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Publisher: Raven Street Publishing
Published: January 12, 2023
Summary:
THE TRUTH HIDES IN THE DARK
Kate Marshall’s investigation into a young boy’s disappearance sends her down an unexpectedly twisted path in a riveting thriller by multi-million bestselling author, Robert Bryndza.
When Private Investigator Kate Marshall is rushed to hospital after being pulled into a riptide current in the sea, the near-death experience leaves her shaken. During her recovery, she befriends Jean, an elderly lady on the same ward. Jean tells the harrowing story of how her three-year-old grandson, Charlie, went missing eleven years ago during a camping trip on Dartmoor.
By the time Kate is well enough to go home, she’s agreed to take on the case, but when Kate and her trusty sidekick Tristan start to look at the events of that fateful night, they discover that Jean has a dark past that could have put Charlie in jeopardy.
Was Charlie abducted? Or did he fall into Devil’s Way? A rushing river that vanishes into a gorge close to where they were camping.
When Kate and Tristan discover that a social worker who flagged concerns about Jean and her daughter was found brutally murdered shortly after Charlie vanished, it makes them question everything they thought they knew about the family…
Filled with twists and turns, Devil’s Way is the fourth Kate Marshall novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet!
My thoughts:
This is the fourth book in Robert Bryndza’s Kate Marshall series and I just love this series. I have been a fan of this author ever since discovering his other crime fiction series, The Erika Foster series, which I also really like, and I have to say, as much I love Erika Foster, I might just love Kate Marshall even more!
As I typically say when reviewing books in a series, this latest book of course can be read without reading the earlier books, but I HIGHLY recommending reading the series in order. Yes, the author does give some bare-bones highlights of what has come before, but of course I always think it is best to have read the earlier books in order to have a richer reading experience. But do know that each book is a self-contained case, so if you do pick this one up and enjoy it, perhaps it will entice you to go back and start the series from the beginning.
This book deals with a trope that can sometimes be a little tiresome, but in Robert Bryndza’s hands it was anything but – that of a missing child. It was a cold case and the more Kate and Tristan looked into it, the more questions the seemed to come up with. This case is not quite as straightforward as they thought it would be.
I loved all the twists and turns this book took. It was an engaging, heart-racing plot that kept me gripped to the storyline from start to finish. It was also quite emotional at times, which I was not expecting. I kept thinking I had things worked out, but the red herrings fooled me time and again, which I loved!
I’ve enjoyed all the books in this series, but this just might be my new favorite…that is until we get to the next one! And hopefully there will be another one? I guess time will tell.
Audio thoughts:
I decided to listen to this one and was pleasantly surprised to see that Jane Cramer was narrating the book. She has narrated all of the books in Robert Bryndza’s Erika Foster series and I just love her narration in those books. She really does a great job bringing the story to life, giving the characters their own voices. Her pacing and intonation are spot on and she infuses just the right amount of tension and suspense into her voice as needed.
Books in this series:
- Nine Elms
- Shadow Sands
- Darkness Falls
- Devil’s Way
