Cara Hunter is a Sunday Times and New York Times best-selling author who lives in Oxford, in a street not unlike those featured in her series of crime books. Close to Home, her debut featuring DI Adam Fawley and his team of detectives, was published by Viking in December 2017, and nominated for the Crime and Thriller Book of the Year at the British Book Awards, as well as being a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. No Way Out was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 best crime novels since 1945, and The Whole Truth was a Richard and Judy pick in 2021.

At the heart of each new Cara Hunter thriller is a domestic tragedy or crime that demands answers from the family and friends of the victim. With echoes of real-life crime stories, Cara toys with the readers’ implicit expectations, crafting fiendishly plotted storylines. Her books have sold over two million copies internationally, and in 35 territories.

Cara’s standalone novel, Murder in the Family was published by HarperCollins in 2023, and has been optioned by Neal Street Productions. Her most recent novel, Making a Killing is the sixth in the DI Fawley series and was published in 2025.

Website: cara-hunter.com

Instagram: @carahunterauthor

Twitter: @CaraHunterBooks

Praise for the DI Fawley series:

‘A mazey, gripping read.’ – Ian Rankin

‘Reminded me of Hitchcock at his finest, where twist follows twist at a breath-taking pace.’ – Daily Mail

‘Fantastic. . . My favourite series ever!' – Shari Lapena

‘A real gripper of a read.’ – Peter James

‘Cara writes with an intelligent vivacity. You can almost hear her characters breathing from the page.’ – Jane Corry

‘A masterful, engrossing, twisty novel.’ –Rosamund Lupton

‘One of the best crime thrillers I have ever read!’ –Kathryn Croft

‘Fast paced and a fantastic cast of characters. Kept me guessing to the end – and I loved the final reveal.’ – Fiona Barton