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Začínajúca detektívna agentúra Kate Marshallovej sa rozbehne na plné obrátky, keď Kate a jej kolega Tristan Harper dostanú prvý veľký prípad. Novinárka Joanna Duncanová zmizla pred dvanástimi rokmi po tom, ako odhalila politický škandál. Väčšina ľudí – vrátane polície – už jej hľadanie vzdala. Ale Joannina matka sa nemieni vzdať. Keď Kate s Tristanom získajú prístup k pôvodnému vyšetrovaciemu spisu, preverujú rovnakých podozrivých a sledujú rovnaké stopy, ale na rozdiel od polície neuviaznu v rovnakých slepých uličkách.
Začínajúca detektívna agentúra Kate Marshallovej sa rozbehne na plné obrátky, keď Kate a jej kolega Tristan Harper dostanú prvý veľký prípad. Novinárka Joanna Duncanová zmizla pred dvanástimi rokmi po tom, ako odhalila politický škandál. Väčšina ľudí – vrátane polície – už jej hľadanie vzdala. Ale Joannina matka sa nemieni vzdať. Keď Kate s Tristanom získajú prístup k pôvodnému vyšetrovaciemu spisu, preverujú rovnakých podozrivých a sledujú rovnaké stopy, ale na rozdiel od polície neuviaznu v rovnakých slepých uličkách.
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First published December 7, 2021
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Robert Bryndza
35 books7,173 followersRobert Bryndza is an international bestselling author, best known for his page-turning crime and thriller novels, which have sold over seven million copies.
His crime debut, The Girl in the Ice was released in February 2016, introducing Detective Chief Inspector Erika Foster. Within five months it sold one million copies, reaching number one in the Amazon UK, USA and Australian charts. To date, The Girl in the Ice has sold over 1.5 million copies in the English language and has been sold into translation in 30 countries. It was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller (2016), the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle in France (2018), and it won two reader voted awards, The Thrillzone Awards best debut thriller in The Netherlands (2018) and The Dead Good Papercut Award for best page turner at the Harrogate Crime Festival (2016).
Robert has released a further six novels in the Erika Foster series, The Night Stalker, Dark Water, Last Breath, Cold Blood and Deadly Secrets, all of which have been global bestsellers, and in 2017 Last Breath was a Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Mystery and Thriller. Fatal Witness, is the seventh Erika Foster novel.
Most recently, Robert created a new crime thriller series based around the central character Kate Marshall, a police officer turned private detective. The first book, Nine Elms, was an Amazon USA #1 bestseller and an Amazon UK top five bestseller, and the series has been sold into translation in 18 countries. The second book in the series is the global bestselling, Shadow Sands, the third book is, Darkness Falls and the fourth, Devil’s Way has just been published.
Robert was born in Lowestoft, on the east coast of England. He studied at Aberystwyth University, and the Guildford School of Acting, and was an actor for several years, but didn’t find success until he took a play he’d written to the Edinburgh Festival. This led to the decision to change career and start writing. He self-published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels, before switching to writing crime. Robert lives with his husband in Slovakia, and is lucky enough to write full-time.
You can find out more about Robert and his books at www.robertbryndza.com
His crime debut, The Girl in the Ice was released in February 2016, introducing Detective Chief Inspector Erika Foster. Within five months it sold one million copies, reaching number one in the Amazon UK, USA and Australian charts. To date, The Girl in the Ice has sold over 1.5 million copies in the English language and has been sold into translation in 30 countries. It was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller (2016), the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle in France (2018), and it won two reader voted awards, The Thrillzone Awards best debut thriller in The Netherlands (2018) and The Dead Good Papercut Award for best page turner at the Harrogate Crime Festival (2016).
Robert has released a further six novels in the Erika Foster series, The Night Stalker, Dark Water, Last Breath, Cold Blood and Deadly Secrets, all of which have been global bestsellers, and in 2017 Last Breath was a Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Mystery and Thriller. Fatal Witness, is the seventh Erika Foster novel.
Most recently, Robert created a new crime thriller series based around the central character Kate Marshall, a police officer turned private detective. The first book, Nine Elms, was an Amazon USA #1 bestseller and an Amazon UK top five bestseller, and the series has been sold into translation in 18 countries. The second book in the series is the global bestselling, Shadow Sands, the third book is, Darkness Falls and the fourth, Devil’s Way has just been published.
Robert was born in Lowestoft, on the east coast of England. He studied at Aberystwyth University, and the Guildford School of Acting, and was an actor for several years, but didn’t find success until he took a play he’d written to the Edinburgh Festival. This led to the decision to change career and start writing. He self-published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels, before switching to writing crime. Robert lives with his husband in Slovakia, and is lucky enough to write full-time.
You can find out more about Robert and his books at www.robertbryndza.com
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December 18, 2021
Good Twist!
3.75 stars
Darkness Falls finds PI Kate Marshall and her partner, Tristan Harper, investigating a cold case involving a missing reporter. Their investigation puts them in the crosshairs of a sick and twisted killer and ends with a bang!
This is book #3 in the Kate Marshall series. It can be read as a standalone.
