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Making a Killing

By: Cara Hunter
Narrated by: Emma Cunniffe, Lee Ingleby, David Blair, Alexandra Boulton
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*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

'Such a treat, grabbing the reader by the throat with its mesmerising crime narrative' – Financial Times

©2025 Cara Hunter (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers Crime Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Murder Forensics
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Critic reviews

Chilling … Don’t miss it!

(Shari Lapena)

Intricate and cunningly plotted, Making a Killing confirms Cara Hunter's status as a key figure in the current UK crime scene

(Mick Herron)

Trademark Cara Hunter – clever, twisty, addictive and hugely entertaining. A masterclass in plotting. A triumph, readers will love it

(Andrea Mara)

Inimitable Cara Hunter: immersive, bold, twisty and tender

(Nicci French)

Another fiendishly clever and immensely satisfying thriller from the inventive mind of Cara Hunter. I flew through it!

(Lesley Kara)

Fascinating, ingenious and spell-binding from a master plotter

(Simon Mason)

A brilliantly constructed tale

(Fiona Barton)

I wait for the annual Fawley like a small child waiting for Christmas. MAKING A KILLING shows that Cara Hunter is once again at the top of her game – it’s twisty, fast-paced and immersive, with an emotional depth that’s all too rare in this genre

(JP Delaney)

A must-read from Britain’s most original crime-writer. Ingenious, twisting and always captivating, Hunter switches it up a notch and them some. Just bloody brilliant

(John Marrs)

The best Fawley yet! I raced through this twisty mystery, wrong footed at every perfectly executed turn

(Victoria Selman)

Cara Hunter strikes all the right suspense notes with the latest in the Adam Fawley series. Making a Killing grips from the first headline in this immersive crime thriller. It’s dark and twisty and full of fascinating characters that will keep readers hooked until the last page

(Olivia Kiernan)

Immensely readable … a mesmerising crime narrative

An ever-changing picture of an utterly devious killer

Sensational … This riveting story reveals Daisy as far more sinister than anyone expects

As page-turningly suspenseful as ever … nail biting

Full of so many twists and turns that whiplash is a likely outcome. One of the cleverest thrillers I've ever read.

Few books demand to be read in two or three sessions, but [this] is such a treat, grabbing the reader by the throat with its mesmerising crime narrative
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The twists keep you interested and the familiar main characters are appealing.
However, it’s clear the main narrator can’t do an Irish accent as he doesn’t even try with the Irish characters. This would be sort of okay if the female narrator didn’t do the Irish. But she does so this jars a bit.

Complex and twisting plot

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Love this series, another excellent listen but I agree with the other reviews that the end was a bit abrupt and not very satisfying. I did really like the short story though which sort of made up for my are you kidding moment when it finished! Cannot wait for book 8

So pleased to be back in this world

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I was over the moon to see that Adam and his team was back and what a great storyline it was to come back to as well, especially with the brilliant Lee Ingleby narrating but that ending well I'm sorry to say it was flatter than a pancake on Shrove Tuesday.

Adam's back!!!

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Really loved this book ….couldn’t put it down … despite the length between this and the previous book, I picked up the characters easily (like old friends). Narration was brilliant as always …. and story was clever and well written … best thing I’d read for a while!. But the ending was unnecessary abrupt. Felt like this wasn’t to benefit of the story… more to exploit the commercial opportunity of the potential next book. Come on Cara … you’re better than that!

A game of 2 halves ….

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Without spoiling it for anyone about to listen to this book, the story returns to a crime committed in an earlier D I Fawley book. Such a clever premise and brilliantly plotted. I couldn't put it down. Superb narration throughout. My deduction to 4 stars overall was for the ending. I'm eagerly awaiting the next in the series.

A fabulous page turner

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