Two young children are pulled from the wreckage of their burning family home, the toddler is dead, the 10 year old is fighting for his life, their parents are nowhere to be found. DI Fawley is called in to investigate was the fire an accident or arson? 

This novel is has a great plot hooking you in from the start. I love the way Hunter entwines the mixed media formats from news reports and the online comments to police interviews into her stories to give it more a sense of the events unfolding in real time. DI Fawley and his team are a fascinating, slightly flawed but ultimately endearing bunch to investigate this case with. It did lose a bit of pace in the middle but it soon picks up again with superb twists leading to a terrific ending.

This is the third DI Fawley thriller, you certainly don't need to have read the other books in the series to enjoy this one (but you would be doing yourself a disservice!). I for one can't wait for the next one!!

Thanks to Penguin Books UK & Netgalley for sending me this in exchange for an open and honest review.

Thank you for the advanced copy of this book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Fast paced and good characters. I read quickly.

I could not really enjoy this book as it kept skipping to different times and I was loosing the storyline.

Thanks to Net Galley and Penguin Books for an ARC of this book in exchange for a review. 
This is the 3rd book in the DI Adam Fawley series by this author.  A house fire on Southey Road, home to the Esmond family, arson is suspected, one dead 3 year old and a 10 year old pulled from the destruction with severe burns   The mother and father are both missing., DI Fawley and his team need to find answers quickly, but it’s the Christmas holidays, there is a lot of evidence & cctv to trawl through, 
Where are the parents, the fire officers know the fire was started deliberately, the team dig in to Michael Esmonds life, he was under a lot of pressure, his wife Samantha suferring from depression. 
A tricky case for DI Fawley and his team with a few twists and turns as the case opens up.  
This wasn’t my favourite book in this series, but I like the characters and would definitely read more.

I devoured this book, sweeping through it like a meerkat on skates it was so compelling and action-packed. This novel has an inventive format incorporating official fact-finding reports, telephone transcripts, missives and social media comments. The characters are well defined, and the dialogue is exceptional in reflecting them in complete synchrony. There’s a lot of wit, and I particularly liked the friction between Quinn who’d been demoted but needed to snipe at his successor Gislingham which he suitably ignored. Genius. It starts with a horrific house fire which appears on the surface to be a family annihilation or parental neglect leaving the children home alone. The parents are missing. Michael so reminded me of Jacob Rees-Mogg. Social media buzzes with self-righteous comments. But, the plot races on with new facts emerging pushing everything in a different direction of enquiry. One fact-finding mission is at an unlikely source. A message springs out at me about the dangers of making rash judgements until all the facts are through and established, especially aimed at the self-righteous folk on social media. I recall that shocking case of family annihilation in Oswestry, Shropshire only too vividly. It struck a chord. I pondered at the time that the man’s situation was dire and that he had guts to perform the dastardly deeds, but that he would have shown more guts to stand firm, face the shame and fight. But, I didn’t walk in his boots for ten miles, so I can only lightly speculate. There’s an incidental dire warning about online games. I’m outside that orbit, but at a glance, some seem violent which could affect a vulnerable personality. I know of Minecraft but didn’t realise how sinister it could be in the wrong hands. Most interesting. The games are often the fault of the user than the designer. I’m cursing that I missed the second book in the Fawley series. Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Books UK.

No Way Out is a compelling police procedural set in Oxford.  DI Adam Fawley and his team investigate the deaths of a family after a house fire.  Rich in detail and believable characters, this a fast moving read.

This is a gripping detective story. The police team interact very well with each other and the reader gets just the right amount of background information about their personal lives. It’s very much a mystery, with a missing person suspected of setting a fatal fire but with alternative theories emerging as the story develops. 

I was unaware that this was the third in a series but it didn’t affect my enjoyment at all. It’s perfectly good as a stand alone. 

My only negative comment is I found the context of the crime more distressing because children were victims.

This very thrilling police procedural starts with a firein a house in North Oxford and it become apparent that almost all of the occupants have died but was it arson? DI Adam Fawley and his CID team are sent to investigate and as the book is told in the first person you get to see all the documented evidence as the story develops which I found very absorbing and I could not put the book down!!

This book by a new author to me was exceptionally well written and I was totally absorbed and gripped whilst I was reading it. I note that this is not the first of the highly talented authors books and I will mot definitely look out for her earlier titles and those that she writes in the future. I recommend this  police procedural to all who may want a new book to read.  
Best wishes,

Terry Halligan

(to be published on eurocrime in due course)

No Way Out is the third book in the DI Adam Fawley series and is a worthy sequel to its brilliant predecessors. Cara Hunter most definitely has a place in my list of top authors as she never fails to deliver hard hitting storylines along with hugely relatable characters.
No Way Out starts with a house fire with appalling consequences, including the death of a toddler (always extra hard to read). What initially seems like a tragic but simple case soon develops into much more with the usual twists and turns you would expect to find in one of Ms Hunter’s novels.

