Another brilliant book by Cara Hunter. I love her style of writing and this was a tense fast paced storyline that gripped from the first page and I couldn’t read it quick enough. As it’s a sequel to Close to home I recommend to read that before this book so you get the background. It was great catching up with Fawley again, I hope we get some more books with him soon.

I’m a huge fan of Cara’s books and in particular this series.

I started this one without realising it was a follow up, in part, to book 1 of the series Close To Home. I’ve since gone back and reread this and would recommend reading them in the correct order!

Adam Fawley is recalled back to Oxford after a current case throws up evidence that has incredible repercussions for a previous case of his, a case that led to a murder sentence for a mother of her child, though no body was ever found. Although there may be a very good reason as to why a body wasn’t discovered…..

This case leads to a reunion of the team and the reopening of the Daisy Mason case.

I devoured this book and couldn’t believe how brilliant the story was and how well it continued from the first one. Cara is such a brilliant writer and this book really shows off her talents.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read and review.

Cara Hunter is back with her latest DCI Adam Fawley thriller. Making a Killing revisits a previous character, Daisy Mason. Daisy, aged 8, goes missing from her home and is presumed abducted. No trace of her is ever found. Her mother, Sharon. Is jailed for her murder after clear evidence is found of her involvement. At the end of the original story we discover that Daisy manipulated her teacher, Kate Madigan into staging her abduction and starting a new life in Ireland. Daisy is no ordinary 8 year old. She's mature and intelligent beyond her years and capable of gross manipulation to get her way. In Making a Killing a body of a recently deceased female in found. A strand of hair with the body is discovered to belong to Daisy Mason. Is Daisy back to cause more havoc or indeed could she be the deceased female? I thoroughly enjoyed this book, thank you to Netgalley for my advance copy. I have 2 little gripes though. The first being that I couldn't read the newspaper articles on my Paperwhite, they just wouldn't line up properly which was a real shame. The second observation i made was that there are a lot of lower ranking police officer characters that I couldn't keep up with. These officer's blended in the finish for me.

I love Cara Hunter's books, so jumped at the chance to read her latest. What I didn't initially realise was that Making a Killing revisits an earlier case in her first novel, Close to Home. I don't think you have to have read that to enjoy this one, but it probably adds something to it. I have read Close to Home, but it was a while ago and I didn't remember much about it (though I did remember the ending).

Anyway, a body found in the woods has DNA on it that links straight back to that memorable previous case for DCI Adam Fawley - DNA from a person believed to be eight years dead, though her body was never found. This discovery puts the cat right among the pigeons - not least, a woman has been in prison for eight years for a murder which not only did she not commit, but which apparently nobody committed.

The newspaper clippings, etc, didn't work very well on Kindle, but did in the NetGalley app, so I had to switch between the two from time to time.

The ending was a little unsatisfying, but nevertheless a great read from Cara Hunter, which did make me want to go back and reread Close to Home.

This is the seventh book in the DI Adam Fawley series by author Cara Hunter. I enjoy this series having read all the previous novel in it.

Nick Vincent, producer of the true-crime show Infamous, uncovers a potential revelation in the 2016 murder case of an eight year old girl in Oxford. Vincent is eager to seize the opportunity so decides to send a researcher to substantiate which sets off a chain of events leading to the discovery of a woman’s body in a shallow grave.

Detective Chief Inspector Adam Fawley led the original investigation and arrested the girl’s mother for her supposed murder. Now he is propelled back onto the case that has so many new questions and disturbing links. Forensic evidence links the newly discovered body to the young girl’s disappearance and Fawley is forced to confront that the wrong person may have paid for a crime they didn’t commit.

The novel grew on me the more I got into it with the familiar characters, well paced plot written in the authors recognisable style that includes newspaper articles, emails etc.

Making a Killing is another exciting read and a worthy addition to the series that I have missed.

I would like to thank both Netgalley and Harper Collins UK for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

I was very excited when I was accepted for an ARC of this book on NetGalley as I had read the series last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. I decided that as this is based on the case from Book 1,Close To Home, that I would re read that before I started this one so that I was reminded of the story. There is however also a recap at the start of the book detailing the characters, which is helpful as there are a lot of different characters in the series.

Making a Killing sees us in 2024 after the last book Hope to Die was set 6 years earlier. This means that some of the team have moved onto different positions but they rejoin back together to revisit an old case where Daisy Mason an 8 year old girl went missing. New forensic evidence has brought into question whether they got the right result back then. The team have to go back through everything they thought to be true before and piece that together with new information found, to try and finally put this case to rest.

