face in the hole – he immediately telephoned the police.
It was obvious the woman and boy discovered in the cellar of the house next door had been locked up for a long time. The child was around two years old – he had probably been born in the cellar. The woman was traumatized and terrified, unable or unwilling to speak and the hospital which was caring for them said it could take weeks or even months before they could be interviewed.
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…
The frustration of Detective Inspector Adam Fawley and his team was immense. The confusion of this case was getting to them all – they needed to find answers soon.
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.
With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my digital ARC to read and review.
It was obvious the woman and boy discovered in the cellar of the house next door had been locked up for a long time. The child was around two years old – he had probably been born in the cellar. The woman was traumatized and terrified, unable or unwilling to speak and the hospital which was caring for them said it could take weeks or even months before they could be interviewed.
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…
The frustration of Detective Inspector Adam Fawley and his team was immense. The confusion of this case was getting to them all – they needed to find answers soon.
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.
With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my digital ARC to read and review.
April 16, 2021
Inmersivo, inquietante e impactante.
February 10, 2019
"She opens her eyes to darkness as close as a blindfold"
Cara Hunter is back with her second, equally enthralling, psychological thriller In The Dark. It is rare for a second book to be just as good as, if not better than, the first but Hunter has succeeded with this twisty, very unexpected dark tale.
When a young woman and child are found in a basement and an old man suffering from dementia is found in a stupor upstairs, my first thoughts went to ROOM. I honestly thought this was going to be another version of "kidnapped girl, has child in captivity" story. WOW - I couldn't have been more wrong if I tried. In fact, despite the fact that I managed to discern bits and pieces of the story as I read along, there was no way - none at all - to have guessed the premise or ending of this book. The final page of this story, well, WOW, just WOW. In the past few months there have been a few books that have startled me with the endings, not just the ending but the very final page of the book, and this definitely one of those!
Of course, the lovable, yet extremely flawed DI Adam Fawley is back and I have to admit that I love this guy. I'm not sure what it is about this character but I really do enjoy reading about him and I'm even coming around to liking his wife, more so in this book than the last. The characters in this book, as the last, are very well created, they are incredibly believable. Boy, are they are ever believable! In The Dark, while a psychological thriller, still is a police procedural at heart and each piece of the puzzle is slowing and surprisingly revealed at just the perfect moment. The build up is slow but that is what makes the ending so fantastic! Have I said WOW? I think I have, but perhaps not enough. I really liked that ending! I think you will too!
If you haven't read the first book, Close to Home, that's okay. This works as a stand alone but it helps to have the back story on the Fawley's. This promises to be a great series and if you like series, I absolutely recommend that you read both of these terrific books. In the meantime, pick up In The Dark. It's available now in paperback and ebook. You'll be glad that you did! Just don't read in it In The Dark!
February 5, 2021
WOWZA In The Dark is a compelling complex police procedural that i could not stop reading, the characters a complex yet have flaws but it was so enjoyable to read.
DI Adam Frawley & his team investigate a woman who was kept in a cellar with her 2 year old son, the woman was malnourished clothed eyes open but close to death, the investigation opens a former case that was never solved another woman found in 33 Frampton Road years earlier.
As the investigation intensifies the suspects are endless all have had their own agendas. But once the media gets the news they go into overdrive of the story of the woman & son found in the dark.
I absolutely love this series this was sometimes a dark police procedural that keeps you on your toes it had me guessing right to the end it went at a cracking pace & never let up will be continuing with this series .
DI Adam Frawley & his team investigate a woman who was kept in a cellar with her 2 year old son, the woman was malnourished clothed eyes open but close to death, the investigation opens a former case that was never solved another woman found in 33 Frampton Road years earlier.
As the investigation intensifies the suspects are endless all have had their own agendas. But once the media gets the news they go into overdrive of the story of the woman & son found in the dark.
I absolutely love this series this was sometimes a dark police procedural that keeps you on your toes it had me guessing right to the end it went at a cracking pace & never let up will be continuing with this series .
August 6, 2019
Twists Everywhere! What?! I did not see THAT coming!
She opens her eyes to darkness as close as a blindfold. To the heaviness of old dank air that hasn’t been breathed for a long time.
Her other senses lurch awake. The dripping silence, the cold, the smell. Mildew and something else she can’t yet place, something animal and fetid. She moves her fingers, feeling grit and wet under her jeans. It’s coming back to her now – how she got here, why this happened.
How could she have been so stupid.
