No way out (Penguin Books)

'Fast paced and a fantastic cast of characters. Kept me guessing to the end - and I loved the final reveal' FIONA BARTONDID YOU SEE ANYTHING ON THE NIGHT THE ESMOND FAMILY WERE MURDERED?From the author of CLOSE TO HOME and IN THE DARK comes the third pulse-pounding DI Fawley crime thriller.It's one of the most disturbing cases DI Fawley has ever worked.The Christmas holidays, and two children have just been pulled from the wreckage of their burning home in North Oxford.

The toddler is dead, and his brother is soon fighting for his life.Why were they left in the house alone? Where is their mother, and why is their father not answering his phone?Then new evidence is discovered, and DI Fawley's worst nightmare comes true.Because this fire wasn't an accident.It was murder.'I was hooked from beginning to end' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'Cara Hunter has a gift for getting to the bare bones - literally - of both character and plot.

A fast-moving chilling thriller' JANE CORRY'I don't know how Cara Hunter does it. The new DI Fawley novel is the best yet - and that's saying something! I couldn't read it quickly enough' SIMON LELIC'Cara Hunter is a brilliant plotter, but it's her masterfully drawn characters that really make her novels stand out' RACHEL ABBOTT'I LOVED No Way Out.

My heart was in my mouth the entire second half' SARAH J. NAUGHTON'No Way Out is a cracking detective novel that pulsates with authenticity' MICHELLE FRANCIS, author of The Girlfriend