REVIEW: Close to Home

Close to Home
Author: Cara Hunter

During a costume party at her home, 8-year old Daisy Mason disappears. The entire family acts strange. The mother is obsessed with appearances. The father is coldly distant. And the 10-year old boy seems a bit too withdrawn and quiet. DI Adam Fawley knows something is amiss and he is determined to find out what happened to the bubbly, beautiful little girl. Did someone in her family do her harm? Has she been abducted? Did a stranger do this, or someone else at the party? Little does he know just how horrible and vile things really are......

OMG! This book is amazing! The story grabbed my total interest from the beginning, and the suspense kept going strong until the very last word. The story moves along at a good pace, and there are plenty of suspects. I like DI Fawley as a main character. He's had a lot of pain in his life including the death of his own child, and that makes him go after this case with determination. The author does a great job of portraying these totally crappy parents. I wanted to jump into the book and punch both of them. The mother is completely narcissistic. And the father is a total Wanker (yes, with a capital w). There are some magnificent twists and turns of plot in this crime story....I didn't know exactly what had happened until the very end. I LOVE suspense novels that always have that one last surprise in store. Just lovely!

This is book 1 in a series featuring DI Adam Fawley. I will definitely be reading more of this series!! (and yes, that gets two exclamation points) This is Cara Hunter's debut novel. Awesome job! The second DI Fawley book, In The Dark, will be coming out in July 2018. Can't wait to read it!

**I voluntarily read an advanced readers copy of this book from Penguin Books via First To Read. All opinions expressed -- including capital letters and extra exclamation points -- are entirely my own.**