Making a Killing (DI Fawley, Book 7)

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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
When Nick Vincent, producer of true-crime show Infamous, hears about an explosive new angle on a high-profile case the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Oxford in 2016 he leaps at the chance to send a researcher to verify the claims.

Two months later, a dog walker discovers a womans body, bound and buried in a shallow grave in the woods, and forensic evidence links it to the disappearance of that same child. DCI Adam Fawley, the original investigating officer, is called in to run the enquiry. And he remembers the case well he arrested the child's mother for murder. A murder he now knows she didn't commit.

The investigation raises more questions than answers. Where has the dead girl been all these years How did the police not find her back in 2016 And what really happened For Adam Fawley, this is personal..

PRAISE FOR CARA HUNTER

A stunning and ingenious novel Financial Times Best books of 2023

Ingenious, complex and immersive Guardian

I loved everything about this book. Alice Feeney

Devilishly clever, ground-breaking Ian Rankin

Original, inventive and totally 21st Century Just brilliant! Janice Hallett

Sharp, fresh, surprising, and authentic Absolutely brilliant Andrea Mara

A one of a kind thriller. Robert Gold

Relentlessly twisty and utterly compelling Shari Lapena

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PRAISE FOR CARA HUNTER

'This thrillingly plotted mystery pulls the reader into the investigation as an active participant' Waterstones best Thrillers of 2023

A stunning and ingenious novel Financial Times Best books of 2023

I loved everything about this book .. one of my favourite books of this year. Alice Feeney

Unique and hugely enjoyable. Sunday Express

An addictive, unusually interactive novel Sunday Times

An innovative take on a cold-case whodunnit ingenious, complex and immersive Guardian

Youll be glued to the page as you try to follow the countless twists and turns that youll never see coming Bishops Stortford Independent

This devilishly clever, ground-breaking novel will keep you guessing as you fly through its pages Ian Rankin

Original, inventive and totally 21st Century Just brilliant! Janice Hallett

Sharp, fresh, surprising, and authentic Absolutely brilliant Andrea Mara

A one of a kind thriller. Robert Gold

Relentlessly twisty and utterly compelling Shari Lapena

The attention to detail is incredible, and following along is so. Much. FUN Catherine Ryan Howard

Genius premise with all the twistiness youd expect from Cara Hunter. Her best yet! Victoria Selman

'Clever and innovative an intriguing new take on the traditional crime novel.' Emma Haughton

Absolutely compulsive Gytha Lodge

An excellent, wholly original whodunnit! Gilly MacMillan

A great premise, perfectly executed truly a cracker of a book. JP Delaney

Author Bio

Cara Hunter is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling crime novels Close to Home, In the Dark, No Way Out, All the Rage, The Whole Truth and Hope to Die, all featuring DI Adam Fawley and his Oxford-based police team. Close to Home was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick (as is her latest) and was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2019. No Way Out was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 best crime novels since 1945. Cara's novels have sold over a million copies worldwide, and the TV rights to the series have been acquired by the Fremantle group. She lives in Oxford. Murder in the Family is her first stand-alone crime novel. The Fawley series will also continue.