Kate and Tristan’s PI agency is far from flourishing. They have only had a few cases, which means money is tight, and their confidence in their business is waning. Desperate to take on the case of Joanna Duncan, a reporter who went missing 12 years ago, the unlikely partners are also dealing with running a Caravan business, annoying roommates, and problems from their pasts.
Kate and Tristan are the primary narrators. I like both, and I enjoyed both of their perspectives. The reader is also privy to the killer's POV, this is one sick and twisted individual, and one scene, in particular, is hard to read.
Darkness Falls is a fast-paced, easy read. The mystery has more layers than it initially seemed. I guessed the killer early on, which didn't impact my enjoyment, and there was a good twist that made the killer's actions more interesting. There is an underlying layer of tension that culminates in a twisted revelation.
The twist could have turned into a convoluted mess, but Bryndza's writing holds things together. The mystery is intricately plotted and never goes off the rails.
I didn’t love book one in the series, but I liked book two more. With this book, I feel like the series finally found its groove. Kate and Tristan have really grown on me. I like the addition of Ade, and I hope he shows up in the next book. This series is heading into a good place, and I look forward to continuing with book #4.
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
3.75 stars
Darkness Falls finds PI Kate Marshall and her partner, Tristan Harper, investigating a cold case involving a missing reporter. Their investigation puts them in the crosshairs of a sick and twisted killer and ends with a bang!
This is book #3 in the Kate Marshall series. It can be read as a standalone.
Kate and Tristan’s PI agency is far from flourishing. They have only had a few cases, which means money is tight, and their confidence in their business is waning. Desperate to take on the case of Joanna Duncan, a reporter who went missing 12 years ago, the unlikely partners are also dealing with running a Caravan business, annoying roommates, and problems from their pasts.
Kate and Tristan are the primary narrators. I like both, and I enjoyed both of their perspectives. The reader is also privy to the killer's POV, this is one sick and twisted individual, and one scene, in particular, is hard to read.
Darkness Falls is a fast-paced, easy read. The mystery has more layers than it initially seemed. I guessed the killer early on, which didn't impact my enjoyment, and there was a good twist that made the killer's actions more interesting. There is an underlying layer of tension that culminates in a twisted revelation.
The twist could have turned into a convoluted mess, but Bryndza's writing holds things together. The mystery is intricately plotted and never goes off the rails.
I didn’t love book one in the series, but I liked book two more. With this book, I feel like the series finally found its groove. Kate and Tristan have really grown on me. I like the addition of Ade, and I hope he shows up in the next book. This series is heading into a good place, and I look forward to continuing with book #4.
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
January 27, 2023
EXCERPT: As soon as Joanna reached the top, and stepped out, he slipped the bag over her head, yanked her backward, and used the handles to pull the plastic tight around her neck.
Joanna cried out and staggered on her feet, dropping the large handbag she carried. He pulled the bag tighter. The plastic sat flush over her skull and bulged at the mouth and nose as she sucked in and out the remaining air she had in her lungs.
ABOUT 'DARKNESS FALLS': Kate Marshall’s investigation into a journalist’s disappearance sends her down an unexpectedly twisted path in a riveting thriller by the author of Shadow Sands.
Kate Marshall’s fledgling PI agency takes off when she and her partner, Tristan Harper, are hired for their first big case. It’s a cold one. Twelve years before, journalist Joanna Duncan disappeared after exposing a political scandal. Most people have moved on. Joanna’s mother refuses to let go.
When Kate and Tristan gain access to the original case files, they revisit the same suspects and follow the same leads―but not to the same dead ends. Among Joanna’s personal effects, Kate discovers the names of two young men who also vanished without a trace.
As she connects the last days of three missing persons, Kate realizes that Joanna may have been onto something far more sinister than anyone first believed: the identity of a serial killer hiding in plain sight. The closer Kate comes to finding him, the darker it’s going to get.
MY THOUGHTS: Although this is #3 in the Kate Marshall series, it is easily read as a stand-alone. Although, once you've read this, you're going to want to go back and read the previous two books anyway.
This is developing into a great series. The plotting is spot on, the narrative flows easily, there's plenty of suspense and the characters are developing nicely.
Kate is more confident in herself and is developing a closer relationship with her son Jake, who is now at University. Myra has, unfortunately, passed away, but has left the caravan park to Kate. Tristan is becoming more comfortable in his own skin and his sister Sarah is slowly accepting his sexuality.
The case Kate and Tristan so gratefully accept is a cold one - the disappearance of a young female journalist twelve years earlier. Bev, the missing girl's mother, wants Joanna's body located so that she can bury her and find some closure.
While looking at what Joanna was working on at the time of her disappearance, Kate and Tristan stumble upon stories about young men disappearing and they start to form theories about what might have happened. Of course, we know what happened to Joanna because of the prologue. What we don't know is who . . .
Unusually for me, I cottoned on to the killer very early on. It was just a feeling that became stronger as the book progressed. This in no way diminished my pleasure in reading this book.
I'm now all caught up with this series and eager to read #4, Devil's Way, due for publication January 2023.
⭐⭐⭐⭐.1
#DarknessFalls #NetGalley
I: @robertbryndza @amazonpublishing
T: @RobertBryndza @AmazonPub
#contemporaryfiction #crime #familydrama #murdermystery #mystery #privateinvestigator #serialkillerthriller #suspense #thriller
THE AUTHOR: Robert Bryndza was born in the UK and lived in America and Canada before settling in Slovakia with his Slovak husband Ján.
