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From Cara Hunter, author of the New York Times bestseller Murder in the Family, comes book three of her DI Adam Fawley series, one of Britain's most enduringly popular and mega-selling crime series. Fawley investigates a ghastly house fire on Christmas Day launches an investigation that shocks a community. 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.… (more)
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LibraryThing member runner56
The crime genre is tightly packed with budding authors eager to display their writing skills as they start a new story with new characters and usually a slightly flawed lead detective. The hope is that if the story and main players are welcomed by an eager reading audience then further books will
No way out is the third in a series featuring DI Adam Fawley and his intrepid band of warriors; Gislington , Quinn, Somer and Everett. A fire has occurred in a residential property, one child dead and one child clinging to life. It would appear that the parents are not in residence, and so the search is on to find them, the hope being that they can provide clues and answers to this appalling crime. Due to personal circumstances DI Fawley has stepped down as lead detective and has entrusted the investigation to her colleague Gis promoted as acting DS on this occasion.
This is your average crime thriller, one of many competing for attention in a crowded diluted market. The usual suspects are present; an overworked DI with personal problems, bright- eyed junior detectives eager to prove their worth and a rather odd misguided sense of humour...We are investigating the death by burning of children and so our young band of police officers are working 24/7 it could be said they are on fire....not so sure I welcome this attempt at humour. Reading an average thriller only highlights the great difference between aspiring authors and established heavyweights such as Ian Rankin or Robert Galbraith. I have recently read, indeed consumed with vigour, the 3 Cormoran Strike novels which are simply outstanding and only serves to reinforce my opinion that good writing is the preserve of a few and only a minority ever attain this status. Many thanks to the good people at netgalley for a gratis copy in exchange for an honest review and that it what I have written.
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follow as a series is born. The problem is that there are now far too many so called authors plying their trade with the result that the writing is often bland and stereotypical in its delivery.No way out is the third in a series featuring DI Adam Fawley and his intrepid band of warriors; Gislington , Quinn, Somer and Everett. A fire has occurred in a residential property, one child dead and one child clinging to life. It would appear that the parents are not in residence, and so the search is on to find them, the hope being that they can provide clues and answers to this appalling crime. Due to personal circumstances DI Fawley has stepped down as lead detective and has entrusted the investigation to her colleague Gis promoted as acting DS on this occasion.
This is your average crime thriller, one of many competing for attention in a crowded diluted market. The usual suspects are present; an overworked DI with personal problems, bright- eyed junior detectives eager to prove their worth and a rather odd misguided sense of humour...We are investigating the death by burning of children and so our young band of police officers are working 24/7 it could be said they are on fire....not so sure I welcome this attempt at humour. Reading an average thriller only highlights the great difference between aspiring authors and established heavyweights such as Ian Rankin or Robert Galbraith. I have recently read, indeed consumed with vigour, the 3 Cormoran Strike novels which are simply outstanding and only serves to reinforce my opinion that good writing is the preserve of a few and only a minority ever attain this status. Many thanks to the good people at netgalley for a gratis copy in exchange for an honest review and that it what I have written.
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LibraryThing member nicx27
Ow, ow, ow. That's me kicking myself for not reading the first two books in this series. This one, book three, works absolutely fine as a standalone (I was assured of this fact before I started reading) but given how good it is I really wish I had read them in order.
In this story, DI Adam Fawley
This is such a gripping story. It's slightly unusual in that there are no chapters. There are plenty of stopping places so don't worry about that, but the lack of proper chapter stops means that the pace is kept up all the way through and also that it's easy to keep reading as I was finding I could just fit a bit more in.
I liked Fawley and his team very much. They work together really well and are portrayed brilliantly. This is one of the strengths of this book (and the other police procedural series that I have kept up with) and I think that it's what makes it stand out from others in this genre. In No Way Out, the former DS Quinn has been demoted to DC with Gislingham acting as DS. Although I'm not entirely sure what happened to bring this about, there's enough back story so it didn't spoil the read. Again, this is a time when I wish I had read the other books first but I'm really glad I didn't wait any longer to read a Cara Hunter book.
One thing I particularly liked about this book is the way transcripts, online news articles and the like are used. In fact, I did a little squeal when I saw a floor plan of the house. There are also differing perspectives - Fawley in the first person and the rest in the third, which means that Fawley is very much put centre stage as a character, especially given his own private issues. I thought the whole book was really well executed.
In short, I loved this book, raced through it in fact, and hope to go back and catch up with the first two in the series (TBR pile allowing). The plot is fantastic but ultimately I think it's the characters that make it special. Having said that, the author really kept me guessing and it's some extremely good old-fashioned detective work that brings the story to a conclusion. It's just fabulous all round.
In this story, DI Adam Fawley
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and his team are working on a fire at a large family home. They know there were two children in the house at the time of the blaze but their parents are unaccounted for. When it becomes clear that this was no accident the team need to find out who is responsible...and why.This is such a gripping story. It's slightly unusual in that there are no chapters. There are plenty of stopping places so don't worry about that, but the lack of proper chapter stops means that the pace is kept up all the way through and also that it's easy to keep reading as I was finding I could just fit a bit more in.
I liked Fawley and his team very much. They work together really well and are portrayed brilliantly. This is one of the strengths of this book (and the other police procedural series that I have kept up with) and I think that it's what makes it stand out from others in this genre. In No Way Out, the former DS Quinn has been demoted to DC with Gislingham acting as DS. Although I'm not entirely sure what happened to bring this about, there's enough back story so it didn't spoil the read. Again, this is a time when I wish I had read the other books first but I'm really glad I didn't wait any longer to read a Cara Hunter book.
One thing I particularly liked about this book is the way transcripts, online news articles and the like are used. In fact, I did a little squeal when I saw a floor plan of the house. There are also differing perspectives - Fawley in the first person and the rest in the third, which means that Fawley is very much put centre stage as a character, especially given his own private issues. I thought the whole book was really well executed.
In short, I loved this book, raced through it in fact, and hope to go back and catch up with the first two in the series (TBR pile allowing). The plot is fantastic but ultimately I think it's the characters that make it special. Having said that, the author really kept me guessing and it's some extremely good old-fashioned detective work that brings the story to a conclusion. It's just fabulous all round.
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LibraryThing member pgchuis
This concerned a house fire in which two brother died and at first there is no sign of their parents. It was a good read, although I had managed to forget whatever it was Quinn did wrong in the last book. The solution was not entirely satisfactory to me,
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that Mattie had tried to save Zachary. There were too many loose ends: Why did Lauren call her boyfriend Ned after the police had been to see her? Was her accusation true? Why did Michael write such a vindictive review of his colleague's research? Why was Zachary so often sick? Was Michael really bisexual or homosexual? If not, what was that bit of the story about? Why'd his personality change so much over the last six months? Why did Somers lie about talking to Fawley on the steps of the station? Show Less
LibraryThing member Vanessa_Menezes
Yet another good read!
Even though it wasn’t as good as the previous book, it was filled with twists right till the end. Every time I made a guess, the author introduced another twist, which would take the entire plot to another direction.
As the series progressed, I have really begun to enjoy DI
Even though it wasn’t as good as the previous book, it was filled with twists right till the end. Every time I made a guess, the author introduced another twist, which would take the entire plot to another direction.
As the series progressed, I have really begun to enjoy DI
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Adam Fawley and his team. Each of the team members have been very well written and characterised. I enjoyed how the author includes some of the events of the past along with current investigation procedure to make the reading experience even more exciting. Show Less
Awards
Bästa översatta kriminalroman (Nominee — 2020)