She stifles the acid rush of panic and tries to sit up, but the movement defeats her. She fills her lungs and shouts, flinging echoes against the walls. Shouts and shouts and shouts until her throat is raw.
But no one comes. Because no one can hear. She closes her eyes again, feeling hot angry tears seeping down her face.
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.
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In the Dark by Cara Hunter is one twisted story! Book two in the DI Adam Fowley series was even better than the first one and I blazed through it in one sitting! I enjoy the characters in this series and I can't wait to see what Adam will be up against next. If it's anything like this case, he's in for more heart pounding tension!
She opens her eyes to darkness as close as a blindfold. To the heaviness of old dank air that hasn’t been breathed for a long time.
Her other senses lurch awake. The dripping silence, the cold, the smell. Mildew and something else she can’t yet place, something animal and fetid. She moves her fingers, feeling grit and wet under her jeans. It’s coming back to her now – how she got here, why this happened.
How could she have been so stupid.
She stifles the acid rush of panic and tries to sit up, but the movement defeats her. She fills her lungs and shouts, flinging echoes against the walls. Shouts and shouts and shouts until her throat is raw.
But no one comes. Because no one can hear. She closes her eyes again, feeling hot angry tears seeping down her face.
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.
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In the Dark by Cara Hunter is one twisted story! Book two in the DI Adam Fowley series was even better than the first one and I blazed through it in one sitting! I enjoy the characters in this series and I can't wait to see what Adam will be up against next. If it's anything like this case, he's in for more heart pounding tension!
April 10, 2022
Si una cosa tengo clara es que pienso leer todo lo que saque esta escritora.
La loca de los libros eligió ¿Quién se ha llevado a Daisy Mason? como lectura conjunta y salimos tan encantadas que nos metimos de lleno con el segundo.
Son historias autoconclusivas pero hay una evolución en los personajes y se nos van desvelando datos de sus vidas. Conoceremos un poco más al inspector Adam Fawley, a Everett y como la agente Somer se va haciendo su hueco.
En esta historia nos encontraremos con un inicio muy potente. Encuentran a una chica encerrada en un sótano con un niño. En esa casa vive un anciano con claros síntomas de demencia. ¿Qué ha pasado? El anciano está claro que no está en sus cabales, pero....esa chica no lleva ahí dos días.
¿Cómo? y ¿Por qué? Son las preguntas que me he estado haciendo durante toda la lectura, me ha tenido en vilo buscando minutos al día para leer.
Hay muchísimos personajes, pero no se hace enrevesado porque la historia es muy fluída.
Hay subhistorias, recovecos, secretos...pero nada se le escapa al equipo de Fawley.
Cara Hunter escribe que es una delicia leerla, es clara.
Va al grano y eso se agradece porque no da vueltas absurdas que no llevan a nada.
Además como en su anterior novela, la lectura contiene fragmentos de notas de prensa, mensajes, correos, declaraciones...etc; que hace que leas en un suspiro.
No sabría decir cuál de los dos libros me ha gustado más. Ambos me han sorprendido y no me esperaba esas resoluciones. Y lo que más me ha gustado es que a pesar de ser la típica historia en la que un equipo de policías resuelve los casos, está contado de manera tan diferente y absorvente que parece algo totalmente nuevo.
Estoy deseando que traduzcan los siguientes libros para no perderme nada del equipo de Adam Fawley.
La loca de los libros eligió ¿Quién se ha llevado a Daisy Mason? como lectura conjunta y salimos tan encantadas que nos metimos de lleno con el segundo.
Son historias autoconclusivas pero hay una evolución en los personajes y se nos van desvelando datos de sus vidas. Conoceremos un poco más al inspector Adam Fawley, a Everett y como la agente Somer se va haciendo su hueco.
En esta historia nos encontraremos con un inicio muy potente. Encuentran a una chica encerrada en un sótano con un niño. En esa casa vive un anciano con claros síntomas de demencia. ¿Qué ha pasado? El anciano está claro que no está en sus cabales, pero....esa chica no lleva ahí dos días.
¿Cómo? y ¿Por qué? Son las preguntas que me he estado haciendo durante toda la lectura, me ha tenido en vilo buscando minutos al día para leer.
Hay muchísimos personajes, pero no se hace enrevesado porque la historia es muy fluída.
Hay subhistorias, recovecos, secretos...pero nada se le escapa al equipo de Fawley.
Cara Hunter escribe que es una delicia leerla, es clara.
Va al grano y eso se agradece porque no da vueltas absurdas que no llevan a nada.
