This book is the first of the series featuring DI Adam Fawley. He is investigating the case of missing 8 year old Daisy. I felt this character had so much more to give that was not explored in this book, however this is maybe what the author wanted this is only the first in the series. I enjoyed plot and how the reader is shown snip bits of the past which lead up to the current events. For me the let down was the social media feeds through out, I didn't feel it gave anything to the book and after a while I had to skip them.
I will be looking out for the second book and look forward to finding out more about DI Fawley as I'm sure he is going to become a big name in crime thrillers.

This is the story of a lost girl with a twist at the end which was not telegraphed. The characters are well developed as are the descriptions of location. However I did not 'love' any of the characters and I certainly did not like Daisy's parents. The book does discuss a number of different types of child abuse. I do wonder what conclusions the author wished us to draw about child abuse. Miscarriages of justice are also suggested. These are all difficult subjects to discuss and at times did not make for comfortable reading.

A well written detective novel with a good storyline. I did like the use of the 'twitter' comments included in the plot and thought that they would feature more in solving the crime. Easy to read a good holiday crime novel.

What a great book! I loved the timeline, Facebook posts, tweets and news articles - such a modern concept.
This book seems to tell of the murder of Daisy, or does it? Was she unhappy, was she abused or is someone hiding something? I really wasn't expecting the final outcome of this book and was shocked by the ending. Completely hooked by this book and would recommend to anyone regardless of their likes/dislikes of crime thrillers.
Thanks for letting me read this!

A clever crime thriller with a few twists and turns. it did take me a while to get into the book but it did grab me after a few chapters . A nice twist at the end

A hum dinger of a read! Excellent story line, characters and thrills.. Pulls at your heartstrings and everyone is a suspect. A book you will not want to put down.

This is a good book, well written and fast paced. Daisy goes missing at a party but the deeper the police investigate, the more suspicious her family's behaviour seems. There are lots of plot threads which are nicely tied up together and the ending is quite a shock! I would recommend this book for a long journey or rainy day - you won't be able to stop reading!

I'm sorry to say I didn't enjoy this book, the story idea seemed good, someone has taken a 8 year old Daisy, but know one can say when she was last seen or where she might of been taken from, mostly because her whole family is self absorbed and pretty screwed up. There was no character that was even likeable and the whole thing felt like hard work, I stuck with it just to see what happened but its not one i'd read again.

This is the first in The DI Adam Fawley series. Set in Oxford, the story centres on the disappearance of 8 year old Daisy Mason at a family party. We follow the investigation through Fawley's eyes. We get glimpses of his back story, e.g. the recent death of his 8 year old son, albeit in different circumstances which are not explained until the end. Presumably his character will be fleshed out further in subsequent novels. The story is fact paced and I really couldn't put it down. None of the family engender sympathy. The twists are well plotted and I did not guess the end. The twitter excerpts were annoying rather than entertaining.

Very much enjoyed this book. I now the area in the book well so it is always nice to be able to place the action. Great book

What a great book! It drew me in from the start and I loved how my opinions if the main characters changed throughout the book. I gave to say I didn't see the end coming and I had thought I'd worked it all out by about 75% of the story, but I got it very wrong (I thought it was the 1st wife and she had killed Daisy). Great writing = a great reading experience. Thank you so much Cara Hunter

A well written page turner with a detective I look forward to meeting again.
4 stars as I felt the final twist was a good one but needed a bit more explanation particularly around the motive.

A fabulous book which I read on holiday. I really couldn't put this book down. It had a real twist to the ending

Thank you to Net Galley and Penguin UK Books for letting me read an advance copy of this book in return for an honest review.
The story is about an eight year old girl, Daisy Mason, who goes missing.
The plot slowly reveals lots of little bits of information about the key people in her life, which will have you changing your mind with every twist about who could be involved in her disappearance - and there are quite a number of people who could potentially be connected in one way or other!
Although I was enjoying the actual story line, I found this book very "bitty" and it almost took me until the end to work out exactly who was who, particularly the police officers. They were referred to by both first and second names throughout the book, and I had a job remembering which names went together and which of them were couples! This may have been hindered by the fact that I only read a chapter or two every night, rather than read in one or two sittings.
I also found all the Twitter snippets a little tiresome, and was quite tempted to skip them, which I didn't in case I missed something, but I didn't find them to be very useful as it turned out.
The ending didn't come as a surprise to me, I had come to that conclusion before I read the end. I didn't feel it was totally conceivable, although that didn't spoil my enjoyment.
Although this hasn't been one of my favourite books, I am tempted to re-read it, as I might possibly enjoy it more second time around!

Thanks NetGalley for a great start to a new series.

I think Close to Home is a well written crime novel and it gripped me until the end. An eight year old girl had gone missing. As each of the family members are introduced, the story opens up. I felt I was trying to solve the disappearance as well and found the book compelling. I also liked this book as it did not give graphic unsettling detail and went into more about the whys and the wherefore, which I prefer. It was gripping as I wanted to find out what happened and how it would end. I enjoyed this book very much.

A clever novel that will have you changing your mind at the end of each chapter. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and found myself looking forward to the next chance I would get to read a big chunk of it. The ending is also clever and left me feeling satisfied and well fed.

I enjoyed this book and could imagine the events happening in a suburbia. I actually felt the ending was a bit of a disappointment - didn't see it coming but thought it was all a bit 'Miss Honey and Matilda'.

Eight year old Daisy disappears from her parents' garden party - no one understands how that was possible without anyone noticing. As the police starts to investigate, a vicious social media storm erupts concerning her family. Everyone seems to has an opinion and we follow the investigation in what feels like real-time. This is interspersed with flashbacks that reveal bit by bit the build up to the party. It's a fast=paced read where I often found myself thinking that I knew what happened- only to re-evaluate a few pages later. And I didn't guess it in the end.

I really liked the investigating police team but didn't really bond with the Mason family - which was intended I assume. In future books would like to find out more about DI Adam Fawley who is leading the team and who has lost his own child.

It's a page-turner, you will really want to know what actually happened.

It is every parents nightmare when you realise your daughter goes missing. When Daisy Mason disappears from a family party everybody starts trying to remember the last time they saw her. Her younger brother withdraws into himself and appears to blame himself as they argued on their way home from school. Social media starts a campaign to help try to find little Daisy and to offer support to the family; however as the investigation starts to show holes in the family's story of when Daisy actually disappeared - the social media turns nasty. The mothers history raises more questions and causes more twists and turns in the investigation.
The interspersed extracts from social media can be distracting but helps to show how the general public can turn judge and jury without any facts. This is a great book and will keep you guessing and doubting right to the end.