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I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I’ve loved writing since creative writing classes in primary school. I have always wanted to see my teacher Miss Sayers again and thank her for the encouragement.
My first by this author, and definitely not my last. You may know that I regularly say I do not enjoy police procedural novels. So I resisted reading this one, even though it had been recommended to me. Well, I have to admit this had a good mix of procedural and plot to pull me in. Really enjoyed the easy style of writing and the characterisations are well done.
In The Dark: from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Close to Home by Cara H
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. Do you know what they're hiding in the house next door? 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.
As our crew pick their way through false starts and mistaken assumptions, they eventually get some lucky breaks and make some progress. All the while we learn a little more about their inner lives and personalities, setting us up nicely for further instalments. A brilliant start to a series that will greet with huge anticipation. To see what your friends thought of this book,please sign up.
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel ( Brand New Book )
Will usually dispatch within 2 working days of receiving cleared payment. Close To Home is the new novel from Cara Hunter and her blog tour is stopping by Novel Kicks today. The book begins the evening of the crime and then alternates before the crime and the current timeline.
This was an incredibly interesting story that could have taken predictable paths but fortunately offered something different. I see myself reading the sequel because of DI Fawley. Plus, the twists and turns throughout were entertaining.
CLOSE TO HOME by Cara Hunter
Matters are further complicated as we become aware that Adam and his wife, Alex, recently lost their son, Jake, in highly emotionally upsetting circumstances. In a investigation where nothing is as it seems, suspicions focus on and oscillate between Sharon to Barry, as Adam believes the perpetrator is usually close to home. Cara Hunter is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling crime novels Close to Home, In the Dark and No Way Out, all featuring DI Adam Fawley and his Oxford-based police team. Cara's novels have sold more than three quarters of a million copies worldwide. Cara Hunter lives in Oxford, on a street not unlike those featured in her books. Twists and turns plague Fawley’s team—DS Gareth Quinn, DC Chris Gislingham, and DC Verity Everett—as they accumulate evidence to determine what happened to Daisy.
The ending - it just wasn't worth the wait, and it was the most unsatisfying ending I have ever encountered in mystery novels. There are many twists in this book, and they all are happening based on dumn luck or weird circumstances. Close To Home is, I believe, the first mystery/thriller book I have given one star to. This is an excellent novel that keeps the reader interested to know more and serves up twists and turns to keep you guessing to the very end. I would like to thank NetGalley, Penguin Books UK and the author Cara Hunter for my ARC in exchange for an honest review. It follows Detective Investigator (i'm making that up, kinda) Adam Fawley, in the most procedural murder book of all time.
But does that make either of them guilty of doing something to their daughter? I’m going to say this now, before we get started. You won’t like it, but trust me, I’ve done this more times than I care to punish myself remembering. In a case like this – a kid – nine times out of ten it’s someone close to home.
It’s an interesting insight into how social media affects investigations and how it can potentially influence it. Julia smiles to herself, wishing she’d had half that kid’s confidence when she was their age. Then she closes the door and goes back down to the kitchen, where she turns the radio on and starts chopping vegetables for dinner. They’re playing an old Annie Lennox track, so she turns up the volume and sings to herself. It’s so loud, in fact, that she doesn’t notice the sudden commotion upstairs.
Family, friend, neighbour, someone in the community. However distraught they look, however unlikely it seems, they know who did it. I really like the storytelling of this series with the inclusion of tweets and Facebook group chats entwined in the narrative adds a true sense of real time jeopardy as the clock is ticking. I’m really looking forward to more in this series as the procedurals were so well done and I liked how each character was developed.
It's clear why this series became so highly regarded and anticipated because this debut smashed it out of the park. Suspicion naturally falls on those closest to her, and investigations reveal that this 'normal' everyday family is actually very dysfunctional. Cleared payment cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab. The narration of the plot in this book was slightly confusing because it was a little all over the place. But the plot itself was quite mysterious and gripping that I kept reading and didn’t want to ... Some of the twists you might see coming but most won’t.
