Kept me guessing and an easy read.

The subject matter is pretty dark and has similarities to Room by Emma Donoghue (which the story also acknowledges). However, it's an "easy read" as I'd imagine a "holiday read" would be.

The characters are drawn pretty well, perhaps a bit obvious/stereotypical, but that's what makes it easy. I've also read No Way Out by Cara Hunter and I didn't realise, but No Way Out was DI Fawley book 3 (Fawley being the "main" detective) and this was book 2 - and somehow I thought I was reading book 27, thus not realising that I was reading the series in reverse!

Although I've now read book 3 and 2 in reverse order, I don't think it matters too much, and the links between the books aren't necessary to the enjoy the story.

On the story, Hunter does a great job to draw a storyline that seems immediately obvious but then I found myself only half way and thought "there's no way this could be all wrapped up already" and lo there's more twists and turns. Good stuff. I enjoyed it.

8 Highlight(s)

Location 390

Gis, who has always been exceptionally good at knowing when to stop digging; and Quinn, who carries his own set of shovels.

Location 459

The doctor smiles. He's very good-looking. Think Idris Elba with a stethoscope.

Location 986

Everyone does that. No one knows what to say to the parents of a dead child.

Location 1186

'Yup, there's definitely something down there. Nina – do you want to give it a try? I'm a bit too dimensionally challenged for this one.'

Location 3354

he knows he's fucked up, so he appears to have decided to take his medicine on the chin. Mixed metaphor, but you get my drift.

Location 3457

and me at the dishwasher. I drive Alex mad re-stacking everything she puts in it, so I'm trying to finish before she comes down.

Location 4171

Baxter gestures at Somer. A gesture that says, as far as I'm concerned this is a wild goose chase so if it goes tits up it's down to her, not me.

Location 5355

'We're OK. Really.' It's what I say. What I always say.

Others I've read in the "DI Adam Fawley" series: