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Close to Home

By Cara Hunter
Close to Home by Cara Hunter digital book - Fable

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

A brilliantly plotted psychological crime novel about a missing child and the scandal that erupts in the aftermath with a shocking twist


They know who did it. Perhaps not consciously. Perhaps not yet. But they know.

When eight-year-old Daisy Mason vanishes from her family’s Oxford home during a costume party, Detective Inspector Adam Fawley knows that nine times out of ten, the offender is someone close to home. And Daisy’s family is certainly strange—her mother is obsessed with keeping up appearances, while her father is cold and defensive under questioning. And then there’s Daisy’s little brother, so withdrawn and uncommunicative . . .
 
DI Fawley works against the clock to find any trace of the little girl, but it’s as if she disappeared into thin air—no one saw anything; no one knows anything. But everyone has an opinion, and everyone, it seems, has a secret to conceal.

With a story that feels all too real, Close to Home is the best kind of suspense—the kind that sends chills down your spine and keeps you up late at night, thrilled and terrified.

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Expressionless Face“2⭐️ this book was so meh! I found it so incredibly difficult to get through. It started slow and gained monumental about 2/3 in. When a little girl goes missing from her parents fancy dress summer party all fingers are pointing to them but do we really know what happened or is it trail by social media. Typical missing child case but with characters I couldn’t engage with, a useless Twitter feed I skipped over and a typical law enforcement that has gender stereotypes and misogyny. The twist came in the last page I didn’t see it coming because it was a little silly and honestly I didn’t even care by the end I just wanted to finish the book. I sadly didn’t enjoy this and felt my time should have been spent on a book I would have loved but I can’t not finish a book so that’s my fault.”
Fast-pacedUnpredictableMisogynySelf-harmUnengaging charactersUnsatisfying plot
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Easy to readFast-pacedUnpredictableDarkAbuseSelf-harmViolence

About Cara Hunter

Cara Hunter lives and works in Oxford. She also studied for a degree and PhD in English literature at Oxford University.

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