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Softcover ©2019 - No Way Out by Cara Hunter is a police procedural and domestic noir thriller. It serves as the third installment in the DI Adam Fawley series. The plot centers on a devastating house fire in North Oxford during the Christmas holidays, where two young brothers, Zachary and Matty Esmond, are found in the wreckage. Zachary dies at the scene, while Matty is hospitalized in critical condition. The investigation, led by DI Fawley’s acting DS Chris Gislingham, quickly determines the blaze was arson and murder, as the children’s parents, Michael and Samantha Esmond, are missing and unreachable. As the team sifts through the family’s secrets—including Samantha’s struggle with post-natal depression and Michael’s professional controversies—DI Fawley confronts his own emotional turmoil following the death of his son and his temporary separation from his wife. The narrative combines intense investigative work with personal drama, revealing a complex web of motives behind the attack on the seemingly affluent Esmond family.