When he's not writing Rob is learning Slovak, trying to train two crazy dogs, or watching Grand Designs all in the hope that he'll be able to understand his mother-in-law, build his dream house, and get the dogs to listen.
DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Thomas &Mercer via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of Darkness Falls by Robert Bryndza for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.
For an explanation of my rating system please refer to my Goodreads.com profile page or the about page on sandysbookaday.wordpress.com
This review is also published on Twitter, Amazon,Instagram and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Joanna cried out and staggered on her feet, dropping the large handbag she carried. He pulled the bag tighter. The plastic sat flush over her skull and bulged at the mouth and nose as she sucked in and out the remaining air she had in her lungs.
ABOUT 'DARKNESS FALLS': Kate Marshall’s investigation into a journalist’s disappearance sends her down an unexpectedly twisted path in a riveting thriller by the author of Shadow Sands.
Kate Marshall’s fledgling PI agency takes off when she and her partner, Tristan Harper, are hired for their first big case. It’s a cold one. Twelve years before, journalist Joanna Duncan disappeared after exposing a political scandal. Most people have moved on. Joanna’s mother refuses to let go.
When Kate and Tristan gain access to the original case files, they revisit the same suspects and follow the same leads―but not to the same dead ends. Among Joanna’s personal effects, Kate discovers the names of two young men who also vanished without a trace.
As she connects the last days of three missing persons, Kate realizes that Joanna may have been onto something far more sinister than anyone first believed: the identity of a serial killer hiding in plain sight. The closer Kate comes to finding him, the darker it’s going to get.
MY THOUGHTS: Although this is #3 in the Kate Marshall series, it is easily read as a stand-alone. Although, once you've read this, you're going to want to go back and read the previous two books anyway.
This is developing into a great series. The plotting is spot on, the narrative flows easily, there's plenty of suspense and the characters are developing nicely.
Kate is more confident in herself and is developing a closer relationship with her son Jake, who is now at University. Myra has, unfortunately, passed away, but has left the caravan park to Kate. Tristan is becoming more comfortable in his own skin and his sister Sarah is slowly accepting his sexuality.
The case Kate and Tristan so gratefully accept is a cold one - the disappearance of a young female journalist twelve years earlier. Bev, the missing girl's mother, wants Joanna's body located so that she can bury her and find some closure.
While looking at what Joanna was working on at the time of her disappearance, Kate and Tristan stumble upon stories about young men disappearing and they start to form theories about what might have happened. Of course, we know what happened to Joanna because of the prologue. What we don't know is who . . .
Unusually for me, I cottoned on to the killer very early on. It was just a feeling that became stronger as the book progressed. This in no way diminished my pleasure in reading this book.
I'm now all caught up with this series and eager to read #4, Devil's Way, due for publication January 2023.
⭐⭐⭐⭐.1
#DarknessFalls #NetGalley
I: @robertbryndza @amazonpublishing
T: @RobertBryndza @AmazonPub
#contemporaryfiction #crime #familydrama #murdermystery #mystery #privateinvestigator #serialkillerthriller #suspense #thriller
THE AUTHOR: Robert Bryndza was born in the UK and lived in America and Canada before settling in Slovakia with his Slovak husband Ján.
When he's not writing Rob is learning Slovak, trying to train two crazy dogs, or watching Grand Designs all in the hope that he'll be able to understand his mother-in-law, build his dream house, and get the dogs to listen.
DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Thomas &Mercer via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of Darkness Falls by Robert Bryndza for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.
For an explanation of my rating system please refer to my Goodreads.com profile page or the about page on sandysbookaday.wordpress.com
This review is also published on Twitter, Amazon,Instagram and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
October 27, 2021
Robert Bryndza's latest is a terrific addition in the Kate Marshall series, set in Devon in 2015, it has Kate and her partner, Tristran Harper, delving into a cold case mystery that goes back 12 years to 2002 and Joanna Duncan, an ambitious married journalist on West Country News. Duncan disappeared in Exeter, her mobile phone was found under her abandoned car, with CCTV able to track her making her way to the carpark, after which there is no further sighting. Kate has left her post as a lecturer, whilst Tristan continues to work at Ashdean University part time. Kate is trying to get her fledgling PI detective agency off the ground, helped by inheriting her AA sponsor and good friend Myra's home and caravan site business on her death. She is slowly recovering from her traumatic history with Peter Conway and her relationship with Jake has improved considerably, he returns from university to help her run the caravan site.
Bev Ellis is Joanna's mother, she has never recovered from the painful grief of losing her daughter, finding solace in drinking heavily. She has moved in with her long term partner, the wealthy construction business owner, Bill Norris, who is supporting Bev by paying Kate and Tristan for 6 months to find out what happened to Joanna, and locate her body so Bev can feel some sense of closure. The police have closed the case, and Kate is fortunate enough to be handed their entire case notes. The police got nowhere with their inquiries, and she knows that it will be difficult to make any progress, given the length of time that has passed. They begin by interviewing as many of the people they can from the case, including the editor, Joanna's husband, Fred, and her best friend. When Kate discovers the names of 2 missing men, their investigation goes on to uncover a serial killer who appears to be still active in the present, this leads to the police reopening the cold case.