I did find it a little more of a slow burner than the previous two in the series but that doesn’t take away from its readability. My only criticism is that the usual format the author uses of interspersing media snippets throughout didn’t work quite as well here and made the reading a little choppy at times, but this is a small criticism of what is a great read and one I certainly recommend.

My thanks to #Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of #NoWayOut in return for an honest review.

This was the third cara hunter book I’ve read, and although not my favourite, it was still past paved, believable but intriguing at the same time, keeping you guessing right till the end! initially the book started with the gruesome findings of dead bodies in the Edmonson family home, more poignant due to the children involved, the case to elicit the cause of the fire and the perpetrator of it led the reader along a believable journey full of police procedure, unexpected happenings and complex family dynamics this was all done via police interview extracts, personal statements etc etc and flashbacks to pre fire times.
Overall it was a good read but didn’t grip me as much as close to home, however I would recommend it to family and friends.
Thank you NetGalley for this advance copy to read.

This is a gripping read from the start and I didn't want to put the book down until I finished it! Interestingly it had excerpts from an online paper in it as well which broke the writing up a bit but actually added to the story for me. 

It's the Christmas holidays and a fire breaks out in the early hours of a morning in a house where a family lives. The firefighers go in the burning building searching for the family but can only find the children, unfortunately the youngest is already dead at the scene, the other is rushed to the hospital but is not in a good way. It takes a few hours to bring the fire under control. There will be an investigation to determine if it was an accident or arson.....

Very well written, lots of suspense with not giving too much away. The police have to work hard with the fire dept to determine if its an accident or arson and once decided, they work flat out. This is the third book in the series, I am now going to read the other two so I catch up on the characters, I enjoyed this book so much. Will read more of this author in the future.

A solid 4 Stars for this third book in the series, not only with a new case but bringing us up to date with DI Fawley and his team; the dynamics within the team and their private lives.
The case begins with a fire which finds a toddler already dead and a young boy critically ill. While the team investigate how this tragedy came about the reader learns what led to this scenario. There are many twists and turns, red herrings and much humour which brings a welcome relief to such harrowing circumstances which brought tears to my eyes.
This series just gets better and better.
Many thanks to Netgalley/Cara Hunter/Penguin Books for a digital copy of this title. All opinions expressed are my own.

No Way Out by Cara Hunter makes it 3 in a row for this author. A hat trick of puzzling mysteries with red herrings and curve balls. I know I’m mixing up all my metaphors here but I’m just trying to impress on you how much I love this series.

Thanks to Penguin for giving me for giving me a copy of this book for review consideration. As always, no matter what the source of the book, you get my honest, unbiased opinion.

FIRST LINE OF NO WAY OUT BY CARA HUNTER

Helmet camera footage, Firefighter Fletcher, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service – Incident at Felix House, 23 Southey Road, Oxford – Footage starts as two fire engines pull up in a suburban street.
MY THOUGHTS ON NO WAY OUT BY CARA HUNTER

We are reunited with the team of complex, clever, hard-working detectives that I have come to know individually. I’m totally engaged in their personal lives as well as their professional ones. And each book just makes me like them even more. Even roguish Quinn. Watching them cope with everyday life problems, and trying to keep their own issues out of the workplace is just very addictive. Especially when the lines get blurry.

This book features a horrific house fire and every answer the police uncover just seems to throw up more perplexing questions. I kept guessing, and re-evaluating as the plot developed. The storylines are dark and Cara Hunter doesn’t hold back on the gristly detail. 

Then the gorgeous Oxford setting elevates this series even for me. As does the format of the book which includes police reports, newspaper articles, and social media commentary. 

Basically all I want to say is this series is fab, read them and see. They can be read out of order, but I’d still recommend reading in series order (Close to Home, In The Dark and then this one). Just because the detectives personal lives are such an integral part of the books.

WHO SHOULD READ NO WAY OUT BY CARA HUNTER?

Highly, HIGHLY recommended to those who love police procedurals, thrilling plots that grip you, and a modern-day Oxford setting. Fans of authors such as Shalini Boland, Lucy Dawson and Samantha Hayes should also enjoy.

Thank you NetGalley, Cara Hunter and Penguin Books (UK) for giving me the opportunity to read this book, what an amazing read this was.

I loved the first two books in this series so I had high hopes for this one. I am glad say Cara Hunter well done you didn't disappoint with this book. Just when I thought that I had figured it all out you go and throw in some very unexpected twists and turns, this has me changing my thoughts so many times that I was completely wrong. A huge well done again Cara. 

