- Cara Hunter

DI Fawley - Making a Killing (DI Fawley, Book 7)

By Cara Hunter
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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…

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 Daisy’s 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 KILLING

‘Chilling … Don’t 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

Author: Cara Hunter
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 13 Feb 2025
Pages: 368
ISBN: 978-0-00-862018-9
Price: £13.99, £13.99 (Export Price) , €None
Cara Hunter is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling crime novels featuring DI Adam Fawley and his Oxford-based police team. Her books have sold over a million copies in the UK alone, and have been translated into 27 languages so far. Her third novel, No Way Out, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 best crime novels since 1945. Her first novel, Close to Home, sold over half a million copies, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2019. The fifth book, The Whole Truth, was a Richard and Judy summer pick for 2021. The series is now in script development for TV, and the screen rights to Murder in the Family have been acquired by Neal Street Productions.

Chilling … Don’t miss it! -

Intricate and cunningly plotted, Making a Killing confirms Cara Hunter's status as a key figure in the current UK crime scene -

Trademark Cara Hunter - clever, twisty, addictive and hugely entertaining. A masterclass in plotting. A triumph, readers will love it -

Inimitable Cara Hunter: immersive, bold, twisty and tender -

Another fiendishly clever and immensely satisfying thriller from the inventive mind of Cara Hunter. I flew through it! -

Fascinating, ingenious and spell-binding from a master plotter -

A brilliantly constructed tale -

I 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 - it’s twisty, fast-paced and immersive, with an emotional depth that’s all too rare in this genre -

A must-read from Britain’s most original crime-writer. Ingenious, twisting and always captivating, Hunter switches it up a notch and them some. Just bloody brilliant -

The best Fawley yet! I raced through this twisty mystery, wrong footed at every perfectly executed turn -