CARA HUNTER - THE WHOLE TRUTH (DI ADAM FAWLEY #5)

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TRIGGER WARNING FOR RAPE/SEXUAL ASSAULT
An attractive student. An older professor.  Think you know the story? Think again.  She has everything at stake; he has everything to lose. But one of them is lying, all the same. When an Oxford student accuses one of the university's professors of sexual assault, DI Adam Fawley's team think they've heard it all before. But they couldn't be more wrong. Because this time, the predator is a woman and the shining star of the department, and the student a six-foot male rugby player. Soon DI Fawley and his team are up against the clock to figure out the truth. What they don't realise is that someone is watching. And they have a plan to put Fawley out of action for good...


SHORT THOUGHTS


I don't like jumping into a series midway through and didn't realise this was book five when I started it  however was extremely grateful for the list of characters and short "bios".  This is a great idea which should be done more often.

Unfortunately, the book didnt gel with me.  It started off really well but I found the podcasts/news articles/postcard/emails etc broke up the flow of the book too much (having to enlarge to see some of them) and it got way too twisty for my liking.  I was constantly having to look back to see who a "supporting character" was when they were mentioned. 

Other than Fawley and Quinn all the other officers tended to be much of a muchness to me. 

I have a couple of  "loose ends" - although these may be an ongoing plot from previous books in the series.

Is there a reason for King's dislike for Fawley?
Who was the leak to the press?

By all means not a bad book, just didn't click for me.




Thanks to Penguin General UK who provided the advanced copy of this book in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.

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