Además como en su anterior novela, la lectura contiene fragmentos de notas de prensa, mensajes, correos, declaraciones...etc; que hace que leas en un suspiro.
No sabría decir cuál de los dos libros me ha gustado más. Ambos me han sorprendido y no me esperaba esas resoluciones. Y lo que más me ha gustado es que a pesar de ser la típica historia en la que un equipo de policías resuelve los casos, está contado de manera tan diferente y absorvente que parece algo totalmente nuevo.
Estoy deseando que traduzcan los siguientes libros para no perderme nada del equipo de Adam Fawley.
August 19, 2018
4 Stars
Arc Book Review
Release Date-12/7/18
Really enjoyed this one; which actually surprised me because initially upon first embarking on "In The Dark" I found it a bit of a chore to get into.
In retrospect, I think it was the many POV's that I had teething issues with, I just found it a tad difficult to separate the many characters perspectives.
Losing my way slightly and getting turned around on who was who and also whose head we were inhabiting at any given time.
It was just slightly tedious initially keeping everyone separate and straight.
So glad I persevered though as when things finally started to click into place for me "In The Dark" was pure magic.
I'm not usually one for reading crime/police drama; watching it on the old screen Yes (I love Vera, Inspector Frost and the like) reading it; not so much, but made an exception for this as it had such an intriguing premise behind it that really captured my attention.
A girl and her child imprisoned in a basement, the disappearance of a young mother that has confounded the local authorities for the last few years, having all the hallmarks of a cold case.
All connected in some form and just waiting for D.I. Fawley and his team to crack wide open.
There were so many twists and unexpected curveballs thrown here that I was in danger of getting whiplash.
I did kinda guess some of the answers here but many others were still a complete mystery.
This was so well done and so intricately woven that I was seriously super impressed.
I thought an especially great touch was the inclusion of all the officer's everyday mundane lives.
I really appreciated this aspect of "In The Dark" and felt it really brought a human touch to the whole proceedings.
Having a window into the ordinary really gave me a sense of comradery.
Ultimately forging a much stronger individual connection with all the cast.
This was one of the better police/Crime dramas I have experienced.
In conclusion, this was a fast-paced mystery drama that I am happy to give a thumbs up to.
Thank you to Penguin and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of "In The Dark (DI Adam Fawley, #2)" of which I have reviewed voluntary.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.
Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm.
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December 30, 2018
DI Adam Fawley is back for round two, and this crime is just as shockingly disturbing as the Daisy Mason case.
In a quiet, prestigious, suburban neighbourhood, the owner of a property undergoing renovations, breaks through his cellar wall, and to his shock sees a face staring back at him. Breaking down the door, police find a young woman and toddler locked in a cellar room. The state of the place suggests the woman has been held prisoner for years, has possibly given birth there, but both mother and child are too traumatised to speak. The homeowner, and sole occupant, an elderly man showing advanced signs of Alzheimer’s, claims he’s never seen them before. However, all evidence suggests he’s guilty. Furthermore, two years prior, a young mother from the neighbourhood also went missing, and no trace of her has ever been found.
Riveting, compelling, and emotionally charged, Cara Hunter has once again expertly crafted the perfect blend of domestic noir/police procedural – another case of a seemingly picture perfect neighbourhood hiding the most appalling crimes, and the darkest of secrets. There were twists at every turn, culminating in a jaw-dropping conclusion. Then there was the epilogue, as satisfying as it was disturbing. I can’t stop thinking about it!
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.
As I stated, this is book 2 in the series, but it could be read as a standalone, but in my opinion, Close to Home is not to be missed. What a fantastic series! Book three, No Way Out is a must read for me in 2019.
In a quiet, prestigious, suburban neighbourhood, the owner of a property undergoing renovations, breaks through his cellar wall, and to his shock sees a face staring back at him. Breaking down the door, police find a young woman and toddler locked in a cellar room. The state of the place suggests the woman has been held prisoner for years, has possibly given birth there, but both mother and child are too traumatised to speak. The homeowner, and sole occupant, an elderly man showing advanced signs of Alzheimer’s, claims he’s never seen them before. However, all evidence suggests he’s guilty. Furthermore, two years prior, a young mother from the neighbourhood also went missing, and no trace of her has ever been found.
Riveting, compelling, and emotionally charged, Cara Hunter has once again expertly crafted the perfect blend of domestic noir/police procedural – another case of a seemingly picture perfect neighbourhood hiding the most appalling crimes, and the darkest of secrets. There were twists at every turn, culminating in a jaw-dropping conclusion. Then there was the epilogue, as satisfying as it was disturbing. I can’t stop thinking about it!
