Hope to Die

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Como é que dois velhotes que vivem num local remoto acabam envolvidos no assassinato brutal de um jovem? This is a good story for Fawley, who comes across as having a new lease of life and it was fun getting an insight into his thoughts on this particular case and giving an interview about it, as well as the dynamic between the members of his team.

I still have a few niggles - this is the 6th novel with the same format, I’d like to see the author do something new, I think the format is getting tired now. But that is matched by the meticulous care and attention to detail that goes into the plot, the twists, and each facet of the case.I have now read all of the instalments except book two - In The Dark - which I hope to get around to soon.

I object to authors, especially women authors, describing someone’s status as “married, but no children”, marriage and children are not conjoined, having children isn’t part of your marital status! Along with such a well crafted plotline that is made to flourish even more by the familiar multimedia format, the series arc moves along impressively too with good development of existing characters complemented by the arrival of several new faces, who are well fleshed out.they make some shocking discoveries and my jaw literally drops on occasions and possibly the odd little naughty may be uttered at some of the explosive revelations. As the team dig deeper they soon discover that this was far from a burglary gone wrong and may have connections to one of the country’s most infamous crimes. Every time you think you know what is going on, something else will be discovered and send you back to square one. Police arrive at the scene, and even with their past experience, they find the sight of a dead man, shot in the head at very close range, pretty hard to stomach.

Richard's wife backs up his story that an intruder had broken in downstairs and Richard shot him in self defence. Written like others in the series, with lots of police interviews and TV scripts amongst other formats making up the bulk of the text. As I got further in the book I think I struggled with the format and the addition of newspaper articles, police interviews and similar information. What continually sets it apart though is the multimedia, as the many different types that are used provide layer upon layer of intrigue.

The shooter and his wife claim self-defense, but when a connection is made to a decade's old case, DI Adam Fawley and his team are under immense pressure to discover the truth. I don’t want to give too much away but at the centre of the puzzling conundrum is a character who is fascinating, who will make you recoil in horror and who is most definitely a chameleon who changes and lies with startling alacrity. At first DI Adam Fawley’s team is pretty stumped, there is not much to go on but gradually through a lot of hard graft they learn that the couple had changed their names some years ago. And just when I thought I had a fix on the unfolding events Hunter threw another hand grenade into the mix and I had to think again. In fact I was so delighted, that I couldn’t wait another minute, and dropped everything to read it straightaway.

He has a dependable team who work hard to identify the mystery ‘burglar’ and his link to the Swanns. In the time it takes for the police to arrive, all of his identification documents have been disposed of and the elderly homeowner is immediately taken into custody. Cara Hunter's characterisation was tremendous and certainly not neglected in favour of the plot or anything else. If you've been following the series you'll have no trouble diving right in but if this is your first foray into the world of Adam Fawley, I think the book stands well on its own other than you miss out on the background of the characters.There were also transcripts of the Netflix series, and transcripts of police interviews, which I really loved as it eliminated the need for body language descriptions and dialogue tags, yet conveyed pertinent points concisely and succinctly. Pages and pages of tiny writing that not only strained my eyes, but made me wish for more text, more story in the straightforward manner of a police procedural. in my paperback), there's a description of Fawley and Gis watching Gis's son throw bread to the ducks.