Bryndza is a wonderfully talented crime writer, his plotting is impeccable, the tension and suspense ratchets up with each revelation and there are some surprising twists, particularly the final one. This is turning out to be a great crime series, with a fabulously atmospheric coastal location, and stand out characterisations. It looks like Kate is going to make her detective agency succeed against all the odds, she and Tristan work so well together, having each other's back when events take a deadly turn. Fans of Bryndza will love this, and I recommend this to other crime and mystery readers. Many thanks to the publisher for an ARC.
Bev Ellis is Joanna's mother, she has never recovered from the painful grief of losing her daughter, finding solace in drinking heavily. She has moved in with her long term partner, the wealthy construction business owner, Bill Norris, who is supporting Bev by paying Kate and Tristan for 6 months to find out what happened to Joanna, and locate her body so Bev can feel some sense of closure. The police have closed the case, and Kate is fortunate enough to be handed their entire case notes. The police got nowhere with their inquiries, and she knows that it will be difficult to make any progress, given the length of time that has passed. They begin by interviewing as many of the people they can from the case, including the editor, Joanna's husband, Fred, and her best friend. When Kate discovers the names of 2 missing men, their investigation goes on to uncover a serial killer who appears to be still active in the present, this leads to the police reopening the cold case.
Bryndza is a wonderfully talented crime writer, his plotting is impeccable, the tension and suspense ratchets up with each revelation and there are some surprising twists, particularly the final one. This is turning out to be a great crime series, with a fabulously atmospheric coastal location, and stand out characterisations. It looks like Kate is going to make her detective agency succeed against all the odds, she and Tristan work so well together, having each other's back when events take a deadly turn. Fans of Bryndza will love this, and I recommend this to other crime and mystery readers. Many thanks to the publisher for an ARC.
October 4, 2021
Oh Man, Oh Man, Oh Man, Oh Man........
Robert Bryndza works his magic, once again, in Darkness Falls. Bryndza knows exactly how to keep the reigns taut without giving away too much. We readers just simply can't lift our eyes from the printed word. Not gonna miss a thing. Ever.
Kate Marshall and Tristan Harper have been gifted with a little nugget of a cold case. Their fledgling detective agency could really use a boost these days. Bev Ellis contacts them about her daughter who has been missing since 2002. Joanna Duncan, a local journalist, was entering the upper level of a decaying parking building. That's the last of her movements caught on a security camera. Her car remained there with her cell phone thrown underneath it. Where is Joanna and who would have wanted her abducted?
Cold cases leave frigid clues. Kate and Tristan don't have much to go on. Besides that, Bev likes to tip the bottle in her grief and her memories may or may not be accurate. But retracing Joanna's steps is their only alternative and it will bring a wide net of possibilities to sort through. Since 2002, people have died or relocated or have shaky recall. Joanna's laptop and papers are missing. But a co-worker knew that she was on to something and what exactly was that something?
Kate gets a break from a box that Bev had kept. Two names. Unknown connections. Names that will lead Kate and Tristan to an old commune building in Devon and Cornwall from years ago. Just who are these people and what do they have to do with Joanna?
Darkness Falls is the third edition in the Kate Marshall Series. Bryndza sets it up with some nicely adjusted background fill-ins so that it can read as a standalone. Either way, Bryndza never disappoints from start to finish. His characters are the walking wounded from the downside of life. And his storylines always reflect an intricate plot with a brilliant payoff. Check this one out or anything with the Robert Bryndza name on it. Good, good stuff.
I received a copy of this book through NetGalley for an honest review. My thanks to Thomas & Mercer and to the talented Robert Bryndza for the opportunity.
Robert Bryndza works his magic, once again, in Darkness Falls. Bryndza knows exactly how to keep the reigns taut without giving away too much. We readers just simply can't lift our eyes from the printed word. Not gonna miss a thing. Ever.
Kate Marshall and Tristan Harper have been gifted with a little nugget of a cold case. Their fledgling detective agency could really use a boost these days. Bev Ellis contacts them about her daughter who has been missing since 2002. Joanna Duncan, a local journalist, was entering the upper level of a decaying parking building. That's the last of her movements caught on a security camera. Her car remained there with her cell phone thrown underneath it. Where is Joanna and who would have wanted her abducted?
Cold cases leave frigid clues. Kate and Tristan don't have much to go on. Besides that, Bev likes to tip the bottle in her grief and her memories may or may not be accurate. But retracing Joanna's steps is their only alternative and it will bring a wide net of possibilities to sort through. Since 2002, people have died or relocated or have shaky recall. Joanna's laptop and papers are missing. But a co-worker knew that she was on to something and what exactly was that something?
Kate gets a break from a box that Bev had kept. Two names. Unknown connections. Names that will lead Kate and Tristan to an old commune building in Devon and Cornwall from years ago. Just who are these people and what do they have to do with Joanna?
Darkness Falls is the third edition in the Kate Marshall Series. Bryndza sets it up with some nicely adjusted background fill-ins so that it can read as a standalone. Either way, Bryndza never disappoints from start to finish. His characters are the walking wounded from the downside of life. And his storylines always reflect an intricate plot with a brilliant payoff. Check this one out or anything with the Robert Bryndza name on it. Good, good stuff.
