Last night, eight-year-old Daisy Mason disappeared from a family party. No one in the quiet suburban street saw anything - or at least that's what they're saying.
DI Adam Fawley is trying to keep an open mind. But he knows the nine times out of ten, it's someone the victim knew.
That means someone is lying...
And that Daisy's time is running out.
Firstly I must apologise to Cara Hunter and Penguin Books for the delay in reviewing Close to Home which I actually first read over a year ago but due to various reasons I never got around to writing the review. So when I was invited to be part of the blog tour for No Way Out, the latest in the DI Fawley series, I thought it was finally time to re-read and review.
Close to Home is the first in an exciting new police procedural series which introduces us to DI Adam Fawley, a detective with a lot of his own personal history although the details are initially unknown to the reader. When a report comes in about a missing eight year old Daisy Mason who disappeared from a family party, DI Fawley knows that it's a race against time to find out where she is.
From the outset there was something a little off with this case and the more that we discover about the family, the more everything and everyone seemed a little sketchy. As with most missing people cases, those closest to them come under close scrutiny and the parents in particular seemed to have plenty of secrets to hide. I had my suspicions as to what had happened to Daisy but there were so many red herrings thrown in that at some point or other everyone became a suspect in my eyes.
The use of social media, flashbacks and police transcripts was an interesting concept as it gives us a background into the characters and a birds eye view into the investigation and makes us feel a part of it. The timeline plays out before our eyes and the reaction from users, as to how they interpret the information and how they voice their personal theories as to who was involved and what happened to Daisy, all add to the drama.
A missing child case is always a sensitive subject matter, and there were also a few aspects of the storyline that made for some uncomfortable reading, but thankfully it wasn't too explicit and was all handled with care and sensitivity.
Thankfully because of the delay in reading/reviewing I've already read the next couple of the books in the series so am eagerly awaiting the publication of All the Rage later in the year to see what's in store for DI Fawley and his team next.
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