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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I won a finished copy in a Goodreads giveaway. I have not read the first book in the series so this is my first read of this author.
This was a quick read. The book doesn't have chapters but does have some visual breaks by including police reports, texts and newspaper clippings. The POV changes and is sometimes first person; I was often trying to figure out who was talking or who was being talked about. But the main distraction was that I didn't understand a lot of the British references.
POSSIBLE MINOR SPOILER
The story has lots of moving parts, but I enjoyed being "in the dark" sometimes about where it was going to end up. However, there are two things that I felt weren't wrapped up. 1. Danny texted someone about if he should tell the police, but they never said about what. (This happens very early in the book, so it's not really a spoiler.) 2. There was an implication about the little boy's behavior, but this was not confirmed or addressed. (Hopefully that was vague enough to not be a spoiler.) So, did I miss something?
Overall, I enjoyed it. I don't feel any great affinity for the characters, so I am not sure if I will go back to read the other books in the series. 3.25 stars rounded down.
This was a quick read. The book doesn't have chapters but does have some visual breaks by including police reports, texts and newspaper clippings. The POV changes and is sometimes first person; I was often trying to figure out who was talking or who was being talked about. But the main distraction was that I didn't understand a lot of the British references.
POSSIBLE MINOR SPOILER
The story has lots of moving parts, but I enjoyed being "in the dark" sometimes about where it was going to end up. However, there are two things that I felt weren't wrapped up. 1. Danny texted someone about if he should tell the police, but they never said about what. (This happens very early in the book, so it's not really a spoiler.) 2. There was an implication about the little boy's behavior, but this was not confirmed or addressed. (Hopefully that was vague enough to not be a spoiler.) So, did I miss something?
Overall, I enjoyed it. I don't feel any great affinity for the characters, so I am not sure if I will go back to read the other books in the series. 3.25 stars rounded down.
Lê a review completa, aqui: https://the-banal-girl.blogspot.com/2019/11/no-escuro-review.html
Ouve-me a falar deste livro aqui: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV6bTerbUBg&t=497s
Foi uma leitura muito boa já que o enredo principal cativa do início ao fim.
Neste livro, nada é o que aparenta ser. Ao longo da leitura, mudei várias vezes de ideias sobre quem achava que era o culpado, o que demonstra a capacidade da autora de influenciar e "enganar" o leitor.
Com ação, crueldade e realismo é um livro a não perder.
Ouve-me a falar deste livro aqui: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV6bTerbUBg&t=497s
Foi uma leitura muito boa já que o enredo principal cativa do início ao fim.
Neste livro, nada é o que aparenta ser. Ao longo da leitura, mudei várias vezes de ideias sobre quem achava que era o culpado, o que demonstra a capacidade da autora de influenciar e "enganar" o leitor.
Com ação, crueldade e realismo é um livro a não perder.
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow! I absolutely loved this book for so many reasons. First of all, I did NOT see it coming. Like, I wasn't even CLOSE to suspecting what was really going on with this plot. It was SO creative and well-done. I also LOVED the writing style. Besides just regular writing throughout there are newspaper "clippings" and interviews and text messages and once there was even a description of a TV program with voiceovers and describing what someone watching would be looking at. It really kept the writing interesting. The whole book was so compelling and I never wanted to put it down. I just had to know what was going to happen next.
I really liked [b:Close to Home|35458732|Close to Home (DI Adam Fawley, #1)|Cara Hunter|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1518317876l/35458732._SY75_.jpg|52827908], it was similarly well-written and had a twist I didn't see coming. But wow, [a:Cara Hunter|15861124|Cara Hunter|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1546295182p2/15861124.jpg] REALLY upped her game with this one. I LOVED IT, and I can't wait to read the next one.
