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Close to Home

DI Fawley, Book 1

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Close to Home

By: Cara Hunter
Narrated by: Emma Cunniffe, Lee Ingleby
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Close to Home by Cara Hunter, read by Emma Cunniffe and Lee Ingleby. Featuring 37 cameo voices, including Cara Hunter.

How can a child vanish without a trace?

Last night, 8-year-old Daisy Mason disappeared from a summer party at her home. No one at the party noticed her leave. Even her parents aren't sure of the last time they saw her. DI Adam Fawley is trying to keep an open mind. But he knows that in nine cases out of ten, it's someone close to the victim.

When a pair of bloody tights is discovered, Fawley's worst suspicions are concerned.

Someone knows where Daisy is.
And her time is running out.

Introducing DI Fawley and his team of Oxford detectives, Close to Home is the first in the new crime series readers and authors are raving about.

©2017 Cara Hunter (P)2017 Penguin Audio Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Crime Suspense

Critic Reviews

"A mazy, gripping read." (Ian Rankin)
"One of the best crime thrillers I have ever read." (Kathryn Croft)
"The last twist was a genuine stroke of genius." (John Marrs)
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I really enjoyed listening to this, thought I had it figured, but no,very clever . Great use of different voices and some truly unpleasant characters. The only thing that I loathed was the 'tweets'. Skipped over them in the end

You'll never guess who done it!

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What did you like most about Close to Home?

It kept me interested the whole way through. The characters were well built & personable.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I liked all the characters - even the villians

Have you listened to any of Emma Cunniffe and Lee Ingleby ’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No I haven't

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Close to home

Any additional comments?

Loved every minute of it. Highly recommended.

An intriguing tale

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What a fantastic story! As my first audiobook, I couldn't stop listening. Brilliant twists and intense turns, definitely worth giving a go.

Loved every minute

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what were the producers thinking?
making us listen to every single html identifier every single time someone says something during an online exchange?
o lordy whose bright idea was it to do that?
let me give you an example of what i just listened to: (not a direct quote but paraphrased near enough)
"online news blog hastag find daisy catherine miller at news at nine fifteen on the fifth of august slash email
poor daisy
online news blog hastag find daisy pete smith at news at nine sixteen on the fifth of august slash email
i know it's terrible
online news blog hastag find daisy catherine miller at news at nine seventeen on the fifth of august slash email
those poor parents
online news blog hastag find daisy pete smith at news at nine eighteen on the fifth of august slash email
it's their fault if you ask me
online news blog hastag find daisy catherine miller at news at nine seventeen on the fifth of august slash email
you can't say that
online news blog hastag find daisy pete smith at news at nine eighteen on the fifth of august slash email
yes i can it's true
online news blog hastag find daisy catherine miller at news at nine nineteen on the fifth of august slash email
you haven't got kids so you don't know
online news blog hastag find daisy pete smith at news at nine twenty on the fifth of august slash email
so what"

and on - and on - and on
what the hell are you guys trying to do - make me run headfirst into a wall?
you're nuts!
and the book was looking so good too - til that bollocks kicked in...
such a pity
bleep!
delete
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are you friggin' kidding me

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A great story.
You won't guess the ending. Well constructed and who is really who you think?
A cleverly constructed who dunnit....

Wait till the end to find out what really happened

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There’s yet another twist! Some people have mentioned the Twitter responses in the story and their frustration listening to them but there aren’t a lot and it does kind of add to the feeling in the community. I loved this book!

And just when you thought it was all over...

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Couldn't stop listening. Excellent performances by Cunniffe and Ingleby. The social media snippets were a brilliant addition to the story, again well performed.

Clever Book

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What a Story!!! Loved it!!! The Narration is awesome. Best Novel I have heard in a long time.

Awesome

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The twists and turns in this book is great! You always are truely trying to guess who did what. I really did not expect the ending. Great listen, finished it in 4 days

Really gets your mind going!

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Couldn't put it down. Really enjoyed it. Loved the ending and the twists. I recommend it to people who like thrillers

Interesting all the way through

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