I love cara hunter she is a fantastic author her books are so fast paced and bingeable you will not be able to put this down I love how the books follow the same detective team you get attached to them all threw the series and also want to see what's going on in there lives aswell as solve the murder I also love how she adds all the details into the book the manuscripts so good you feel like your solving it along with her

Having loved Cara Hunter’s series with Adam Fawley I was excited to read this latest instalment. This is a gripping story that is a continuation to Close To Home, 8 years after the end of that book but it can be read as a standalone story. It’s a complex tale with lots of twists and turns that hooked me in as ii learned more about the girl we all thought had been killed by her mother. I enjoyed this book, but I was disappointed how suddenly it ended.

Absolutely loved this! I adore the DI Adam Fawley series, so this was another excellent addition. I really like the continuation of the storyline and the revisiting of the previous case in Book 1! I love the mixed media elements in these books, Cara Hunter does this so well. I love it every single time, and no other author does it quite like she does! I enjoy how she summarises and reminds us of the characters before the start of each novel, with an update on their lives. Another great read, look forward to another.

Making a Killing by Cara Hunter and narrated by Emma Cunniffe; Lee Ingleby; David Blair and Alexandra Boulton and this is the 7th book in the excellent DI Adam Fawley series and what a excellent audiobook I loved listening to several narrators which made it a great listen to, especially as it was the first book I have listened to / read. Now, I need to go back and listen to the other audiobooks within this series.

Nick Vincent, is a true-crime show producer and when he hears about an explosive new angle on a high-profile case, way back in 2016, when a eight-year-old girl who lived in Oxford, was murdered. Nick leaps at the chance to send a researcher to verify the claims and to make a show of what they find.

Two months pass, and a dog walker discovers a woman’s body, bound and buried in a shallow grave in the local woods. Forensic evidence links the corpse to the disappearance of that same child back in 2016.

DCI Adam Fawley, who is the original investigating officer, is called in, and to run the enquiry. This is a case he would never forget, especially as he arrested the child’s mother for murder. This was a murder he now knows she didn’t commit.

Now, this investigation raised more questions than answers!

What connects the two crimes?

Where has the dead girl been all these years?

How did she manage to disappear and not been seen?

Now, Adam Fawley, think this is personal!. . . . . . . But why?

I highly recommend this audiobook/book. I found it easy and no problems to get into this audio/book.

Big Thank you to HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction for my ARC.

Adam Fawley is back. It's been a few years since we last saw him and his team. Careers and lives have moved forward. However, the discovery of a body hidden in woods unexpectedly results in a previous case Fawley solved years before. Or did he? 8 year old Daisy Morgans disappearance and her mothers subsequent murder prosecution (despite the lack of a body) made national headlines in 2016. But, evidence found at this new crime scene throws everything into doubt.

Cara Hunter has cleverly drawn together the first book from this series, Close to Home, with the standalone Murder In The Family. She's using the same multi media format as previous books. This can take a bit of getting used to, but for me, it works perfectly - far better than constant exposition within the story.

As always, Hunter has given us a gripping read. However, I found it hard to suspend disbelief around Daisy's disappearance, but nevertheless, it was still very entertaining.

An open-ended finish points surely to more from this series, which I'm totally on board for.

A gripping and interesting police procedural/thriller that I really enjoyed. Plenty of action and drama I flew through this read.

This book has left me feeling a little discombobulated as the ending just threw me completely. I feel like I was waiting to find out what really happened and I’m still much the wiser. Who’s dead, who’s alive.. that’s still the question! Cara really is the queen of an open ending and it just makes you want another book even more.

As the seventh book in the Fawley series it’s actually a follow on to the very first case we read about, when Daisy Mason goes missing - if you haven’t read that then read it before this…

All of Hunter’s books are written as mixed media which I absolutely love as it just makes the book feel different to any other and you get drawn into solving the case. This does also mean that there are no chapters so buddy reading can be a little tricky but I definitely prefer it as you can read as much or as little as you want in one go and then stop wherever. For me this encourages me to read even more!

This was fast paced, full of little twists and turns and is a true mystery as to what is actually happening, and almost a little bit of what actually happened 8 years ago…

Cara has written another gem and I can’t wait to read another - whether that’s a Fawley book or another standalone like Murder in the Family!

I love the format of Cara Hunter's books but I found this one a bit confusing. I found there were too many characters and I found myself becoming confused. The actual murder story was very good and I will be reading other books by the author but this was definitely not my favourite.

This is an epistolary novel. The vibe of the book was suspenseful. And the book started with a discovery of a body and a case of disappearance. A mother was convicted. The truth was twisted and shocking. The book was medium paced. I liked how the author made the revelations at the end. But you definitely need to read previous books in series to completely understand the characters and everything that was happening in the book. I appreciate that the author introduced us to the characters and book setting. There were multiple characters. The book has been written well. I liked the narration. The audiobook worked better than the digital book.

Thanks to the Publisher

Adam Fawley is back, in what has to be one of my favourite series of books.

Once again, Cara Hunter has written an excellent crime thriller.

I can’t wait for her next thriller.

Cara Hunter is back with a new installment in the DI Fawley series. When a body is found in the woods, forensic evidence links it to one of Fawley’s old cases. He got the culprit – a woman convicted of the murder of her daughter, and now it looks like she might have been innocent. Will Fawley be able to uncover the mystery behind his old case, as well as discover who killed the person in the woods?