I received a copy of this book through NetGalley for an honest review. My thanks to Thomas & Mercer and to the talented Robert Bryndza for the opportunity.
October 23, 2021
Robert Bryndza has done it again, delivering a taut, fast paced mystery.
Kate and Tristan have now set up a PI agency, thanks to a bequest left to Kate. Their current case involves a female journalist, Joanna Duncan, who went missing 12 years before. As they investigate, they come across a possible link to two missing young gay men.
Bryndza intersperses chapters from the viewpoint of the murderer between the investigation’s chapters. He throws out quite a few red herrings. I had my suspicions. Of course, I was only partially right because there was a great twist.
Bryndza does a great job of weaving a mystery and personal lives together for both Kate and Tristan. We learn more about each of them. He also gives enough backstory that it would be easy to read this as a stand-alone.
This is just an entertaining mystery that will keep you engaged. I’ll continue to read whatever Bryndza writes.
My thanks to Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for an advance copy of this book.
Kate and Tristan have now set up a PI agency, thanks to a bequest left to Kate. Their current case involves a female journalist, Joanna Duncan, who went missing 12 years before. As they investigate, they come across a possible link to two missing young gay men.
Bryndza intersperses chapters from the viewpoint of the murderer between the investigation’s chapters. He throws out quite a few red herrings. I had my suspicions. Of course, I was only partially right because there was a great twist.
Bryndza does a great job of weaving a mystery and personal lives together for both Kate and Tristan. We learn more about each of them. He also gives enough backstory that it would be easy to read this as a stand-alone.
This is just an entertaining mystery that will keep you engaged. I’ll continue to read whatever Bryndza writes.
My thanks to Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for an advance copy of this book.
November 29, 2021
In this third book in this excellent series, ex detective and criminology lecturer Kate Marshall has given up her teaching position at a local university to establish a private investigation agency with her former research assistant, Tristan Harper. Tristan is still working part time at the university while the agency gets on its feet, while Kate is also busy running the holiday caravan business left to her by her friend and AA mentor Myrna. However, her son Jake, now eighteen and at university, is coming to spend the summer with her to take over managing the bookings and campers.
After a slow start to the agency, Kate and Tristan have been hired to re-investigate a twelve year old cold case, that of missing investigative journalist, Joanna Harper. Her mother Bev still has trouble accepting that Joanna could be dead and wants to find out what happened to her, no matter what Kate discovers. Joanna disappeared after work one day from a car park near her office. Her phone was found under her car, but her laptop was never found and police were unable to find any clues as to who might have taken her. Six months before she went missing, Joanna had been instrumental in exposing a member of Parliament for corrupt handling of council contracts and after the national press picked up the story, he lost his seat. However, no one seemed to know what she was working on at the time she disappeared. Going through a box given to her by Bev, containing Joanna’s papers and diaries from work, Kate noticed the names of two men etched into the lid with a phone number. When they both turn out to be missing gay men, she wonders if this could somehow be related to Joanna's disappearance.
This very engaging mystery is perfectly paced. As the mystery deepens and Kate and Tristan tease out the facts relating to the missing men, the suspense and tension build. It’s a difficult case, and takes a lot of perseverance for Kate and Tristan to track down key people witnesses from twelve years ago. There are quite a few twists and wrong turns before the whole shocking picture comes into focus and the final revelation is very cleverly done. Robert Bryndza always writes great characters and Kate and Tristan are developing well in their new roles in this third book of the series. The events in their personal lives are seamlessly woven into the ongoing mystery adding depth and interest to this very enjoyable series – one not to be missed.
With thanks to Thomas & Mercer via Netgalley for a copy to read. Review originally published at Mystery and Suspense Magazine https://www.mysteryandsuspense.com/re...
After a slow start to the agency, Kate and Tristan have been hired to re-investigate a twelve year old cold case, that of missing investigative journalist, Joanna Harper. Her mother Bev still has trouble accepting that Joanna could be dead and wants to find out what happened to her, no matter what Kate discovers. Joanna disappeared after work one day from a car park near her office. Her phone was found under her car, but her laptop was never found and police were unable to find any clues as to who might have taken her. Six months before she went missing, Joanna had been instrumental in exposing a member of Parliament for corrupt handling of council contracts and after the national press picked up the story, he lost his seat. However, no one seemed to know what she was working on at the time she disappeared. Going through a box given to her by Bev, containing Joanna’s papers and diaries from work, Kate noticed the names of two men etched into the lid with a phone number. When they both turn out to be missing gay men, she wonders if this could somehow be related to Joanna's disappearance.
This very engaging mystery is perfectly paced. As the mystery deepens and Kate and Tristan tease out the facts relating to the missing men, the suspense and tension build. It’s a difficult case, and takes a lot of perseverance for Kate and Tristan to track down key people witnesses from twelve years ago. There are quite a few twists and wrong turns before the whole shocking picture comes into focus and the final revelation is very cleverly done. Robert Bryndza always writes great characters and Kate and Tristan are developing well in their new roles in this third book of the series. The events in their personal lives are seamlessly woven into the ongoing mystery adding depth and interest to this very enjoyable series – one not to be missed.
