Close To Home by Cara Hunter #20BooksofSummer

Author : Cara Hunter
Title : Close To Home
Series : DI Adam Fawley #1
Pages : 400
Publisher : Penguin Random House
Publication date : December 14, 2017

Someone took Daisy Mason. Someone YOU KNOW.

Last night, 8-year-old Daisy Mason disappeared from her parents’ summer party. No one in the quiet suburban street saw anything – or at least that’s what they’re saying. DI Adam Fawley is trying to keep an open mind. But he knows that nine times out of ten, it’s someone the victim knew. That means someone is lying. And that Daisy’s time is running out…

Bloody hell! I’ve had this one on my Kindle for months and I’m kicking myself for not picking it up sooner!

While her parents are throwing a party in their garden, eight year old Daisy Mason disappears without a trace. Nobody has seen anything, nobody knows anything. Or so they say. In charge of the investigation is DI Adam Fawley and he soon realises, someone must be lying.

Boy, oh boy, it’s so hard to review this one without giving anything away. Close To Home hooked me from the very first page and just wouldn’t let go. Never mind thinking “I’ll just read one more chapter before bed”. No, this quickly turned into “I don’t care how long I stay up but I’m finishing this book today!”

This is an incredibly tense, gripping and thrilling ride that throws you into the action right away. No slow build up here as it’s all systems go from the start. With a cast of quite dislikable and suspiciously acting characters, I couldn’t at all figure out what had happened to Daisy.

I love the way Cara Hunter constructed the plot with flashback chapters leading the reader further and further away from the actual day of the disappearance. It worked brilliantly and left me picking up tiny clues along the way, only to be utterly blindsided by the most mind-blowing conclusion. To say I was left reeling is quite the understatement!

Close to Home is an incredibly addictive page-turner, utterly compelling and engrossing and a fantastic start to a series. I can’t wait to read the next one, which I luckily already own and if my schedule would have allowed it, I’d be reading it already! I know I keep saying I really don’t have the time to get hooked on another series but I’ll gladly make space for this one. Highly recommended!

Close To Home is available to buy!

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Book 13 from my 20 Books of Summer list.