#BookReview: MAKING A KILLING by Cara Hunter @CaraHunterBooks @HarperFiction @Hemlock_Press

Publication: 13th February 2025 – Hemlock Press

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Tiktok sensation MURDER IN THE FAMILY and the DI Adam Fawley series comes a brand new gripping crime thriller about a figure from the past…

In 2016, eight-year-old Daisy Mason vanished from her Oxford home.

Her disappearance made the national press and the final culprit shocked everyone. DCI Adam Fawley remembers the case well, he arrested Daisy’s mother for murder himself.

But her body was never found.

Now, forensic evidence at a current murder scene calls the whole case into question. DCI Adam Fawley and the team are brought back in to investigate. And they all have one question on their minds.

What really happened to Daisy Mason?

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The DI Fawley series is one of my favourite and I am always looking forward to a new investigation, but Making a Killing even exceeded my expectations. The first book in the series, Close to Home, is actually one of my favourite, not only because it made me fall in love with the series and its characters and become a fan of the author, but also because its ending was so unexpected. And now that case is back to haunt DI Adam and his team.

A few years ago, eight-year-old Daisy Mason disappeared from her home during a party and the investigation was suspenseful and full of surprises. Now, when the body of a woman is found buried in a shallow grave in the woods, the police also finds evidence connected to that case and Fawley is called to reopen the Mason case. And, once again, Cara Hunter proves that she is an incredible storyteller who can keep me on the edge of my seat from the first to the last page with all the twists and turns.  

I was curious to see what the characters were up to: everyone has gone for a different path or has been promoted. DI Adam Fawley is now DCI Adam Fawley, while, on the family side, his six-year-old daughter keeps him on his toes, Quinn is a DI and he’s married, and DC Somer is working as a Ministry of Justice intermediary.

I was happy that the story is again told in different formats, from newspaper articles to readers’ comments, from journals to police reports, and the story is intriguing and addictive with, once again, a surprising ending that makes me wait eagerly for the next one! 

A huge thank you to Hemlock Press and NetGalley for a proof of this terrific book!

Cara Hunter is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling crime novels featuring DI Adam Fawley and his Oxford-based police team. Her books have sold over a million copies in the UK alone, and have been translated into 27 languages so far. The fifth book, The Whole Truth, was a Richard and Judy summer pick for 2021. The series is now in script development for TV, and the screen rights to Murder in the Family have been acquired by Neal Street Productions.