This book is filled with unexpected twists and turns, humour in places and packed with suspense and emotion. I have got to know the characters well through all three books, so I'm hopeful that I don't have to wait too long to find out what they investigate next and explore in more detail their personal lives. I really hope that there is a next one. 

I definitely would recommend this book and the series.

Review 
Thank you to @netgalley Cara Hunter Penguin Books for the arc of No Way Out.  
Couldn't put this down,  a real page turner. This is the third book in the DI Fawley series but the first Cara Hunter book I've read so it's a stand alone book. 
A house is on fire, one child is dead and another is critically ill,  where are the parents,  what has happened.

A really gripping thriller that kept me guessing until the very last page. I loved it. Would recommend!

Cara Hunter is a brilliant crime thriller author and No Way Out has a powerfully good plot.  This is the third in the DI Fawley series, but can easily be read as a stand-alone and is full of suspense and immensely engaging.  It has a dynamic start and never loses that lead.
The story opens with a reported fatality of a toddler in a house fire in Oxford just after Christmas.  An older brother is pulled from the inferno by firefighters and rushed to hospital, the mother is missing and the father is reportedly attending an academic conference in London, but not answering his phone. The fire scenes are particularly harrowing and tense and some of the heroic and horrific aspects of the roles of the firefighters and police are laid bare.  As the Fire Inspector concludes arson, this becomes a murder case for DI Fawley and his team and this is in no shape or form a straightforward case.
Almost every snippet of information the detectives glean has to be investigated to ascertain its significance or irrelevance and no stone is left unturned.  As a reader and would be sleuth, we try to retain each potential clue in case we need to pluck it out later to try and crack the case. We, as spectators, are party to some knowledge fed to us by family scenes occurring weeks and months before the fire, which the detectives aren’t, but this may or may not prove to be pivotal as we later find out.  The author also weaves in news bulletins, social media tweets and clips to great effect, which add immediacy and authenticity, increasing our sense of urgency and involvement.
In this story we get a glimpse of DI Fawley’s personal life and a vulnerable side to him.  Likewise we see all the characters in his team, how well they work together, their professional face and their fallibility, all interesting in their own ways and enriching our imagination.
The ending was different to what I expected and brilliant.  Even when I thought all loose ends had been tied up, I was surprised with another unexpected twist.  What was great about this was that it wasn’t far fetched and I was left with the feeling that all the clues had been there, but some crucial element had eluded me, which is much more satisfying than guessing the ending and getting it right!
This is a five star read and I can’t wait to read more from Cara Hunter and eagerly await the next in the series.
I would like to thank Netgalley, Penguin Books (UK) and Cara Hunter for the opportunity to read and review No Way Out.

Brilliant story that I have reviewed everywhere for you. Loved the pace the way it kept you turning those pages wanting to find out more and then a few clues along the way. Great book by a talented author.

My thanks to Penguin Books U.K. for an eARC via NetGalley of Cara Hunter’s Oxford-based police procedural ‘No Way Out’ in exchange for an honest review. After publication I did buy my own copy.

This is the third in her DI  Fawley series and although I hadn’t read the earlier books I had no problem getting a sense of who was who from the background provided. Even if the series is named for Fawley, it was very much an ensemble piece with a cast of well realised characters.

‘No Way Out’ opens very dramatically as just after the Christmas holidays a devastating fire destroys the Esmond home in North Oxford. Two young children are pulled from the blaze by firefighters. Yet why is there no sign of their parents? Their mother is missing and father attending an academic conference in London though he isn’t answering his phone. As the Fire Inspector indicates that it was very likely arson, this becomes a murder case and more questions arise.

It is a very sad and grim case though there are some moments of humour in the narrative that don’t detract from the seriousness of the storyline but make the characters seem more real. 

I always enjoy it when characters in a book reference popular culture and here one says to a difficult witness “I’m afraid real life is a great deal messier than Inspector Morse.” Still some aspects of the plot involving academics could easily be found in a said Morse drama.

The pacing was very good and I felt totally caught up in the investigation. I liked the inclusion of reports, news items, transcriptions and the like. 

Overall an excellent police procedural and I certainly am interested in reading the prior books in the series as well as future ones.

Set in North Oxford, a house fire is reported but the shock is that there were three people inside at the time.  Mother Samantha, 3-year-old Zachary, and 10-year-old Matty.  Only Matty survived, for a few days.

The fire department's findings say that it was arson.  An entire family saga begins to unfold.

They cannot find the body of the husband and father, Michael?

With DI Fawley and his team digging for everything connected to this family, some strange things begin to appear.  Their house does not belong to them, but to elder brother Philip.  He was out at sea when the fire was lit.

But then they discover more, much more.  This exciting thriller will keep you guessing until the end.  

I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are all my own and completely unbiased.  My thanks to NetGalley for this opportunity.