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Cara Hunter

2017 • 322 pages

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Average rating3.5

"She was certain it was Daisy in the flower costume. 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 And then there's Daisy's little brother, so withdrawn and uncommunicative ... DI Fawley works against the clock to find any trace of the little girl, but it's as if she disappeared into thin air--no one saw anything; no one knows anything. But everyone has an opinion, and everyone, it seems, has a secret to conceal"--

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DI Adam Fawley is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Cara Hunter.

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Remy Sharp

Solid reading, what I've come to expect from Hunter.

Having now read three of the Adam Fawley books, albeit in reverse order, I've come to expect a certain level of story telling from Cara Hunter and this as the first book does not disappoint.

Having recently read the 2nd book (though the order isn't crucial) the twist device was a little familiar but it didn't distract from the story, nor did I predict any part of the story.

Enjoyable as a British based modern investigation story that leans more on (what I imagine is) police work rather than glamorous whodunit style reveals.

Looking forward to reading the fourth installment.

May 5, 2020

Alessandra

Seemed like it was going to be a pretty straight forward procedural that didn't seem compelling. Tried reading a few times and just couldn't get into it.

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