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Making a Killing (DI Fawley, Book 7)
By (Author) Cara Hunter
Book 7
HarperCollins Publishers
Hemlock Press
2nd July 2025
13th February 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Classic crime and mystery fiction
Psychological thriller
Thriller: serial killers
Hardback
368
Width 159mm, Height 240mm, Spine 35mm
580g
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 Daisys 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
PRAISE FOR MAKING A KILLINGChilling Dont miss it! Shari Lapena
Intricate and cunningly plotted Mick Herron
Clever, twisty, addictive and hugely entertaining Andrea Mara
Inimitable Cara Hunter: immersive, bold, twisty and tender Nicci French
Fiendishly clever and immensely satisfying Lesley Kara
Fascinating, ingenious and spell-binding from a master plotter Simon Mason
A brilliantly constructed tale Fiona Barton
Twisty, fast-paced and immersive JP Delaney
Ingenious, twisting and always captivating John Marrs
I raced through this twisty mystery, wrong-footed at every perfectly executed turn Victoria Selma
Chilling Dont miss it!
-- Shari LapenaIntricate and cunningly plotted, Making a Killing confirms Cara Hunter's status as a key figure in the current UK crime scene
-- Mick HerronTrademark Cara Hunter clever, twisty, addictive and hugely entertaining. A masterclass in plotting. A triumph, readers will love it
-- Andrea MaraInimitable Cara Hunter: immersive, bold, twisty and tender
-- Nicci FrenchAnother fiendishly clever and immensely satisfying thriller from the inventive mind of Cara Hunter. I flew through it!
-- Lesley KaraFascinating, ingenious and spell-binding from a master plotter
-- Simon MasonA brilliantly constructed tale
-- Fiona BartonI wait for the annual Fawley like a small child waiting for Christmas. MAKING A KILLING shows that Cara Hunter is once again at the top of her game its twisty, fast-paced and immersive, with an emotional depth thats all too rare in this genre
-- JP DelaneyA must-read from Britains most original crime-writer. Ingenious, twisting and always captivating, Hunter switches it up a notch and them some. Just bloody brilliant
-- John MarrsThe best Fawley yet! I raced through this twisty mystery, wrong footed at every perfectly executed turn
-- Victoria SelmanCara 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.