In the Dark

A Novel

By: Cara Hunter

Narrated by: Lee Ingleby, Emma Cunniffe

From internationally bestselling author of Murder in the Family, a riveting suspense novel about the shocking secrets revealed when a woman is discovered held captive behind a basement wall—and no one is who they appear to be

Do you know what they’re hiding in the house next door?

A woman and child are found locked in a basement, barely alive, and unidentifiable: the woman can’t speak, there are no missing persons reports that match their profile, and the confused, elderly man who owns the house claims he has never seen them before. The inhabitants of the quiet street are in shock—how could this happen right under their noses? But Detective Inspector Adam Fawley knows nothing is impossible. And no one is as innocent as they seem.

As the police grow desperate for a lead, Fawley stumbles across a breakthrough, a link to a case he worked years before about another young woman and child gone missing, never solved. When he realizes the missing woman’s house is directly adjacent to the house in this case, he thinks he might have found the connection that could bring justice for both women. But there’s something not quite right about the little boy from the basement, and the truth will send shockwaves through the force that Fawley never could have anticipated.

A deeply unsettling, heart-stopping mystery of long-buried secrets and the monsters who hide in plain sight, In the Dark is the second gripping novel featuring DI Adam Fawley.

Great who done it

with an absolutely superb narrator. The story hooks you right away. You care about the characters. They are complex and real. The narrative does not become completely clear till the end and I felt the relief of the police every time they got a little closer to the truth.
The narrators are absolutely terrific and add so much to the story. You will love it.

Intelligent, Suspenseful Procedural

I can't say enough how much I like Cara Hunter's DI Adam Fawley series. In the Dark is a darn good book. I love the characters- they are realistic and not cookie-cutter cops. You can tell that these people have heart when doing their jobs. I love the 'mixed media' style with emails and news stories inserted throughout. The mysteries at the center of the story kept me listening late into the night. Details brought up throughout the book all link together as the book comes to its conclusion! The narration is spot-on and realistic. I think this is an excellent book in a great series and I highly recommend.

This author has gotten better w this book!!

This is the 2nd book I read ( only bc I heard of this new Oxford author in Christ church ( I go there from the states each summer to take classes ) she was the new author the tutor put on his reading lists !
I predicted the outcome of the first one pretty early on but it was still good enough ( esp her descriptions of the most beautiful place on earth ! -Oxford ) to try the 2nd book and honestly I got a bit confused during continued plot twists thinking I was going to enjoy it less but I was shocked ! I never saw the twisted ending and I am usually pretty good at that !
Thank you Cara Hunter for giving me a new Oxford author - I love the DI in this and other police characters ! Looking forward to next installment !!

Suspenseful great author

Lots of twists and turns! Ending was surprising! Did not follow some of the line of thought and one minute you are sympathetic towards a character then the author completely blows that away! Never saw the end coming! Recommend for anyone that likes a good mystery!

Amazing

I have been in such a book funk... Finding decent books but nothing that really just hit that spot, That held my undivided attention, That I stayed up way to late and woke up extra early to get a few chapters in before work!!!! Well let me tell you....THIS BOOK IS IT! THIS AUTHOR IS IT !!! NARRATORS SUPBERB!!!!