This is the second book by cara Hunter I have read and it did not disappoint. Brilliantly written it was nice to read a book where it featured a lot of the investigating team and not centre on one character. There is no way in a million years I would have guessed the ending.

In the Dark is a clever crime thriller told in both the first and third person. A young woman and a child are discovered by chance, locked in the cellar of an old house, of which the only other occupant is an elderly man with Alzheimer's. They appear to have been there for some time...

Meanwhile, the police are still investigating the disappearence of a BBC journalist from 2 years earlier. Are these incidents related? Who is the woman in the cellar? Where is the journalist?

This crime thriller is very engrossing, It's easy to read and the characters well developed. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and read the book in 2 days, racing towards the end to see the eventual outcome for all involved. It did keep me guessing until the end. I look forward to reading more from this author.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and Ms Hunter for an advance copy of this book.

A woman & child are found locked in a cellar. The child doesn’t speak & the woman is deeply traumatised. There are no missing person reports that fit her description. The cellar belongs to an old man who seems to be suffering from Alzheimer’s. In a somewhat abusive manner he insists he had nothing to do with it, but the circumstances seem to make that implausible.

This police procedural is told in a mix of third and first person points of view. Adam Fawley is our first person narrative and this adds to story getting us involved with him whilst also seeing what goes on from other points of view,

The characters are engaging and the reader is kept guessing. I was not prepared for the ending- that wasn’t anything like I’d imagined!

Great read & I look forward to the next one. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review this book.

A super clever crime thriller that you’ll want to devour in one sitting. It’s well written and all of the characters are intriguing. It definitely deserves to be one of the top bestsellers of 2018.

Another humdinger of a cliffhanger, this book doesn't disappoint!

I won't give anything away when I say nothing is as it seems, don't take anything at face value, and be prepared to be shocked.

Loved it so much I devoured it in just two sittings and was sad when it ended. This book really deserves to be a huge bestseller.

This is a creepy book.
This is a weird book.
The his is a book which shows how crime stories should be written.
It's obvious from the synopsis how dark this is going to be but I was still blown away. Absolutely loved it!

This is the second book in the D I Fawley series and from the start I was hooked.
Builders doing renovation work at a victorian semi discover a cellar wall with crumbling brickwork, what they see through the gap makes them summon the police.
On gaining entry to the elderly neighbours property, DI Fawley and his team discover a young woman and a small boy locked in the cellar.
It seems they have been there sometime , neither of them can speak. Is the child hers , how did they get there, who imprisoned them there?
DI Fawley and his team have their work cut out trying to solve the mystery.
This is a truly gripping psychological thriller with plenty twists and turns to keep you guessing.
Highly recommended.
Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin books for the opportunity to read this as an ARC.

5 stars from me

Clever clever book. 

I absolutely loved Close to Home so was almost concerned that I could only like In the Dark less, simply because the only way left was - in theory - down. How wrong I was. To start with you leap straight into a police procedural and I was wondering in my head whether I was enjoying the style - then had to laugh to myself as I realised that I'd had a cup of tea, two cups of coffee and some toast and I was 49% through the book. 

Cara Hunter is the queen of 'unputdownable', you find yourself utterly sucked into the story and needing desperately to know what happens next. 

I look forward to reading more DI Adam Fawley books and I hope that his current colleagues will still be in the team, particularly Gis, Somer, Quinn and Everett. Very intriguing sub plots run alongside the main story without detracting from it.

There were so many different strands to In the Dark, it is a very clever and well put together tale. It moves fast and you should do yourself a favour and cancel your weekend plans so that you can get comfy, get the kettle on and read!

My thanks to NetGalley for a review copy :)

An excellent mystery! I was so desperate to find out 'whodunnit' and the ending will not disappoint you. I cannot recommend this enough, a fantastic holiday thriller!

