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Close to Home: The 'impossible to put down' Richard & Judy Book Club thriller pick 2018 (DI Fawley)

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A Devoradora de libros y a mi nos gustó tantísimo la conjunta de marzo; ¿Quién se ha llevado a Daisy Mason? que nos pusimos enseguida con la continuación, El sótano de Oxford. also shoutout to the gender roles in this book, which were truly wildin. we've got: objectification of female interviewees; objectification of female police officers; condescension/patronizing of female police officers; judgment of women based on sex life/clothing/maternity; and just really vitriolic ways of talking about women on the internet!!! Losing my way slightly and getting turned around on who was who and also whose head we were inhabiting at any given time.

Thank you to the team at Penguin Random House, for proving an audiobook for me listen to, in exchange for an honest review. Cómo? y ¿Por qué? Son las preguntas que me he estado haciendo durante toda la lectura, me ha tenido en vilo buscando minutos al día para leer.

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We are following the second case of Adam Fawley and his team. A young lady is found in a basement of an elderly man, with a three year old boy. Instantly, everyone assumes it’s a very similar case to the one that took place a few years ago in Austria 🇦🇹. Josef Fritzl kept his daughter in the basements of his home for 24 years, having 7 children from her (true story 😱). Last night, eight-year-old Daisy Mason disappeared from a family party. No one in the quiet suburban street saw anything – or at least that’s what they’re saying. Además como en su anterior novela, la lectura contiene fragmentos de notas de prensa, mensajes, correos, declaraciones...etc; que hace que leas en un suspiro.

There’s nothing ground breaking about this book but it’s excellently plotted and you really need to know what comes next. The writing is smooth and naturalistic and I’m already becoming attached to the central characters. DI Adam Fawley is in charge of the missing girl investigation but those who know him think that's probably not a good idea. Not because he isn't good at his job but because of what he lost less than a year ago. Fawley knows that he and his wife haven't emotionally dealt with the loss but all he wants to do is his job, he wants for things to at least be as normal as they can be even though that isn't possible. The grief and emptiness is too much, but there is nothing to do but go on. For a debut novel I have to say that I am very impressed. This is book 1 in the DI Adam Fawley series and I look forward to reading more. This was solid until that epilogue. Who asked for that? Everything was wrapping up nicely and then the author said, let me throw a lil razzle dazzle in there even though no razzle nor dazzle was needed. Instead it felt like being showered with cheap body glitter that somehow embeds itself in your flesh and impervious to soap. WHYYYY!!!!!????

Close to Home is Cara Hunter’s first novel in the Detective Inspector Adam Fawley series. Having already read the other 2 books in the series, (In The Dark & No Way Out) I had a huge desire to return to the debut novel and appreciate how it all started. It's clear why this series became so highly regarded and anticipated because this debut smashed it out of the park. I would understand if this happened once or twice, but they have solved the whole mystery with coincidences happening one after another as well as random plot lines being added in the middle of nowhere, just to keep the story going. Seeing how the public keeps reacting to the case certainly nudges a reader down certain avenues of suspicion, I kept changing my mind on who was the guilty part throughout! In the Dark by Cara Hunter is the second outing for DI Adam Fawley and his team and a very exciting one it is too!

The plot is 👌. Original, fast paced, chilling at times and addictive. This was hard to put down and from early on in the book it felt like the little twists and misdirections started and I was thinking but wait, there's so much more left in the book. Also, the cross examination toward the end was fab! I was really engrossed in it. The second in the DI Adam Fawley series gets off to a riveting start, with the discovery of a young woman and a child in the cellar of a former academic (who incidentally exhibits all the signs of dementia). It seems that they have been held captive, and the woman in particular is in a bad way, unable even to speak, such is the level of her trauma. Investigations demonstrate links to a missing girl two years previously, (and how DI Fawley and his team painstakingly identify the dots that join the two is just ingenious)!THE AUTHOR: Cara Hunter is a writer who lives in Oxford, in a street not unlike those featured in her series of crime books. Termino El sótano de Oxford (segunda novela protagonizada por el inspector Adam Fawley) y mi amiga Zai me habla bien de ¿Quién se ha llevado a Daisy Mason? (el primer libro de la saga). Lo apunto como “want to read”. Could this case be linked to the death of a woman in the same neighborhood? Why does no one seem to be looking for this young woman and her child? Was the child born in this basement?

She stifles the acid rush of panic and tries to sit up, but the movement defeats her. She fills her lungs and shouts, flinging echoes against the walls. Shouts and shouts and shouts until her throat is raw. For a start, the word ‘dysfunctional’ was coined for the Mason family. On the surface they appear normal – husband Barry, his wife Sharon and their children Leo and Daisy live in an executive home on a well-to-do estate in Oxford. Daisy is a bright and willing student who has lots of friends. She’s been looking forward to the barbecue and to dressing up with her friends. She even had a pretty daisy costume to wear and witnesses remember her running around excitedly as the party got into full swing. I have a pretty good idea what to expect. It’s what used to be called an ‘Executive Home’. Perhaps still is, for all I Nos volveremos a encontrar con el inspector Adam Fawley y conoceremos un poquito más elementos de su triste pasado. I have reviewed the book below but first, Cara and Penguin have shared an extract from Close to Home. Enjoy!The story begins with an interesting premise, and I loved the initial interviews that are happening, right after the disappearance. And after this initial moment, everything goes downhill. Aunque puedes llegar a sentirte abrumada por la cantidad de personajes que van apareciendo, te haces fácilmente con la historia y Cara Hunter sabe muy bien como llevarte por donde ella quiere. The most addictive book you'll read all year ... Uniquely told and simply bloody brilliant.' - John Marrs DI Adam Fawley is trying to keep an open mind. But he knows the nine times out of ten, it’s someone the victim knew. Daisy Mason inexplicably disappears during her parents costume party at their home. She’s only 8-years old so the case is given high level importance and captures the attention of the media, as well as everyone within their reach.

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