In the meantime, screenwriter Daisy Coulam, of Grantchester and Dead Waterfall fame, is currently adapting Cara’s five books for a new TV series, yet to be confirmed, so fingers crossed that DI Adam Fawley and his team appear on our screens soon. To put it into perspective, Cara Hunter (not her real name), currently dipping into her asparagus and hollandaise in Quod, has sold over a million copies of her crime novels in the UK alone, is translated and sold in 25 different countries, and her latest The Whole Truth has just been picked up by the Richard & Judy Book Club, meaning you’ll find it in every supermarket, airport (God willing) and bookshop from here to Timbucktu. “I realised just how much I relied on the outside world to function as an author” Something terribly out of the ordinary has happened, and the truth slowly begins to reveal itself.Ī 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.Cara Hunter looks refreshingly elegant when we meet dressed in white, her long blonde hair, beautiful outfit and manicured nails a far cry from the dark, crime-ridden world in which she spends the majority of her time.Īnd yet it’s one that’s reaping its rewards, all that hard work tapping away at her desk in North Oxford paying off as her novels continually feature on bestseller lists all over the world. Who would have torched a seemingly happy family’s home on Christmas?Īs DI Fawley and his team of detectives sift through the evidence, old tensions and new problems in the family are slowly revealed.

Then new evidence comes to light and confirms the team’s worst suspicions.

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. The mystery deepens when it becomes clear that the parents are nowhere to be found. It's Christmas in Oxford, and firefighters have pulled two children from the smoking ruin of their home. It's one of the most disturbing cases DI Adam Fawley has ever worked. DI Adam Fawley returns in the continuation of one of Britain’s most enduringly popular and mega-selling crime series as a ghastly house fire on Christmas Day launches an investigation that shocks a community.

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