Fate's End (DS Maddy Frost Book 1): A Whitby Crime Thriller

by Nic Roberts, Col Strebb

Some people survive when they shouldn't.
Someone is making sure they don't get a second chance.

Detective Sergeant Maddy Frost fled London's chaos for Whitby's quiet streets. She needed peace. She needed distance from the cases that broke her.

But when bodies start appearing, victims who all escaped death once before, Maddy sees a pattern no one else believes. Accidents, they say. Coincidence.

She knows better.

The investigation pulls her deeper into something darker than she imagined. Roses appear on her doorstep. Anonymous warnings. A watcher in the mist. Someone wants her to stop asking questions. Someone who believes they're correcting fate's mistakes.

And they're willing to kill to prove they're right.

In Whitby, the fog hides more than secrets.

An atmospheric British crime thriller perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves and Val McDermid.

233 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 31, 2025

Reviews

[Antonia Barger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found there was a lot of mistakes in this book. Spelling mistakes or sentences that didn’t make sense. For example it said Emily was behind the steering wheel and Maddy was in the passenger seat, and then when they got out of the car, Emily got out of the passenger seat 🫣🤣I also found it very repetitive, but this could be due to the settings being in police station and at her mums house, but seemed to be very repetitive all the way through

[Lorelei Tomlinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book. The story is about a suspected serial killer paramedic and the investigation around the deaths.

The book was easy to read because the plot and characters were easy to follow. I found that it was hard to put the book down because the story was so interesting. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the books in the DC Maddie Frost series. If you like British murder mysteries, you may want to read this one.

[Hugh McNeill · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice read with a good storyline. it was an unusual "whodunnit" as we had a fair idea from early on who the culprit was. Catching them was another thing! I knocked a star off as I felt there was a tad too many descriptions of the smell of the various places. The "odour of burnt coffee" was probably an overused phrase. Well worth reading though and I will read more of the series.

[Lynne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple enjoyable read. No thinking required, no complexity to plot.

[Chris Webster · Rating 3 out of 5]

Relaxing read.

This story is set in Whitby and is a relaxing, well-explained, rather predictable read with all loose ends cosily tied up.