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From internationally bestselling author Cara Hunter, a riveting suspense novel about the shocking secrets revealed when a woman is discovered held captive behind a basement wall—and no one is who they appear to be Do you know what they’re hiding in the house next door? A woman and child are found locked in a basement, barely alive, and unidentifiable: the woman can’t speak, there are no missing persons reports that match their profile, and the confused, elderly man who owns the house claims he has never seen them before. The inhabitants of the quiet street are in shock—how could this happen right under their noses? But Detective Inspector Adam Fawley knows nothing is impossible. And no one is as innocent as they seem. As the police grow desperate for a lead, Fawley stumbles across a breakthrough, a link to a case he worked years before about another young woman and child gone missing, never solved. When he realizes the missing woman’s house is directly adjacent to the house in this case, he thinks he might have found the connection that could bring justice for both women. But there’s something not quite right about the little boy from the basement, and the truth will send shockwaves through the force that Fawley never could have anticipated. A deeply unsettling, heart-stopping mystery of long-buried secrets and the monsters who hide in plain sight, In the Dark is the second gripping novel featuring DI Adam Fawley.
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Kept me guessing and an easy read.
The subject matter is pretty dark and has similarities to Room by Emma Donoghue (which the story also acknowledges). However, it's an “easy read” as I'd imagine a “holiday read” would be.
The characters are drawn pretty well, perhaps a bit obvious/stereotypical, but that's what makes it easy. I've also read No Way Out by Cara Hunter and I didn't realise, but No Way Out was DI Fawley book 3 (Fawley being the “main” detective) and this was book 2 - and somehow I thought I was reading book 27, thus not realising that I was reading the series in reverse!
Although I've now read book 3 and 2 in reverse order, I don't think it matters too much, and the links between the books aren't necessary to the enjoy the story.
On the story, Hunter does a great job to draw a storyline that seems immediately obvious but then I found myself only half way and thought “there's no way this could be all wrapped up already” and lo there's more twists and turns. Good stuff. I enjoyed it.
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7 primary booksDI Adam Fawley is a 7-book series with 7 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Cara Hunter.