It boasts a solid set of characters, both past and new, and a steady-paced plot that delivers on all fronts.

Suddenly Fawley’s team are under tremendous pressure to crack the case—and to bring one formidable criminal to justice. Close to Home was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2019. The people involved also seem plausible – the police team are well-developed as separate characters (and there’s even a cast list with back-stories at the front of the book if you need a hand). And when the couple are found to have a connection to a high profile murder trial 20 years ago everything becomes very complicated. By now it truly feels like we as readers are part of the family as we follow each character through their highs and lows.But something about the crime scene doesn’t sit right with DI Adam Fawley, whose gut tells him there’s more to their story. This novel doesn’t rely on lots of graphic violence or a high body count for shocks (don’t get me wrong – I’m a big fan of all kinds of crime novel! When links are discovered to a past child murder, it seems that DI Fawley and his team have a very complex tale to unravel. The reports of the previous crime were in tiny print and it was irksome to continually have to alter the font size continually just as I was getting into the story. I’m such a sucker for formats that include like you said mixture of narrative, transcripts of interviews, Wikipedia-style entries, online chats, letters, news headlines so that alone would make me pick this book up.

Cara Hunter is an expert at keeping the reader on their toes, constantly building up the tension before each twist until the very end where all the questions are finally answered. I really loved that the story is told through a mixture of narrative, transcripts of interviews, Wikipedia-style entries, online chats, letters, news headlines and lots more. While the storytelling and plot did not seem as clear cut as some of the past books in the series, the recurring protagonists continued to inspire with their impressive police work and fascinate with their deep and complex personalities. Overall, I’d recommend this to lovers of clever and immersive police procedurals – once you’ve met DI Fawley and his team, you’ll definitely want more. At times the story almost seemed over-complicated, although the case was satisfactorily solved in the end but there were still one or two issues that I felt were open to interpretation – which for me is a good thing.

I’ve loved this series from the very beginning, but something about this one just didn’t sit well with me. it develops character and back-story instead, with the result that readers become invested in the plot. When the police discover a connection to a high-profile case from years ago, involving a child’s murder and an alleged miscarriage of justice, the press go wild. The only comment on this is that these inserts are in very tiny font and are a bit challenging on the Kindle – I couldn’t get them to enlarge.

This time, the Oxfordshire Police struggle to put the pieces together when a strange case of what at first appears to be a burglary gone wrong reaches their department.Similar to the past books in the series, the sixth addition to the DI Adam Fawley series promises to deliver from the very start. Cara Hunter is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling crime novels Close to Home, In the Dark, No Way Out, All the Rage and The Whole Truth all featuring DI Adam Fawley and his Oxford-based police team.

The plot of Hope to Die is riveting and intense with many twists and a steady pace as the team of investigators tries to understand how the victim and those around him are interconnected. Cara's novels have sold more than a million copies worldwide, and the TV rights to the series have now been acquired by the Fremantle group. There is no doubt this is an awesome crime thriller, full of twists and turns galore and a riveting read but somehow it just didn’t feel the same as the rest of the series.I was delighted that after all the hardships, DI Adam Fawley is now more established in his career and personal life.