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.
As I stated, this is book 2 in the series, but it could be read as a standalone, but in my opinion, Close to Home is not to be missed. What a fantastic series! Book three, No Way Out is a must read for me in 2019.
August 7, 2018
In The Dark is a solid sequel to Close to Home. In fact, I enjoyed this one more than the last. It is much more believable and the ending is very good. I had issues with both of these things in the first of the series. It’s nice to see Hunter improve as the series goes on. You do not need to have read the first in order to read this sequel. It reads like a standalone, although you see the return of several characters.
It’s been less than a year since book one. A young woman and child are found in the basement of a neighboring property when the new owner next door was doing major renovations. The pair are locked in a room in the basement of a retired university professor suffering from Alzheimers, Dr. William Harper. He apparently has no knowledge of how they got there. Does he just not remember? Is it even possible that a man with Alzheimers could commit this crime? The young woman and child are too traumatized to speak. And they can’t find any missing person cases that match the young woman.
It becomes more complicated when the police realize that Harper’s house backs up to another house where a woman went missing from two years ago and was never found. Could Harper have abducted her? How are these cases connected?
I like the inclusion of Fawley’s personal life. It’s not overshadowing of the plot and helps us to understand his character a lot more. If it was expanded on any more, it might be bothersome. It’s just enough to add to his character and not get in the way of the plot. The characters feel realistic, while not being perfect. They each have their own set of flaws. I especially enjoy Fawley, Quinn, and Somer.
Interwoven throughout are news articles, police interview transcripts, emails, text messages, witness statements, blog posts, etc. These help to show the different viewpoints in the case and what the public opinion is as the case plays out.
I really love the twists this book had. It was definitely unpredictable. I look forward to reading the third in this series. Highly recommended to readers who enjoy police procedurals.
It’s been less than a year since book one. A young woman and child are found in the basement of a neighboring property when the new owner next door was doing major renovations. The pair are locked in a room in the basement of a retired university professor suffering from Alzheimers, Dr. William Harper. He apparently has no knowledge of how they got there. Does he just not remember? Is it even possible that a man with Alzheimers could commit this crime? The young woman and child are too traumatized to speak. And they can’t find any missing person cases that match the young woman.
It becomes more complicated when the police realize that Harper’s house backs up to another house where a woman went missing from two years ago and was never found. Could Harper have abducted her? How are these cases connected?
I like the inclusion of Fawley’s personal life. It’s not overshadowing of the plot and helps us to understand his character a lot more. If it was expanded on any more, it might be bothersome. It’s just enough to add to his character and not get in the way of the plot. The characters feel realistic, while not being perfect. They each have their own set of flaws. I especially enjoy Fawley, Quinn, and Somer.
Interwoven throughout are news articles, police interview transcripts, emails, text messages, witness statements, blog posts, etc. These help to show the different viewpoints in the case and what the public opinion is as the case plays out.
I really love the twists this book had. It was definitely unpredictable. I look forward to reading the third in this series. Highly recommended to readers who enjoy police procedurals.
October 8, 2018
While renovating a house, the builders accidentally destroy the next door neighbor’s basement wall and find a young woman and a little boy fighting for their lives.
The owner of the house is a retired university professor who is battling dementia. He claims he has never seen the woman and child before, but every evidence the police finds, points at him being the culprit.
Is someone framing the professor or is he really responsible for this heinous crime? Would the victim eventually tell the police what happened to her? And why does she get agitated when someone mentions the child around her?
With such a clever and twisted plot, Cara Hunter easily became my new favorite author.
The owner of the house is a retired university professor who is battling dementia. He claims he has never seen the woman and child before, but every evidence the police finds, points at him being the culprit.
Is someone framing the professor or is he really responsible for this heinous crime? Would the victim eventually tell the police what happened to her? And why does she get agitated when someone mentions the child around her?
With such a clever and twisted plot, Cara Hunter easily became my new favorite author.
May 23, 2023
***4.5*** rounding it up.
Waw! I really loved the second book of the series DI Adam Fawley. Her first book Close to Home got solid 4 stars, this one is even better. If you enjoy police procedural where the investigation builds up slowly yet steady than this series is for you.
