The narrative flits between past and present, allowing us to gain great insight into this family unit, and ultimately how and why this tragedy came about.ĭI Fawley takes something of a backseat this time around, but that allows the others in his team to shine and I loved that. Oh gosh, this case was like peeling away the layers of an onion, each layer revealing a little more until it gets right to the heart of the crime.

What makes this tragedy even worse is that all the evidence points to the fire having been started deliberately.ĭI Adam Fawley and his team have a particularly poignant case to deal with here - not only are there children involved, but it was around Christmas time as well, and although DI Fawley’s team are an eclectic bunch, they’re nothing if not tenacious, and this case will eat away at them like no other has, and none of them will rest until they’ve resolved it. It looks like the children were home alone, (there being no sign of their mother) and their father, who is attending a conference in London isn’t answering his phone. Two children are pulled from the wreckage of the fire - three year old Zachary is already dead and his older brother Matty is in a critical state, and the prognosis isn’t good.

It’s the third in the series, and this particular story begins at the scene of a house fire in North Oxford. With all the elements that we’ve come to expect for an excellent police procedural, Cara Hunter’s, ‘No Way Out’ looks like another sure fire winner for this gifted author.

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