Making a Killing: A Novel

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

Overview

From the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok sensation Murder in the Family and the popular DI Adam Fawley series comes a brand-new gripping thriller in which a true-crime TV show turns up the heat on a controversial case from Fawley's past...

When Nick Vincent, producer of true-crime show Infamous, hears about an explosive new angle on a high-profile case-the 2016 murder of an eight-year-old girl in Oxford-he leaps at the chance to send a researcher to verify the claims.

Two months later, a dog walker discovers a woman's body, bound and buried in a shallow grave in the woods. Forensic evidence links the corpse to the disappearance of that same child.

DCI Adam Fawley, the original investigating officer, is called in to run the enquiry. And he remembers the case well-he arrested the child's mother for murder. A murder he now knows she didn't commit.

The investigation raises more questions than answers. What connects the two crimes? Where has the dead girl been all these years? How did she manage to disappear? For Adam Fawley, this is personal...

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Emotionally riveting, taut, and suspenseful.” — Karin Slaughter on Hope to Die

“With twists until the last page…an intricate, carefully plotted police procedural comparable to the best of Ann Cleeves’s Vera novels or Louise Penny’s mysteries. The mixed media used in the book adds to its appeal.” — Library Journal (starred review) on Hope to Die

“Reads like true crime—relentlessly twisty and utterly compelling.” — Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author, on Murder in the Family

“An excellent, wholly original whodunnit! You won’t have read a mystery like this, and you’ll be kept in the dark right to the end.”  — Gilly MacMillan, internationally bestselling author, on Murder in the Family

“An addictive, unusually interactive novel putting the reader in the position of the viewer with inside information.” — The Times (UK) on Murder in the Family

“This cleverly constructed mystery offers a full complement of surprises and loads of fun for clue-seeking readers… Hunter keeps the pacing lively and the cliffhangers plentiful. Armchair sleuths will savor this brisk and immersive puzzle.”  — Publishers Weekly on Murder in the Family

Product Details

BN ID:	2940190864397
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	05/20/2025
Series:	DI Fawley series , #7
Edition description:	Unabridged

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