Making a Killing

*Contains an exclusive Adam Fawley short story*From the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Tiktok sensation MURDER IN THE FAMILY and the DI Adam Fawley series comes a brand new gripping crime thriller about a figure from the past… You thought she was dead.

She fooled you once.

Will she fool you again?

In 2016, eight-year-old Daisy Mason vanished.

Her mother was convicted of her murder. But her body was never found.

Now, evidence at a current murder scene calls the whole case into question. DCI Adam Fawley and the team are brought back to investigate. And they all have one question on their minds.

What really happened to Daisy Mason? PRAISE FOR MAKING A KILLING ‘Chilling … Don’t miss it!’ – Shari Lapena

‘Intricate and cunningly plotted’ – Mick Herron

‘Clever, twisty, addictive and hugely entertaining’ – Andrea Mara

‘Inimitable Cara Hunter: immersive, bold, twisty and tender’ – Nicci French

‘Fiendishly clever and immensely satisfying’ – Lesley Kara

‘Fascinating, ingenious and spell-binding from a master plotter’ – Simon Mason

‘A brilliantly constructed tale’ – Fiona Barton

‘Twisty, fast-paced and immersive’ – JP Delaney

‘Ingenious, twisting and always captivating’ – John Marrs

‘I raced through this twisty mystery, wrong-footed at every perfectly executed turn’ – Victoria Selman

'Such a treat, grabbing the reader by the throat with its mesmerising crime narrative' – Financial Times

© 2025 Hemlock Press (Audiobook): 9780008545802

Release date

Audiobook: February 13, 2025