We are following the second case of Adam Fawley and his team. A young lady is found in a basement of an elderly man, with a three year old boy. Instantly, everyone assumes it’s a very similar case to the one that took place a few years ago in Austria 🇦🇹. Josef Fritzl kept his daughter in the basements of his home for 24 years, having 7 children from her (true story 😱).
While Fawley and his team are investigating into the woman in the basement, shockingly another body of a young woman is found. What are they dealing with here? A serial abductor? Serial killer? Or both?
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.
Over all a very well written story with tons of tantalizing surprises. The only thing I found a bit hard to follow was the names of the police men/women. Too many characters if you ask me.
Enjoy!
Waw! I really loved the second book of the series DI Adam Fawley. Her first book Close to Home got solid 4 stars, this one is even better. If you enjoy police procedural where the investigation builds up slowly yet steady than this series is for you.
We are following the second case of Adam Fawley and his team. A young lady is found in a basement of an elderly man, with a three year old boy. Instantly, everyone assumes it’s a very similar case to the one that took place a few years ago in Austria 🇦🇹. Josef Fritzl kept his daughter in the basements of his home for 24 years, having 7 children from her (true story 😱).
While Fawley and his team are investigating into the woman in the basement, shockingly another body of a young woman is found. What are they dealing with here? A serial abductor? Serial killer? Or both?
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.
Over all a very well written story with tons of tantalizing surprises. The only thing I found a bit hard to follow was the names of the police men/women. Too many characters if you ask me.
Enjoy!
July 16, 2018
Last year I read Close To Home the debut novel from Cara Hunter which I thought was a pretty amazing crime thriller. In The Dark the second book in the DI Fawley series has made this an unmissable series. Yes it can easily be read as a standalone but because this is shaping up to be a such a gripping series it’s definitely worth starting at the beginning. In The Dark opens with a belter of chapter, A young woman and a child are found locked in a cellar, William Harper the owner is an elderly man who appears to be confused, and is unable to remember how they got there. Neither of the victims can speak due to trauma they suffered. Which means DI Fawley and his team start an investigation where they find themselves literally working “In The Dark” who is the woman? how did she end up in the cellar of a quiet Oxford street? These are just some of the questions that are at the forefront of this gripping and compelling crime procedure thriller.
Cara Hunter has a gift for writing crime books centred around police procedures, she not only tells a story in the conventional way, but adds police interviews, forensic reports, social media post and newspaper articles to make the reader feel they are right there amid the investigation sifting through the clues. This way of sharing the information gives the plot a present day feel but it also makes the whole investigation feel very credible. It’s very cleverly done in my opinion as it adds a sense of urgency to the plot, the need for answers to the why and how, keep the reader fixated.
Creating a character whose confused to say the least, who also happens to be the main suspect was sheer genius on the author’s part. Although there is some character development of Fawley and his team, the investigation is definitely at the forefront of this book, so no time is wasted on unnecessary chapter filling, which made this book even more enjoyable to read. There is nothing more satisfying than being surprised by a book, and boy did Cara Hunter surprise me! At one point I thought the author was rehashing a well used plot in crime thrillers but when I least expected it she threw in the mother of all curve balls, it truly was a “OMFG I never seen that coming” type of moment. Definitely one of the best crime thrillers I’ve read this year, with a compelling narrative, twists galore and oodles of deceit, I have a feeling In The Dark is going to be a HUGE success and one of this summers MUST reads. Highly recommended.
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Cara Hunter has a gift for writing crime books centred around police procedures, she not only tells a story in the conventional way, but adds police interviews, forensic reports, social media post and newspaper articles to make the reader feel they are right there amid the investigation sifting through the clues. This way of sharing the information gives the plot a present day feel but it also makes the whole investigation feel very credible. It’s very cleverly done in my opinion as it adds a sense of urgency to the plot, the need for answers to the why and how, keep the reader fixated.
Creating a character whose confused to say the least, who also happens to be the main suspect was sheer genius on the author’s part. Although there is some character development of Fawley and his team, the investigation is definitely at the forefront of this book, so no time is wasted on unnecessary chapter filling, which made this book even more enjoyable to read. There is nothing more satisfying than being surprised by a book, and boy did Cara Hunter surprise me! At one point I thought the author was rehashing a well used plot in crime thrillers but when I least expected it she threw in the mother of all curve balls, it truly was a “OMFG I never seen that coming” type of moment. Definitely one of the best crime thrillers I’ve read this year, with a compelling narrative, twists galore and oodles of deceit, I have a feeling In The Dark is going to be a HUGE success and one of this summers MUST reads. Highly recommended.
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