Murder in the Family
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3.6 • 200 Ratings
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
**Don't miss MAKING A KILLING, the new DI Adam Fawley thriller, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**
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THE *INSTANT* NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY AND TORONTO STA BESTSELLER
*THE FIRST EVER STAND-ALONE FROM AUTHOR OF THE DI ADAM FAWLEY MILLION-COPIES-SOLD SERIES*
**A Financial Times Best Book of 2023**
**A Guardian Best Crime and Thriller book of 2023**
‘This devilishly clever, ground-breaking novel will keep you guessing’ IAN RANKIN
‘This book had me riveted to the page. It is original, inventive and totally 21st Century… Just brilliant!’ JANICE HALLETT
From the author of IN THE DARK and CLOSE TO HOME comes a brilliant standalone thriller you’ll never forget
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IT WAS A CASE THAT GRIPPED THE NATION
LUKE RYDER’S MURDER HAS NEVER BEEN SOLVED
In October 2003, Luke Ryder was found dead in the garden of the family home in London, leaving behind a wealthy older widow and three stepchildren. Nobody saw anything.
Now, secrets will be revealed – live on camera.
Years later a group of experts re-examine the evidence on Infamous, a true-crime show – with shocking results. Does the team know more than they’ve been letting on?
Or does the truth lie closer to home?
Can you solve the case before they do?
The truth will blow your mind.
Over a million copies sold of Cara Hunter books across all formats (paperback, ebook and audio) as of 1st July 2023
MURDER IN THE FAMILY was a #7 Sunday Times bestseller for week ending 3rd September 2023
*PRAISE FOR MURDER IN THE FAMILY*
‘Unique and hugely enjoyable.’ Sunday Express
'Addictive’ Sunday Times
‘An excellent, wholly original whodunnit!’ Gilly MacMillan
‘Genius premise with all the twistiness you’d expect from Cara Hunter. Her best yet!’ Victoria Selman
‘Reads like True Crime—relentlessly twisty and utterly compelling’ Shari Lapena
About the author
Cara Hunter is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling crime novels Close to Home, In the Dark, No Way Out, All the Rage, The Whole Truth and Hope to Die, all featuring DI Adam Fawley and his Oxford-based police team. Close to Home was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, as was The Whole Truth, and was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2019. No Way Out was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 best crime novels since 1945. Cara's novels have sold over a million copies worldwide, and the TV rights to the series have been acquired by the Fremantle group. She lives in Oxford. Murder in the Family is her first stand-alone crime novel. The Fawley series will also continue.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
There is a lot of samey crime fiction out there but the format of this seventh novel from Oxford-based, best-selling author Cara Hunter makes it really stand out. It’s a murder mystery that unfolds via the transcripts of a true crime TV series, with a slew of emails, text messages and newspaper cuttings thrown in for good measure. A group of crime experts are filmed reappraising an unsolved killing from two decades ago…but it soon transpires that not everyone present is telling the truth. One of the sleuths angrily accuses the TV producer of being a “hipster Hercule Poirot” and certainly there are echoes of classic Christie here. Ridiculously gripping and furiously paced, it’s Hunter’s first novel that’s not part of her Adam Fawley police procedural series. She should branch out more often.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This cleverly constructed mystery from Hunter (Hope to Die) offers a full complement of surprises and loads of fun for clue-seeking readers. Twenty years ago, Luke Ryder, the young second husband of widowed mother Caroline Howard, was found beaten to death at the bottom of a stone staircase leading to the couple's garden in London's exclusive Campden Hill neighborhood. The murder, still unsolved, has become fodder for true crime aficionados. Now, the successful television series Infamous has taken up the challenge of solving the case, utilizing a panel of experts including a retired Metropolitan Police officer, a journalist, a barrister, and a forensic clinical psychologist. The director of the season is Guy Howard, Caroline's son, who was 10 years old at the time of his stepfather's death and wants to shut the case once and for all so his family is no longer gossip fodder. The novel is presented in the form of Infamous episode transcripts, plus newspaper articles, emails, text messages, and voicemails between the panel of investigators. It's an effective gimmick, with newspaper clippings often throwing doubt on in-episode conclusions (and vice versa), and Hunter keeps the pacing lively and the cliffhangers plentiful. Armchair sleuths will savor this brisk and immersive puzzle.
Customer Reviews
A locked studio detective story
A very unusual style but having read one of Cara Hunter’s DI Alex Foley novels I was fully prepared for emails, texts and news clippings as part of her writing. Lots of twists and turns, red herrings galore! Written as a docu-drama an investigative reality show, if makes it onto tv, it will be hard to tell fact from fiction. Throughly enjoyed this book.
Average
A bit of an interesting approach to deliver the story, I think it’s great to try something new, but I wasn’t a fan of such a style. Couldn’t relate to the characters, made it a bit tedious to read. The plot was alright, a bit disappointing ending.
Alright
Ok for the cheap price I paid. The whole thing is set out as a screenplay and this is a little annoying I can’t lie, loads of twist and turns but I wouldn’t describe any of them as showstopping. Not in a hurry to read any of her others.