Making a Killing

*Contains an exclusive Adam Fawley short story*

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Tiktok sensation MURDER IN THE FAMILY and the DI Adam Fawley series comes a brand new gripping crime thriller about a figure from the past…

You thought she was dead.


She fooled you once.


Will she fool you again?


In 2016, eight-year-old Daisy Mason vanished.


Her mother was convicted of her murder. But her body was never found.

Now, evidence at a current murder scene calls the whole case into question. DCI Adam Fawley and the team are brought back to investigate. And they all have one question on their minds.

What really happened to Daisy Mason?

PRAISE FOR MAKING A KILLING


‘Chilling … Don’t miss it!’ – Shari Lapena


‘Intricate and cunningly plotted’ – Mick Herron


‘Clever, twisty, addictive and hugely entertaining’ – Andrea Mara


‘Inimitable Cara Hunter: immersive, bold, twisty and tender’ – Nicci French


‘Fiendishly clever and immensely satisfying’ – Lesley Kara


‘Fascinating, ingenious and spell-binding from a master plotter’ – Simon Mason


‘A brilliantly constructed tale’ – Fiona Barton


‘Twisty, fast-paced and immersive’ – JP Delaney


‘Ingenious, twisting and always captivating’ – John Marrs


‘I raced through this twisty mystery, wrong-footed at every perfectly executed turn’ – Victoria Selman


About the author


Cara Hunter is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling crime novels featuring DI Adam Fawley and his Oxford-based police team. Her books have sold over a million copies in the UK alone, and have been translated into 27 languages so far. Her third novel, No Way Out, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 best crime novels since 1945. Her first novel, Close to Home, sold over half a million copies, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2019. The fifth book, The Whole Truth, was a Richard and Judy summer pick for 2021. The series is now in script development for TV, and the screen rights to Murder in the Family have been acquired by Neal Street Productions.