I am not a police procedurals reader in the slightest, but there is something about Cara Hunter’s books that are so addictive, so completely unputdownable, that I snatch them up as soon as they are released. Making a Killing was absolutely no exception, it was gripping, utterly compelling and full of twists and turns. Of course, the ending was one I did not see coming and I loved every minute of the story.

One of the things I always really enjoy about this series is the way Hunter includes different media, such as newspaper clippings and interview records. It always makes the story feel more realistic. I enjoyed that we get to see Fawley and the team after a jump in time, seeing how their careers and home lives have changed. I also loved the way Hunter connected the story to her standalone novel Murder in the Family, I thought this was such a clever touch and hope we are going to see more of the Infamous series in the future.

This was such a terrific read and I ended up reading the second half of the book in a single sitting. If you’re looking for a crime series with brilliant characters with each installment keeping you completely hooked, you definitely need to pick up the DI Adam Fawley series. A thoroughly entertaining tale, I cannot wait to see what case Fawley takes on next.

4/5 stars! This is the 7th entry in the "DI Adam Fawley" series by author Cara Hunter. This author has done it again. An exciting premise that really paid off. I love true-crime shows, so having that thread in this tale was exciting. I do feel like at times there was just too much going on compared to earlier books in this series. But overall, I really enjoyed it.

Well, if you have followed me on this platform for a bit you will know I am an avid fan of Cara Hunter and the Adam Fawley books.
You can imagine my delight when a lovely email from Netgalley landed in my inbox allowing me to listen to this one..
I maybe somewhat biased as aforementioned huge Cara Hunter fan.
I really enjoyed this one, we were revising a case from 2018 which threw me when I realised 2018 was 7 years ago…..
We revisit the Daisy Mason case, Daisy went missing, now she is back. We learn what happened all those years ago and where Daisy has been all this time. We learn so much more about Daisy and her manipulative ways. I do not want to give anything away but the end of this book….. Wow I was not expecting it to end the way it did and now I want… No Need more.
As for the audio, it was excellent. I was truly immersed and flew through it in 2 days and it has made me want to reread all previous Fawley books.

Fascinating police procedural story with lots going on and many surprises. Very opened ended conclusion.

In this seventh instalment of the DI Fawley series, we revisit the story of Daisy Mason from the first book. The book is written in a really fun, mixed media way, which makes it very engaging throughout, and the characters are as great as ever.

My thanks to the author, NetGalley, and the publisher for the arc to review.

A woman's is found murdered and a hair at the crime scene is identified as belonging to a young girl, Daisy Mason, believed to have been murdered 8 years previously.

DCI Adam Fawley and his team, who originally investigated the Daisy Mason case are put back together to solve the new murder and look afresh at the Daisy Mason case.

This is a good read and one I enjoyed. A surprising ending that leaves the reader with a number of questions.

A very readable/unputdownable police procedural/detective story which sees the return of DI Fawley to solve another mystery. The starting point, the murder of a young woman in Oxfordshire. Limited evidence as to the potential culprit other than DNA which matches that of an 8 year old girl who was believed to have been killed by her mother. I liked the way this book both took you along with the detectives investigating the murder and the potential murderer but at the same time provided insights into the mind of others involved in the story, with both perspectives coming together to neatly tie things up at the end. With thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I have read all the other books in this series and thoroughly enjoyed them. Unfortunately I didn’t like this one at all. I struggled with the format of all the different emails and reports jumping back and forth. There were also too many characters in it that made it confusing and hard to follow

4.5 stars rounded up.

When I first read Close To Home a few years ago, I thought it was just your typical run of the mill procedural. However, much to my surprise it proved to be anything but typical in my eyes. The same can be said for Making a Killing.

This story held my focus from beginning to end. It reads to me like a crime show series that we look forward to cozying up with on the weekends after a long hard week. The characters are well written and everyone contributes to the storyline in some way. I love the fact that even after a few years since reading Close to Home, I was able to follow along with the investigation so well. Hunter conveniently incorporates all the necessary information so that readers can easily keep up.

I must say, the addition of being able to get a look into Daisy's mind was the icing on cake for me. It almost feels like the author is laying the foundation for her character and I am here for it. There's something so twisted yet intriguing about Daisy so I am hoping to see more of her.

This book makes me feel like a detective on the case. I feel like I'm involved in everything that's going on. It is so well written and so well crafted. That ending was mind-blowing. I just know there's more coming and I cannot wait for it.
Thank you to Netgalley, HarperCollins UK and Cara Hunter for my eARC of this read. All opinions are my own

I've read a couple of the DCI Fawley range before coming to this latest one from Cara Hunter and "Making a Killing".
Time has progressed and the usual team has spread out into different police avenues but re-visiting a previous case - Daisy - forces them back together for a re-investigation and to right a wrongful conviction.

I enjoyed the ride with this one. With some mysterious scenes with witchcraft and legends hints thrown in for good measure it's a bit of a romp around the countryside as well as off to Northern Ireland to discover what's happened.

I must admit I was expecting a proper conclusion but readers should be warned that there no definite end to this. I turned a page and it was done. It was all a bit sudden for my liking and I felt a bit cheated in all honesty.

Good dialogue, good story (if a bit unbelievable at times) but I did feel cheated.

4 stars from me.
Many thanks for the ARC.