With thanks to Thomas & Mercer via Netgalley for a copy to read. Review originally published at Mystery and Suspense Magazine https://www.mysteryandsuspense.com/re...
November 18, 2022
3.5 stars
In this 3rd book in the 'Kate Marshall' series, the former police detective looks for a woman who disappeared over a decade ago. The book can be read as a standalone.
*****
In 1995 Kate Marshall was a Metropolitan Detective Constable until she discovered that her boss, DCI Peter Conway - with whom she'd been romantically involved - was a serial killer.
The subsequent scandal, plus the fact that Kate was pregnant with Peter's child, got her fired. Since then Kate became an alcoholic, lost custody of her (and Peter's) son Jake to her parents, started going to AA, and became a criminology lecturer at Ashdean College in southern England. In Ashdean, Kate lives in a house on the beach, and starts every morning with a swim in the surf.
It's now 2015, and Kate left her teaching post to open a private detective agency. Kate runs the agency from the office of a caravan rental business she inherited from her friend (and AA sponsor) Myra.
Kate's office also serves as the carvans' supply room, so the space is half-full of towels, sheets, and cleaning supplies.
Kate's partner in the detective agency is her former teaching assistant Tristan Harper, who has a knack for investigative work.
And Kate's now 19-year old son Jake - on summer break from university - helps with the caravan enterprise and takes tourists out on a boat.
Kate's private investigator business is struggling, so she's happy to get a call from a woman named Bev Ellis, whose daughter Joanna Duncan disappeared twelve years ago. The police have now shelved Joanna's case, and Bev wants Kate to continue the search - even if it only results in a body to bury.
At the time of Joanna's disappearance she was an investigative journalist who'd recently exposed an MP for taking bribes to award building contracts. Joanna was also investigating claims the married MP used rent boys, which - at the time - would have been a big scandal.
Grieving mother Bev Ellis and her boyfriend Bill - a wealthy contractor with connections - have the police files relating to Joanna's case, so Kate and Tristan have a good place to start. They soon learn that, around the time Joanna vanished, she was looking into the disappearance of two gay men who'd spent time at a squatter's commune.
To further their investigation, Kate and Tristan make inquiries about the (now defunct) commune and its residents; talk to Joanna's friends; speak to Joanna's (unfaithful) husband Fred;
interview Joanna's editor at the newspaper;
track down the MP Joanna exposed, etc.
Kate and Tristan are also able to get information from their contacts in the coroner's office and police department.
Meanwhile, a serial killer with a flair for disguises is picking up gay men in the area and murdering them.
In the course of their inquiries, Kate and Tristan come across the same names again and again, but can't connect the dots to Joanna's disappearance until there's a surprise breakthrough.
In additional to their professional work, we get a peek into the private lives of the characters. Kate struggles with her sobriety and misses her friend Myra; Tristan has financial troubles and an older sister who disapproves of his detective job; Jake has to deal with having a serial killer father; and so on. On the upside, Kate, Tristan, and Jake sometimes gather for a delicious barbecue on the beach.
Some of the twists in the book stretch credulity, but I enjoyed the story and recommend it to mystery lovers and Kate Marshall fans.
Thanks to Netgalley, Robert Bryndza, and Thomas & Mercer for a copy of the book.
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October 25, 2021
Another great book in this series which keeps getting better and better. I really enjoy the way Bryndza writes.
Kate Marshall and Tristan Harper have now formed a PI agency, but luckily they both have other jobs on the side as clients are not very forthcoming. In Darkness Falls they pick up a cold case which is intriguing as well as financially worthwhile. Joanna Duncan disappeared mysteriously twelve years ago and her mother has never really recovered. Their task is to find out what happened and give her some closure.
The mystery is fascinating and Bryndza provides enough coincidences, possible culprits and red herrings to sink a ship. And then, just in case we have guessed who the murderer is, he presents us with a wonderful twist at the end. A very readable and entertaining book altogether! I hope he writes us another one very soon.
My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.
Kate Marshall and Tristan Harper have now formed a PI agency, but luckily they both have other jobs on the side as clients are not very forthcoming. In Darkness Falls they pick up a cold case which is intriguing as well as financially worthwhile. Joanna Duncan disappeared mysteriously twelve years ago and her mother has never really recovered. Their task is to find out what happened and give her some closure.
The mystery is fascinating and Bryndza provides enough coincidences, possible culprits and red herrings to sink a ship. And then, just in case we have guessed who the murderer is, he presents us with a wonderful twist at the end. A very readable and entertaining book altogether! I hope he writes us another one very soon.
My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.
December 7, 2021
Kate Marshall and Tristan Harper are back in book three of the Kate Marshall series and what a series it is!
Kate and Tristan are hired by a Bev Ellis, a mother devastated by the disappearance of her daughter, Joanna twelve years ago. Joanna Duncan was a promising journalist who exposed a political scandal. When Kate Tristan look through Joanna's personal affects, they find the names of two young men who went missing without a trace.
As they begin to connect the dots, they learn that there are those who have secrets but are those secrets worth killing for?
This book started strong and then got a little slow but hold on to your hat’s folks, because Bryndza is about to blow them off! This is a tightly woven mystery that brings back two great main characters, a killer with a God complex and a distraught mother.
