A suspected burglary that ends in a gory death at a remote farmhouse might not be as straightforward as it first seems for DI Adam Fawley and his Oxford based team.

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. This really enhances the reader’s sense of immersion in the story and credibility of plot. 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. Fantastic . . . my favourite series ever! Shari Lapena, author of SOMEONE WE KNOW on The Whole Truth Fast paced and a fantastic cast of characters. Kept me guessing to the end' Fiona Barton, author of The Widow The sixth twisty, up-all-night thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling Cara Hunter. For fans of Shari Lapena, Claire Douglas and Lisa Jewell.Suddenly Fawley's team are under more scrutiny than ever before. And when you dig up the past, you're sure to find a few skeletons... Digging deeper, the police realize this is no ordinary burglary gone wrong. There’s an unmistakable link to an infamous case from years earlier involving a child’s murder and an alleged miscarriage of justice. When the news leaks out, the press goes wild.

Hope to Die is very clever story telling. Cara Hunter weaves in several themes, each with a nod to real-life cases: a notorious and non-communicative central female character (convicted of infanticide and reviled as a child-killer); a possible miscarriage of justice; a remote farmhouse where an elderly couple with a shotgun confront a so-called burglar, an investigative journalist called John Penrose and a four part Netflix exposure. This is a rich and heady brew! And just when I thought I had a fix on the unfolding events Hunter threw another hand grenade into the mix and I had to think again. It looks like a burglary gone wrong, but DC Adam Fawley suspects there's something more to it. Who exactly was the aggressor here? 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. Bookworm, Mum and English teacher. Resident of Cheshire in the rainy north of England but an Essex girl at heart and by birth.Cancel everything. You're not going anywhere until you finish reading' Emily Koch, author of If I Die Before I Wake Similar to the past books in the series, the sixth addition to the DI Adam Fawley series promises to deliver from the very start. 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. DI Fawley and his team work to solve the puzzle and create a timeline that spans decades and involves a family tragedy and many red herrings. A man lies dead in the kitchen—shot point blank. The farm’s elderly owners claim the shooting was self-defense against a burglar. But something about the crime scene doesn’t sit right with DI Adam Fawley, whose gut tells him there’s more to their story. If the victim came to rob the house, why wasn’t he wearing gloves or carrying tools? Why didn’t the owner of the house call the police right after the shooting? Why did his wife wash his blood splattered clothes immediately?