This was a great book and kept me guessing all the way through until the very end with twists along the way as we try to work out what has happened. There is the use of mixed media throughout with items such as newspaper articles and photos which I love to see in books.

I would recommend if you have not read any of this series that you read Book 1 Close To Home before this one.

It was a great book, that I would definitely recommend and I can’t wait to see what’s next for DCI Fawley!!!

Thank you NetGalley and Harper Collins for the advanced reader copy.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the e-arc, I raced through this pacy, slightly creepy thriller and loved it, especially having read the first book with Daisy in it. A great read.

When I saw that this was a sequel to Close To Home, the book in which we first meet D.I Adam Fawley I couldn't have been more thrilled. I absolutely loved that book so this was one to be read in one sitting. I wasn't disappointed. I don't want to give away any spoilers but this was an exciting, tense read and I enjoyed every minute. I can't recommend this series highly enough. Hopefully the author has plenty of ideas for future installments.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book

Adam Fawley is back with some old faces to investigate a body found in the woods. It is tasked to him to investigate as there are links to the murder of Daisy Mason, a previous closed case that he was linked to. The investigation ends up raising more questions than answers.

I enjoy Cara Hunter’s books and as I read more, I end up loving them more. Therefore I was super excited to read this one, especially when I saw it was a sequel to the first in this series. I was happy to see Adam Fawley and the team back and felt like I was catching up with old friends. The characters are brilliantly written and their connection to one another easily shines through.

I really loved the references to previous novels and felt this added something a little extra for me. Saying that, this can still be read easily as a standalone and the author does a good job introducing all the characters at the beginning of the story. As always, the author’s original writing style is in full swing, with newspaper articles, transcripts and other unique ways to get the story across. There were plenty of twists and lots of suspense to keep me gripped to the story. And the cliffhanger!

Definitely another great addition to the series by one of my go to authors: I need more already. I would read anything she writes! 4.5 stars rounded up. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this copy in return for an honest review.

Making a Killing is another good police procedural by Cara Hunter and I was pleased to see a return to the Adam Fawley/Oxford series.

Whilst I enjoyed the pacing of events in the book and read it over a couple of days, what lets it down for me is the main premise of the disappearance of Daisy from the earlier novel and for her to be that manipulative as such a young age. As a reader, I also felt that Daisy's shadow journal gave away so much of the plot that it felt like the police investigation was a bit slow to work out what was going on.

Have always loved Cara Hunter’s book especially DCI Adam Fawley series. I really enjoyed this book but I would recommend before you read this book to read if you haven’t already Close to Home. I enjoyed this book so much I’ve already pre-ordered this book

This is another great read from Cara Hunter and we are back with DCI Fawley. The story picks up 7 years after we were last with Fawley and the team when everyone is pulled back from their secondments after it appears Daisy Mason is alive 8 years after she first disappeared.

To say I was excited to read this would be an understatement. It was everything I wanted it to be and is a fantastic read. I found it to be quite a slow burn with a rather abrupt ending (which I absolutely loved)! This is one of my favourite police procedural’s series and Cara is a go to read for me. I read this in a few days, as usual there are no chapters, but several POVs are present along with the mixed media that separate these books from others in the genre. All the usual characters were back, with a few from Cara’s standalone book Murder in the Family, which I thought was very clever and well thought out!

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To say there was one overly excited reader here when I opened the notification from Netgalley with the approval for this book is possibly the biggest understatement of 2024! I have followed the Adam Fawley series from book 1, Close to Home, and have pushed it into the hands of many a reader seeking a guaranteed page turner since 2017. But, that said, as it was some 7 years plus since I read that first instalment, I decided a refresher read was necessary before I dived in to book 7. A decision well-made as it brought all the details of the Daisy Mason disappearance back ready for reference as Adam and the team were forced to revisit the case that put both her parents behind bars. There's a handy introduction to the significant characters at the start of the book which, if you have bought the book not realising its background, is really useful.

The story begins, as with many discoveries of murder victims, with a dog walker stumbling across a shallow grave - but the can of worms the discovery opens isn't immediately obvious. There's a missing uni student in the locality, so it makes sense that first guesses to the identity of the victim point in her direction. Forensic tests on the body and associated evidence soon shift the focus - but what they're saying seems impossible, as the DNA they've found belongs to someone who couldn't possibly have been there: Daisy.