I enjoyed the character development of Kate and Tristan and seeing more of their personal lives. I also enjoy watching them work together to solve the case. Fans of this series, know Kate's backstory and Bryndza gives just enough of it here so that this book would work as a stand-alone but with this being only book three in the series, it is easy to go back to the beginning and begin there.
Bryndza knows how to build suspense while unraveling his plot. Better yet, nothing comes out of left field. You won’t whiplash from the reveal and yet, it will be shocking to some, some may have seen it coming and some like me, figured it out when Kate and Tristan did.
Well written, well thought out and captivating. Despite the slowness I felt after the killer beginning, I found this to be hard to put down and riveting.
Thank you to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Read more of my reviews at www.openbookposts.com
Kate and Tristan are hired by a Bev Ellis, a mother devastated by the disappearance of her daughter, Joanna twelve years ago. Joanna Duncan was a promising journalist who exposed a political scandal. When Kate Tristan look through Joanna's personal affects, they find the names of two young men who went missing without a trace.
As they begin to connect the dots, they learn that there are those who have secrets but are those secrets worth killing for?
This book started strong and then got a little slow but hold on to your hat’s folks, because Bryndza is about to blow them off! This is a tightly woven mystery that brings back two great main characters, a killer with a God complex and a distraught mother.
I enjoyed the character development of Kate and Tristan and seeing more of their personal lives. I also enjoy watching them work together to solve the case. Fans of this series, know Kate's backstory and Bryndza gives just enough of it here so that this book would work as a stand-alone but with this being only book three in the series, it is easy to go back to the beginning and begin there.
Bryndza knows how to build suspense while unraveling his plot. Better yet, nothing comes out of left field. You won’t whiplash from the reveal and yet, it will be shocking to some, some may have seen it coming and some like me, figured it out when Kate and Tristan did.
Well written, well thought out and captivating. Despite the slowness I felt after the killer beginning, I found this to be hard to put down and riveting.
Thank you to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Read more of my reviews at www.openbookposts.com
November 26, 2021
In the third book of the series, Kate Marshall is now officially working as a PI with Tristan as her assistant. They are hired by Bev Ellis to find out what happened to her daughter, Joanna Duncan, 12 years ago. Bev is now living with her long time boyfriend Bill who is very wealthy so this could be a lucrative case for the fledgling PI outfit.
Joanna was working for the local paper and had, 6 months before she disappeared, written an exposé of Noah Huntley MP and irregularities around a development contract. It cost him his seat at the following election. So it is an obvious place to start investigating. Joanna was also hoping to do an article on the MPs use of ‘rent boys’ but the editor pulled that article as there was no evidence and community sentiment had moved on. Such outings no longer caused outrage!
Bev also had all the police files on Joanna’s disappearance as the case had been closed and she passed all of that on to Kate and Tristan. Working through the files led Kate to a commune that had been run in an abandoned building and it turned into a search for a number of missing gay men. Kate and Tristan left no stone unturned, one of the men thought missing turned out to be alive and well in Spain and agreed to speak to them. His information turned out to be a goldmine and provided a shocking twist! Although by this time I had some suspicions.
This was an interesting story with quite a few threads running through it and I must say it was a pleasant change to have (mostly) male victims even if it was still all very sordid. I didn’t think the pace was quite so cracking as usual and the outcome seemed a little predictable. Many thanks to Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for the much appreciated arc which I reviewed voluntarily and honestly.
Joanna was working for the local paper and had, 6 months before she disappeared, written an exposé of Noah Huntley MP and irregularities around a development contract. It cost him his seat at the following election. So it is an obvious place to start investigating. Joanna was also hoping to do an article on the MPs use of ‘rent boys’ but the editor pulled that article as there was no evidence and community sentiment had moved on. Such outings no longer caused outrage!
Bev also had all the police files on Joanna’s disappearance as the case had been closed and she passed all of that on to Kate and Tristan. Working through the files led Kate to a commune that had been run in an abandoned building and it turned into a search for a number of missing gay men. Kate and Tristan left no stone unturned, one of the men thought missing turned out to be alive and well in Spain and agreed to speak to them. His information turned out to be a goldmine and provided a shocking twist! Although by this time I had some suspicions.
This was an interesting story with quite a few threads running through it and I must say it was a pleasant change to have (mostly) male victims even if it was still all very sordid. I didn’t think the pace was quite so cracking as usual and the outcome seemed a little predictable. Many thanks to Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for the much appreciated arc which I reviewed voluntarily and honestly.
December 10, 2021
"Toch kon ik maar moeilijk stoppen met lezen en vond ik vallend duister het beste boek van de Kate Marshall reeks. Het was spannend en zeker verrassend op het einde! "
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January 2, 2022
3.5 stars
Definitely a page turner, this story has lots of thrills, twists, and didn't see that coming in its premise. Kate Marshall, the heroine of the series is back teemed up with Tristan Harper as they venture out forming their own Private Investigating company.
Their first real case involved a missing girl, a newspaper reporter, who has been missing for twelve years. The police are ready to close the file which is why her mother wants the new team to investigate and find Joanna Duncan. With the help of her live in boyfriend, the mother hires the team and they are off, investigating clues that will eventually place them into the steamy world of paid gay sex, where oftentimes one's very life is in danger. Kate trips on the the discovery that two men were missing around the same time as Joanna, and the race is on to see if there might be a connection.
