All the Rage
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4.4 • 34 Ratings
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
The first girl came back.
The next might not be so lucky.
'A real gripper of a read' Peter James
'Masterful, engrossing, twisty' Rosamund Lupton
'All the Rage cements Cara Hunter's place as one of our most exciting crime writers' John Marrs
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A girl is taken from the streets of Oxford. But it's unlike any abduction DI Fawley's seen before . . .
Faith Appleford was attacked, a plastic bag tied over her head, taken to an isolated location . . . and then, by some miracle, she escaped.
What's more, when DC Erica Somer interviews Faith, she quickly becomes convinced that Faith knows who her abductor is.
Yet Faith refuses to press charges.
Without more evidence, it's looking like the police may have to drop the case.
But what happens if Faith's attacker strikes again?
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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT CARA HUNTER
'Twist follows twist at a breathtaking pace' Daily Mail
'Fantastic...my favourite series ever!' Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door
'This is the fourth book in the Adam Fawley series but it can be read as a stand-alone. However, I guarantee that once you've read this, if you haven't already read the previous ones, it'll be the first job on your to-do list! I loved this book, I couldn't guess the ending and the twist made me gasp' Joanne, Netgalley
'Fast paced and a fantastic cast of characters. Kept me guessing to the end - and I loved the final reveal' Fiona Barton, author of The Widow
'Cara writes with an intelligent vivacity. You can almost hear her characters breathing from the page' Jane Corry, author of I Looked Away
'Best book I've read all year. Clever plot, interesting characters and extremely well written. I read this in one go. I just did not want to put it down' Sharon, Netgalley
'Cancel everything. You're not going anywhere until you finish reading this' Emily Koch, author of If I Die Before I Wake
'Utterly compelling' Nicci French, author of The Lying Room
'A top-notch psychological thriller' JP Delaney, author of The Girl Before
'This case covers some current issues and they're handled very sensitively and with care. Cara Hunter is a talented writer and I highly recommend this series and this book' Ceecee, Netgalley
'I was totally gripped and terrified!' Araminta Hall, author of Our Kind of Cruelty
'This was my first ever read of a DI Adam Fawley novel and it most certainly won't be my last. Cleverly constructed and compelling to the very end. I loved it' Lesley Kara, author of The Rumour
'My first Cara Hunter book and wow what an experience it was! Completely sucked in from the start, would highly recommend and now off to download more of her books! Easy massive 5 stars!' Tracie-Louise, Netgalley
'The most gripping book I've read in ages' Karen Perry, author of Can You Keep A Secret?
© Cara Hunter 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019
Customer Reviews
Updated police procedural
Author
2018. Book #5 The Whole Truth came out in April 2021. Ms H isn’t done with DI Frawley either. She has #6 is pencilled in for March 2022.
In brief
A trans-teen girl who moved to Oxford with Mum and her younger sister to make the change. She’s tad standoffish at school but doing very nicely with her fashion blog when she’s sexually assaulted. She refuses to make a complaint because, you know, she hasn’t had the operation yet and her assailant got a bit of a shock when he removed her underpants, which meant she didn’t get raped, plus he put a hood over her eyes so she never saw his face. The coppers are thinking hate crime when, a week or so later, a hot cisgender schoolgirl gets the full treatment add ends up dead in a creek in the rain. There are similarities to the modus operandi of a psycho dude who was put away 20 years earlier for multiple rapes and murders, and still maintains he got stitched up by the cops. Our boy has skin in that game. Not only did he catch the dude, he ended up married to the final almost victim. Now psycho dude is coming up for parole. Is there a copycat at work? Did Frawley put away the wrong man?
Writing
Like a screenplay with multiple scenes of varying lengths from different POVs (cops, vics etc) spliced together in rapid sequence, although in chronological order fortunately. This moves the action along nicely in a cinematic way. The mandatory twists and turns occur. Denouement satisfactory if predictable once a Mean Girls scenario is uncovered.
Bottom line
An old fashioned police procedural updated for the Netflix world. Slick, entertaining, not particularly memorable.