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Cara Hunter



Cara Hunter is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling crime novels Close to HomeIn the DarkNo Way OutAll the Rage and The Whole Truth all featuring DI Adam Fawley and his Oxford-based police team. Close to Home was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2019. No Way Out was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 best crime novels since 1945. And The Whole Truth was a Richard and Judy pick in 2021. Cara's novels have sold more than a million copies worldwide, and the TV rights to the series have now been acquired by the Fremantle group. She lives in Oxford, on a street not unlike those featured in her books.
 


Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
February 2025

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Making a Killing
(DI Fawley Thriller, book 7)
Series
DI Fawley Thriller
   1. Close to Home (2017)
   2. In The Dark (2018)
   3. No Way Out (2019)
   4. All the Rage (2019)
   5. The Whole Truth (2021)
   6. Hope to Die (2022)
   7. Making a Killing (2025)
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Novels
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Award nominations
2024 CWA Dagger in the Library (shortlist)
2023 CrimeFest: Last Laugh Award (nominee) : Hope to Die
2019 British Book Award Crime and Thriller Book of the Year (shortlist) : Close to Home


Cara Hunter recommends
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The Last Time I Saw Him (2024)
(Stephanie King, book 4)
Rachel Abbott
"What a storyteller."
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What Have You Done? (2024)
Shari Lapena
"What Have You Done? is a brilliant thriller. What you should do is buy it."
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The Trial (2024)
Jo Spain
"Tense, topical and terrifyingly plausible."

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