I really liked [b:Close to Home|35458732|Close to Home (DI Adam Fawley, #1)|Cara Hunter|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1518317876l/35458732._SY75_.jpg|52827908], it was similarly well-written and had a twist I didn't see coming. But wow, [a:Cara Hunter|15861124|Cara Hunter|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1546295182p2/15861124.jpg] REALLY upped her game with this one. I LOVED IT, and I can't wait to read the next one.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Full review can be seen on my March Reading List & Reviews post
A woman and child are found locked in a basement, barely alive, and unidentifiable. No missing persons reports that match their profile, and the confused, elderly man who owns the house claims he has never seen them before. But Detective Inspector Adam Fawley knows nothing is impossible. And no one is as innocent as they seem. As the police grow desperate for a lead, Fawley stumbles across a breakthrough, a link to a case he worked years before about another young woman and child gone missing, never solved. When he realizes the missing woman’s house is directly adjacent to the house in this case, he thinks he might have found the connection that could bring justice for both women. But there’s something not quite right about the little boy from the basement, and the truth will send shockwaves through the force that Fawley never could have anticipated.
review: I read my first Cara Hunter book last year and really enjoyed it, so I immediately downloaded this one. This book was unsettling from the start and I kept trying to piece together the different cases to no avail. At times I found the book to be a bit slow or confusing, but overall enjoyed it especially as everything came together. rating: 3 out of 5 ⭐️
A woman and child are found locked in a basement, barely alive, and unidentifiable. No missing persons reports that match their profile, and the confused, elderly man who owns the house claims he has never seen them before. But Detective Inspector Adam Fawley knows nothing is impossible. And no one is as innocent as they seem. As the police grow desperate for a lead, Fawley stumbles across a breakthrough, a link to a case he worked years before about another young woman and child gone missing, never solved. When he realizes the missing woman’s house is directly adjacent to the house in this case, he thinks he might have found the connection that could bring justice for both women. But there’s something not quite right about the little boy from the basement, and the truth will send shockwaves through the force that Fawley never could have anticipated.
review: I read my first Cara Hunter book last year and really enjoyed it, so I immediately downloaded this one. This book was unsettling from the start and I kept trying to piece together the different cases to no avail. At times I found the book to be a bit slow or confusing, but overall enjoyed it especially as everything came together. rating: 3 out of 5 ⭐️
In The Dark follows Close To Home in the DI Adam Fawley police procedural series. Hunter wrote a winning novel with Close to Home, and she is back with another winner – In The Dark. This novel isn’t just “ripped from the headlines”, we see the headlines! Hunter tells parts of this novel using articles, emails, and texts; this combined with the police interview structure brings this novel to life, makes it feel contemporary and real, and that is why this novel is such a success, why you become invested in the plot. Also, the change in structure keeps you engaged, makes it feel like you’re getting the new information in ‘real time’ and you’re finding things out at exactly the same moment the detectives do.
The mark of a good mystery/thriller novel surely has to be when you don’t see it coming, whatever ‘it’ is, it’s got to surprise you, impress you, but still make sense to the plot. And that is what Hunter achieves in this novel. In fact, it surpasses book one, which has me excited that this series will get better with each book – I don’t make that statement lightly because I really enjoyed book one.
What both books in this series so far have in common is their strong investigative element. This police procedural doesn’t delve into the lives of the officers at the expense of the mystery. I’m a sucker for a good character backstory; I really like what Hunter is doing with this series – slowly, slowly, we are learning more about our leading character, Adam Fawley, but in a way that doesn’t overpower the mystery, so for those who like less of a backstory and a strong focus on the current investigation, you should consider reading this series. Also, the limited character backstory means this one can work as a standalone (although I’ll always advocate for reading series in order).
However, for the backstory-lovers, Fawley’s personal life isn’t stagnant; in book one we were made aware of this pain in his past, and we learn a bit more about it in this novel, it’s emotional and I’m invested. Basically, this book has the best of both worlds, and I’m excited to read the third instalment, No Way Out.
*My thanks to the publisher (Penguin UK) for providing me with a copy of this book*
The mark of a good mystery/thriller novel surely has to be when you don’t see it coming, whatever ‘it’ is, it’s got to surprise you, impress you, but still make sense to the plot. And that is what Hunter achieves in this novel. In fact, it surpasses book one, which has me excited that this series will get better with each book – I don’t make that statement lightly because I really enjoyed book one.
What both books in this series so far have in common is their strong investigative element. This police procedural doesn’t delve into the lives of the officers at the expense of the mystery. I’m a sucker for a good character backstory; I really like what Hunter is doing with this series – slowly, slowly, we are learning more about our leading character, Adam Fawley, but in a way that doesn’t overpower the mystery, so for those who like less of a backstory and a strong focus on the current investigation, you should consider reading this series. Also, the limited character backstory means this one can work as a standalone (although I’ll always advocate for reading series in order).
