One day I was out for a walk with my husband and he remarked, quite casually, that someone could be hidden away in one of those houses and no-one would have any idea. I live in the same part of Oxford I write about, and some of the houses round here really are huge – real Gothic monsters. Can you tell us a little about ‘why now’-what was haunting you or propelling you to write this story? Cara Hunter: Leslie Lindsay:Ĭara, I am in awe of your deeply unsettling-but also researched tale. Please join me in welcoming the lovely Cara Hunter to the author interview series. I promise, you’ll be much warier of whom you let into your life. Uniquely structured in terms of narrative flow-IN THE DARK-is told from multiple POVs interview reports, texts, newspaper articles, and so forth. Those who love piecing together a mystery will enjoy this it felt very authentic to ‘working a case.’ Plus, Hunter certainly covered her tracks the research is highly evident and the end is a doozy.īe prepared for a heart-stopping novel about long-buried secrets, the lengths some will go to get what they want, and the monsters who hide in plain sight. IN THE DARK is crime fiction at its best. Could the two cases be linked, and if so, how? A solid psychological thriller with carefully developed characters and disturbing, cleverly masked revelations that will appeal to fans of Tana French and Sophie Hannah.”īut that’s only the beginning. As DI Fawley and his team dig deeper, they learn there could be much more going on. What of the death of reporter Hannah Gardiner? Her body is found near Dr. “A tense exploration of manipulation and betrayal. William Harper, a retired–and slightly demented–academic? The woman can’t speak, there are no missing persons reports, and the old man who owns the house claims he knows nothing. IN THE DARK is actually the second book in the series, but don’t let that deter you-IN THE DARK can very easily be a stand-alone read.Ī young woman and her toddler child are found ‘by chance’ by a construction crew working on home renovations when a crumbling shared wall is breached. They are starved, dehydrated, clinging to life and vastly unknown. How did this woman and her child find themselves locked in the basement of Dr. by storm, introducing DI Adam Fawley and her dark police procedural mysteries. In her debut thriller, CLOSE TO HOME (2017), Cara Hunter took the U.K. Impressive police procedural meets psychological thriller in this deeply unsettling tale of a shocking secrets, IN THE DARK is head-spinning and riveting.

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