Cara Hunter has used her signature method of including photos, social media posts, newspaper clippings, and emails along the way to portray the public mood toward the case and information being fed between the investigators. I love this method as the reader can put the pieces together themselves alongside the detectives as the story progresses.

OK so it would be most unlikely for the detectives who got things so spectacularly wrong first time around to be quite involved in this new case, but if you can ignore that (which I found extremely easy to do) you will love the journey this book takes you on. It explores not just what happened 8 years ago, but the effects that whole experience had on everyone involved. Which would infuriate Daisy because - as always - it's not all about her!

The ending is fantastic but will annoy some readers as the remaining loose ends dangle some tantalising tasters for possible further instalments in this series. Which makes me very happy - I just hope we don't have to wait another 8 years for the answers!

Always really enjoy a Cara Hunter book. As ever, this one didn’t disappoint. Good ending. Will keep looking forward to her future books.

I have been waiting a long time for book 7 in this amazing series and I was not disappointed this was excellent.
This takes us back to book 1 and the disappearance of Daisy Mason. 8 years have passed and Daisy is now 16.
This book had plenty of twists and turns and I just didn’t know what was coming next.
It was great to catch up with Adam and the old gang and I can’t wait for the next instalment.
Thanks to Netgalley ,Cara Hunter and Harper Collins UK, Harper Fiction for an advance copy in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

After her last book, stand-alone Murder In The Family, Making A Killing marks the return of Adam Fawley and his team, who are drawn back together when DNA found at a scene is revealed to belong to someone involved in a past case. The only problem is, they were the murder victim, and the DNA proves they are in fact alive.

Making A Killing likely won’t work for you if you haven’t read Close To Home, the first book in the Fawley series in which the establishing story for this novel is told. But for those familiar with that book and the rest of the Fawley series, this will be a a welcome return. Personally, I found it so unlikely that Fawley and his team would be called upon to ‘mark their own homework’, so to speak, but tried to suspend my disbelief and enjoy the ride. The ending is left very open, too, so I imagine this isn’t the last we’ve seen of Daisy.

Thank you to Netgallery and the publisher for this ARC. The publication date is 13th Feb 2025. Another cracking fast- paced and gripping book Cara Hunter.

I loved how it linked to the Daisy Mason case - Cara's first Fawley book and it had all the elements of fantastic police procedural book.

It was thought provoking and intriguing as a true crime fan. This would be a great tv adaptation!

The ending gave me shivers it was a suspenseful way to end the book! I am eagerly anticipating the next book now!

Love love love that this had links back to Close to Home and Murder in the Family. Thrilling and fast-paced like the previous novels in the series, I raced through and enjoyed every minute. I liked the addition of emails and newspaper clippings but found the mug shots a little cringey.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC.

‘Making A Killing’ by Cara Hunter is an addictive, intriguing crime novel starring D.I. Adam Fawley, the protagonist of six previous novels who absolutely doesn’t expect to be drawn back into a case from eight years ago that led to the successful conviction of cold-hearted Sharon Mason for the murder of her 8-year-old daughter Daisy. However, DNA evidence at the scene of a separate crime in Hescombe leads Fawley and his team questioning everything they thought they knew about one of North Oxford’s most compelling and upsetting cases…

I will start by saying that I re-read ‘Close To Home’ - the 2016-set series opener featuring Daisy’s disappearance and THAT explosive ending - specifically before opening this book, and I think it enhanced the experience. Even if you don’t want to read the whole series, I think that the experience of reading this novel is enhanced by feeling connected to the original case, though there is enough background given in dialogue and newspaper cuttings for this to work standalone if needs be. Speaking of which, the author’s actual standalone book - the sensational ‘Murder In The Family’ - and its fictional true crime TV series ‘Infamous’ is referenced more than a few times throughout the chapters, giving a treat to Cara Hunter’s avid fans (me included!)

I read this book in two totally captivated sittings and was breathless as the narrative jumped from location to location, incorporating transcripts, articles and messages alongside prose to really embed the reader in the investigations. The plot was so incredibly clever, and managed to be both shocking and expected given what we know of the characters. I enjoyed (if that’s the right word) the exploration of shadow journaling and revelled in the darkness of the story.

Perhaps a bit more focus on Adam himself wouldn’t have gone amiss, but even so, this was a jam-packed, unputdownable five star read for me! 100% recommended.

I am a HUGE Adam Fawley fan and once again, this book did not disappoint. With nods to her stand alone novel, Cara Hunter creates a thrilling and tense story, that is impossible to put down.