Book Review: Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter

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Mega-bestselling British crime novelist Cara Hunter makes her big American debut with a shocking thriller about a cold case, a fictional true crime series, and the family caught in the middle.


Murder in the Family cover


Synopsis:

SIX EPISODES. ONE KILLER.

It was a case that gripped the nation. In December 2003, Luke Ryder, the stepfather of acclaimed filmmaker Guy Howard (then aged 10), was found dead in the garden of their suburban family home.

Luke Ryder’s murder has never been solved. Guy Howard’s mother and two half-sisters were in the house at the time of the murder—but all swear they saw nothing. Despite a high-profile police investigation and endless media attention, no suspect was ever charged.

But some murder cases are simply too big to forget…

Now comes the sensational new streaming series Infamous, dedicated to investigating—and perhaps cracking—this famous cold case. The production team will re-examine testimony, re-interview witnesses, and once again scour the evidence. The family will speak. The key players will be reunited—on camera. The truth will come out.

Are you ready to see it?


Review:

Sometimes it is better to let sleeping dogs lie and sometimes the dogs prowl to the surface no matter if you try to keep them down. In this blend of modern fiction and an old-fashioned Agatha mystery, the reader gets all sides of the mystery and quickly will decide they know who the killer probably was. But then 3 chapters later they'll change their mind, and then near the end, yet again. This is a book you just CAN'T put down once you get into the 3rd chapter- as you start guessing you have to know the truth. Sometimes a morner take on an old style is JUST what you didn't know you were looking for!

About the Author:

Cara Hunter is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling crime novels Close to HomeIn the DarkNo Way OutAll the Rage, and The Whole Truth, all featuring DI Adam Fawley and his Oxford-based police team. Close to Home was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2019. No Way Out was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 best crime novels since 1945. Cara's novels have sold more than a million copies worldwide. She lives in Oxford, on a street not unlike those featured in her books.

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