Book Review: No Way Out by Cara Hunter

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From Cara Hunter, the New York Times bestselling author of Murder in the Family, comes the third novel in her DI Fawley detective series, one of Britain’s most enduringly popular and mega-selling crime series—now for an American audience.

Synopsis:

It's one of the most disturbing cases DI Adam Fawley has ever worked.

It's Christmas in Oxford, and firefighters have pulled two children from the smoking ruin of their home. The mystery deepens when it becomes clear that the parents are nowhere to be found. Why were the children left in the house alone? Why is neither parent answering their phone? Were they kidnapped? Murdered? From the start, DI Fawley—still reeling from his own personal tragedy—knows that this house fire is the scene of a crime, not an accident.

Then new evidence comes to light and confirms the team’s worst suspicions. The blaze was arson. Who would have torched a seemingly happy family’s home on Christmas?

As DI Fawley and his team of detectives sift through the evidence, old tensions and new problems in the family are slowly revealed. Something terribly out of the ordinary has happened, and the truth slowly begins to reveal itself...

A gripping and provocative tale of arson, murder, and family intrigue, No Way Out is everything you’d expect from one of Britain’s queens of crime, Cara Hunter.

Review:

This books starts as a typical police procedural, but soon it turns into something much more- a twisted tale of a family with deep secrets that they sought to keep hidden at all costs. Told from alternating points of view, the reader gets to discover things about the family from both the wife and husband, and then from current day, via DI Fawley and his pursuit to determine what really happened the night of the fire. There's a shocking twist at the end that makes this book perfect for a future movie! be prepared to stay up late reading this book!

About the Author:

Cara Hunter is the author of instant New York Times bestselling thriller Murder in the Family as well as the Sunday Times bestselling crime novels featuring DI Adam Fawley and his Oxford-based police team. Of those novels, Close to Home was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2019 and No Way Out was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 best crime novels since 1945. Cara’s books have sold more than a million copies worldwide. She lives in Oxford, on a street not unlike those featured in her books.