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read the second in the series prior to publication.
Our story begins with a wealthy man moaning at his builders for not noticing a problem in the cellar. Then they discover a girl in the basement next door, alive, and from that point forward the story rattles to its disturbing end point.
The young girl found in the cellar has a child with her. She claims to have been kept imprisoned there. Only the man who owns the house is a retired academic in his 70s who suffers with Alzheimer’s. Could he really have kept a young woman hostage, raped and imprisoned her then left her to die?
The police in this case are up against it. It’s quickly established that there are links to a case of a missing woman from two years previously. What we could never have foreseen is just how close those links are!
There’s a fair few red herrings and twists the likes of which will have you frustrated. Ultimately, however, we are left with a chilling - dare I say it, sordid - tale.
One not to miss.

This book just grabbed me from the start, and I love it when you think you know what's going on, and then everything turns out totally differently. Really clever story line. Well written, I couldn't put it down. Thoroughly recommended

I had recently read “Close to home “ (DI Adam Fawley#1) by Cara Hunter, which I had thoroughly enjoyed reading and was a very clever and well thought out first novel. So I looked to see if Netgalley had the second book in the series. I was fortunate enough to receive a copy of the book to review.
This second book was again very clever with many twists and turns and kept you guessing all the way through. This is a new writer who is worth reading again and again.
Highly recommended.

This is the second Cara Hunter book I’ve read and I loved this one just as much as the last. A gripping tale of hidden people, missing mothers and enough suspects to change your mind on a daily basis. The book is cleverly written from a range of points of views giving you insight into the characters missed in a first person story, A fantastic read

This has to be one of the best psychological thrillers that I have ever received from Netgalley. It draws you in from the outset and just when you think you are getting ahead of the game in solving the two concurrent crimes then you're off in a completely different direction, and along with the police working these two cases you will have to have a re-think.

This is suspenseful and eerily chilling tale of what appears to be an unsolved case of two years and the discovery of a young girl and her child in cellar. Could anyone be this cold and calculating? Well the author seems to think so and she delivers her plot in scarily believable manner, you will be hooked!

A real page turner I was hooked and could not put this down at all. This is a fantastic read one that I have been recommending whilst reading it. So many twists and turns and characters that are so believelably real they could live next door. I would read more of Cara's books and I cannot rave about this book enough! Intense, gripping, suspense, it has it all.

Cara Hunter is fast becoming one of my favourite authors. Her characters are so relatable and her books so easy to read. I love how the themes of the stories have been current as it makes it more believable. Can’t wait for the next instalment! Thank you to Viking, Netgalley and the author for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

IN THE DARK is a tense thriller, full of twists you won't see coming. A gripping, constantly surprising book that I could not put down. Cara Hunter does a great job of building tension and keeping the reader guessing to the end. This is honestly one of the best crime thrillers I have read in a long time. I will definitely read more from this author in the future.

Wow! Do not miss out on this fantastic book. I could not put this terrific page turner down. This is the second Cara Hunter book I have read and it's as good as the first in the series, Close to Home. I love how the police characters are developing from the first book through to this one. In The Dark is so suspenseful, with many twists and turns. I look forward to reading more in this series. Highly recommended.
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Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

Adam Fawley is back in the case of a young girl found in the cellar of an old man's house with a young child. Her trauma leaves her in hospital while Adam and the team investigate her kidnapping and abuse while tying up a missing person's case from two years prior.

This was such a gripping read and not at all what I expected. Every minute i had free i had my nose in the book.

I thought Cara Hunter couldn't write a book that surpasses her first 'Close to Home' but wow this is even better she has managed to keep me hooked from page 1 until the very very end
And am still not sure what has happened?
The basic storyline is about a woman journalist going missing and the police keep following the wrong leads, so are starting to look a little incompetent.
But then a girl is found in a cellar with a little boy she appears to have been kept there for at least 3 years from the boys age, who is she? Why is she in an old mans cellar ? There are no immediate answers but then another body turns up is it Hannah?
The story takes us through all the traumas of police interviews and trying to find out who did this to two unrelated women who appear to have nothing in common
What is happening? Who will uncover the truth ? Will they ever get to know what really happened??

Absolutely best book this year so far