The detective is ready to rule out the idea that this was a random act committed by a stranger unknown to the Masons. It is often far more likely that the offender will be known to the people affected by what has occurred– up to 9 times out of 10. Fawley is assigned to the case and from his point of view, the person most likely to have committed the crime is someone that is close to home. No one saw anything or witnessed what happened the little girl is just gone. This was no random gathering of shady characters, at least as far as they know. The people at the barbecue are all people familiar to the family friends from school and guests, neighbors and family members. Daisy is just eight years old and was in attendance at the summer barbecue where plenty of guests were there. When the Mason family throws an elaborate costume party, they have no idea that their little girl is about to go missing. Failure means that justice is delayed from being served to many– something that Fawley never wants to see happen on his watch. His job as a Detective Inspector means that often he is the only one that has the capacity to solve the case that he is assigned. He is an individual who makes his living in a field that not everyone could stomach or be successful at. In this debut installment of an engaging murder and mystery series, readers get to meet Adam Fawley. The reader picks up where they left off with Fawley in the third novel, No Way Out.Ĭlose to Home is the chilling first novel of the exciting mystery series written by acclaimed author Cara Hunter. The series continued with the publication of the sequel in this series, which is titled In the Dark.

Fawley is a detective inspector who is very good at what he does and always tries his best to get to the bottom of cases, no matter how sinister. Close to Home is the first installment of a series that features the main character of Adam Fawley. She first became an officially published author with the release of her first book in 2017. She specializes in novels in the crime fiction genre and her first series features a detective inspector that lives and solves cases in an area much like her own. Hunter admits that she lives on a street that is very similar to those that she writes about in her novels. She graduated from Oxford University with a degree and PhD in English. Cara Hunter is an established English author of fiction.

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