However, for the backstory-lovers, Fawley’s personal life isn’t stagnant; in book one we were made aware of this pain in his past, and we learn a bit more about it in this novel, it’s emotional and I’m invested. Basically, this book has the best of both worlds, and I’m excited to read the third instalment, No Way Out.
*My thanks to the publisher (Penguin UK) for providing me with a copy of this book*
I'm not much of a thriller lover but this book was very good.
It was engaging, entertaining and enthralling.
I liked the mix of genre, part thriller and part police procedural, and I liked how Ms Hunter writes.
She can surely write a book that will keep your attention till the last page.
The mystery was full of twists and turns and it kept me guessing till the end.
I look forward to reading other books in this series.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to Penguin Books and Edelweiss for this ARC
It was engaging, entertaining and enthralling.
I liked the mix of genre, part thriller and part police procedural, and I liked how Ms Hunter writes.
She can surely write a book that will keep your attention till the last page.
The mystery was full of twists and turns and it kept me guessing till the end.
I look forward to reading other books in this series.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to Penguin Books and Edelweiss for this ARC
Sometimes you just need to pick up a super dark crime thriller and roll with it.
Las year, I had the pleasure of winning a finished copy of Cara Hunter's first DI Adam Fawley novel Close To Home via Goodreads. I'm a sucker for a good police procedural, and find that I require the detail of the various detectives' personal lives to be just as intriguing as the case that they are solving. I was won over immediately with the flawed protagonists and the twisty case that left me scratching my brain all the way until the mind blowing epilogue. I was pleased to discover that I wasn't even close to figuring out what had really happened, so needless to say, I had extremely high expectations going into book #2 in the series. I'm pleased to report that In the Dark was another high quality installment to a new favorite series on my radar.
Again, Ms. Hunter captivates the audience with a dark, dark premise, one where a woman and child have been held in the basement of an elderly man's home for an indeterminate amount of time. They are happened upon by chance, and the police are quick to tie this case to another missing woman from 3 years prior. The beginning is a beautiful slow burn, where the reader is privy to a realistic insight of the timetable and steps required of a police procedural, but I never felt bored once. The author uses a wonderful array of multimedia inserts, such as twitter feeds, newspaper articles, and email exchanges to keep the interest there; I was thrilled to see that the author chose to continue this approach from book one.
I don't want to give any spoilers, but the ending once again had my head spinning. We reap the benefits of copious amounts of drama in the various detectives' personal lives, and I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I'm still unsure of what the epilogue implies at the end. If you've read this one, I'd love a chance to pick your brain and see if you can ensure I've understood correctly. Overall, this was another book that I felt my time was well spent in investment towards, and highly recommend all fans of police procedural crime fiction to take a chance on picking up for themselves.
*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy.
Las year, I had the pleasure of winning a finished copy of Cara Hunter's first DI Adam Fawley novel Close To Home via Goodreads. I'm a sucker for a good police procedural, and find that I require the detail of the various detectives' personal lives to be just as intriguing as the case that they are solving. I was won over immediately with the flawed protagonists and the twisty case that left me scratching my brain all the way until the mind blowing epilogue. I was pleased to discover that I wasn't even close to figuring out what had really happened, so needless to say, I had extremely high expectations going into book #2 in the series. I'm pleased to report that In the Dark was another high quality installment to a new favorite series on my radar.
Again, Ms. Hunter captivates the audience with a dark, dark premise, one where a woman and child have been held in the basement of an elderly man's home for an indeterminate amount of time. They are happened upon by chance, and the police are quick to tie this case to another missing woman from 3 years prior. The beginning is a beautiful slow burn, where the reader is privy to a realistic insight of the timetable and steps required of a police procedural, but I never felt bored once. The author uses a wonderful array of multimedia inserts, such as twitter feeds, newspaper articles, and email exchanges to keep the interest there; I was thrilled to see that the author chose to continue this approach from book one.
I don't want to give any spoilers, but the ending once again had my head spinning. We reap the benefits of copious amounts of drama in the various detectives' personal lives, and I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I'm still unsure of what the epilogue implies at the end. If you've read this one, I'd love a chance to pick your brain and see if you can ensure I've understood correctly. Overall, this was another book that I felt my time was well spent in investment towards, and highly recommend all fans of police procedural crime fiction to take a chance on picking up for themselves.
*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy.