Name: Mari's review of In the Dark by Cara Hunter
Item: In the Dark
Rating: 4
Author: Mari

Cara Hunter

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.

In the Dark

Mari

Briar's Reviews

I discovered Cara Hunter years ago through Goodreads and ever since I've been on the hunt for her novels. I accidentally came across one of them in a local store. They normally don't even sell books! But there was In The Dark perched on top of a little display. I grabbed it, speed walked as fast as I could and bought this book. It sat on my shelf as I admired it, and finally got the nerve to picked it up. The wait was DEFINITELY worth it. All caps, bold, italicize - let's make this clear. In The Dark by Cara Hunter is a delightfully addicting thriller for mystery fans.

Cara Hunter has a special voice when it comes to thrillers. There are no chapters - the story just keeps moving. There's constant movement, a fast pace and twists and turns all over. Suspects are introduced and hinted at along the way. Reader sleuths will have fun trying to nail down who did what with who throughout this book. Who kidnapped the girl and her child? Who killed another person? Was there an affair? Is the older man crazy or does he actually have dementia? Why are all of these people so suspicious?!

A young woman and her child are found in a basement. This is shocking and sudden, but links to deaths of women in the past. Everyone wonders if this is the missing woman that was presumably kidnapped years ago... But what if she's not? The story unwinds to bring us many suspects who have likely cause for this behaviour. Abusive marriages, desperate affairs, greedy relatives after wills and deceit will bring forth the suspect... But with so many suspects, is it only one person? Or is all of this nonsense connected?

DI Adam Fawley's books are super intriguing. They glue me to every page and it's really hard not to binge the entire book. I couldn't get enough of the thrills, twists and turns Cara puts into this book. I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves mysteries and thrillers. The character development is also on point. I loved how Cara painted these pictures of how everyone is not perfect and how we need to think about all of the information we've been given. It felt like I was a detective alongside Adam Fawley and his crew. It's an absolute delight for thriller fans like myself.

Overall, this is yet another winning book! I highly recommend it and will continue to support Cara Hunter. Who doesn't love sneaking away into an amazingly written book?

Five out of five stars.

Skye Sherman

This one was cray. I do feel like a lot of it draggggged on and was unnecessarily detailed and irrelevant, and didn’t enjoy the random other side plot lines, but other than that, the story was insane and I definitely didn’t see that plot coming! Also there are SO MANY characters and random police and it’s always really hard to place where you are in the book or which characters you’re reading about. But just go with it and don’t worry about those details too much and you’ll enjoy a quick, crazy thriller.

Camila Eduarda Vilela Lobianco

Cara Hunter did not disappoint. I loved this book just as much I loved the first one. The quality is incredible, the twists are all believeble and I don't feel like Cara is treating me like a dumb person, not that she makes she mistery something absurd just to give us a nice plot twist. I really want to read the next one so much that I don't even know if I'll wait it's release in my country.

Plot: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Plot twist: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Characters: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Story line: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Logic: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Mistery: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Total: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Aurore

Steph Dwyer

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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