Reading order · 7 books · 2018 to 2025 · Set in Oxford
Adam Fawley Books in Order
Detective Inspector Adam Fawley works murders in Oxford with his team. The novels are told partly through interview transcripts, emails, news reports and social media posts, and Fawley’s own family history shadows the cases.
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Series facts
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2018 to 2025
- First book
- Close to Home
- Latest
- Making a Killing (2025)
- Setting
- Set in Oxford
The reading order
Every Adam Fawley book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
7 books · Set in Oxford
- 1Close to Home2018With Adam FawleyEight-year-old Daisy Mason disappears from a party at her family’s home in Oxford, and no one saw her leave.Buy on Amazon
- 2In the Dark2019With Adam FawleyA woman and a small child are found locked in a basement in Oxford, under the house of an old man with dementia who says he has never seen them before.Buy on Amazon
- 3No Way Out2019With Adam FawleyTwo children are pulled from a burning house in Oxford during the Christmas holidays, and their parents are nowhere to be found.Buy on Amazon
- 4All the Rage2020With Adam FawleyA teenage girl is found on the outskirts of Oxford, distressed and injured, and says she was attacked by a man in a mask, but she will not tell the police more.Buy on Amazon
- 5The Whole Truth2021With Adam FawleyAn Oxford student accuses a respected professor of assault, and the case is not what anyone expects, while someone plots to bring down Adam Fawley.Buy on Amazon
- 6Hope to Die2022With Adam FawleyA body found in a farmhouse draws Fawley into an old case involving a family shattered by a child’s disappearance.Buy on Amazon
- 7Making a Killing2025With Adam FawleyA true-crime television show reopens the case of a missing eight-year-old girl, and when a woman’s body is found, Fawley must return to a case from his own past.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read the books in order, starting with Close to Home. Fawley’s private life and his team’s careers develop across the series.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Adam Fawley | Alex Fawley | Chris Gislingham | Erica Somer | Andrew Baxter | Verity Everett | Gareth Quinn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Close to Home | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 2 In the Dark | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 3 No Way Out | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 4 All the Rage | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 5 The Whole Truth | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 6 Hope to Die | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 7 Making a Killing | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
Characters in the Adam Fawley books
7 characters from Cara Hunter’s chart, with the number of Adam Fawley books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Adam FawleyDetective Inspector in Oxford | 7 | Close to Home 2018 |
| Alex FawleyAdam’s wife, a lawyer | 7 | Close to Home 2018 |
| Chris GislinghamDetective Sergeant | 7 | Close to Home 2018 |
| Erica SomerDetective Constable, previously a uniformed officer | 7 | Close to Home 2018 |
| Andrew BaxterDetective Constable | 7 | Close to Home 2018 |
| Verity EverettDetective Constable | 7 | Close to Home 2018 |
| Gareth QuinnDetective Sergeant | 7 | Close to Home 2018 |