Is it possible that there lurks another serial killer, one that seeks out gay young men, and if so, why was Joanna involved. It's a bit convoluted at times, but still a fun read for those who love twisty plots.
As the wheels churn, we learn much about how lives that were intertwined come together and how it is indeed at times an underworld that is dangerous and deadly.
Thank you to Robert Bryndza, Thomas and Mercer, and NetGalley for a copy of this mystery thriller that published on December 7, 2021.
Definitely a page turner, this story has lots of thrills, twists, and didn't see that coming in its premise. Kate Marshall, the heroine of the series is back teemed up with Tristan Harper as they venture out forming their own Private Investigating company.
Their first real case involved a missing girl, a newspaper reporter, who has been missing for twelve years. The police are ready to close the file which is why her mother wants the new team to investigate and find Joanna Duncan. With the help of her live in boyfriend, the mother hires the team and they are off, investigating clues that will eventually place them into the steamy world of paid gay sex, where oftentimes one's very life is in danger. Kate trips on the the discovery that two men were missing around the same time as Joanna, and the race is on to see if there might be a connection.
Is it possible that there lurks another serial killer, one that seeks out gay young men, and if so, why was Joanna involved. It's a bit convoluted at times, but still a fun read for those who love twisty plots.
As the wheels churn, we learn much about how lives that were intertwined come together and how it is indeed at times an underworld that is dangerous and deadly.
Thank you to Robert Bryndza, Thomas and Mercer, and NetGalley for a copy of this mystery thriller that published on December 7, 2021.
November 10, 2021
First and foremost, a large thank you to NetGalley, Robert Bryndza, and Thomas & Mercer for providing me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.
Robert Bryndza is back with another intense crime thriller with Kate Marshall at the helm. With a sordid past as a police detective, Kate has opened up her own investigative agency and is ready to take on the world. She’s given a cold case, where a journalist disappeared twelve years before. While there are some possible avenues to explore, the police have given up. All that being said, Kate and her partner begin finding a new and interesting connection with some other cold cases in the area, which could be the momentum they need to acquire answers.
Kate Marshall had high hopes when she worked for the Metropolitan Police, but addiction and other skeletons in her closet kept her from being able to stay on the right path. She’s taken her skills and turned it into something great, opening a private investigative agency, supplementing her time as a lecturer at the local university. Working with her partner, Tristan Harper, Kate is hoping to make a name for herself and earn a decent living.
When she’s given a cold case, Kate has high hopes that she and Tristan will be able to solve it. A journalist went missing twelve years before, one who was gritty and determined like few others. She’d brought down a sitting Member of Parliament for potential indiscretions, but he had a solid alibi for the time of the disappearance. Working through the police files given over by the family, Kate and Tristan come across some names that do not seem to fit.
Deeper digging reveals that these were young men who went missing in the years before the journalist’s disappearance. They frequented gay bars and some had a connection of a commune in the area. The more Kate and Tristan push, the stronger the potential connection of the disappearances. Could someone have been trying to write a story, connecting the missing men to someone around the bars?
All the while, a killer lurks just out of sight. Their target is one of the seedy bars on the outskirts of town. When a young man is found raped and murdered, Kate cannot help but wonder if there is a connection to the cold cases she has on her radar. Forensics makes some connections, but there is nothing to tie these disappearances to any particular killer. Still, things may be slowly coming together, but at what cost? Another great novel by Robert Bryndza that will keep readers flipping pages into the night.
I always enjoy a great thriller and Robert Bryndza has never failed to deliver. His attention to detail is like no other and he finds intriguing ways to keep the reader engaged throughout. The stories are not outlandish, but neither are they plain and easily deduced. This is the second of Bryndza’s series that I have tried, which is equally as intense and has me wanting more.
Kate Marshall has a major backstory that continues to reveal itself here. While series fans will know some of her past, Kate is still trying to come to terms with them, as things emerge to remind her of where she was all those years before. Bryndza allows for some wonderful character development here, both professional and personal, which offers Kate Marshall a new perspective as she is getting her life in order. I am eager to see where things will take her in the coming novels, as I am ready for more as soon as possible.
Robert Bryndza is an amazing writer with strong capabilities. He writes well and keeps the story moving along. The narrative builds from the opening chapter and there is no time at which I felt things dragged. The story evolved well, using short chapters to tease the reader into pushing forward just a little more. Tackling social and societal issues amongst the murder investigation, Bryndza does not shy away from topics and keeps the reader educated throughout the experience. I can only hope for more, as he has a knack when it comes to crimes thrillers!
Kudos, Mr. Bryndza, for another winner. Don’t keep us wondering for too long, as your fans surely love what you have to offer.
Love/hate the review? An ever-growing collection of others appears at:
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Robert Bryndza is back with another intense crime thriller with Kate Marshall at the helm. With a sordid past as a police detective, Kate has opened up her own investigative agency and is ready to take on the world. She’s given a cold case, where a journalist disappeared twelve years before. While there are some possible avenues to explore, the police have given up. All that being said, Kate and her partner begin finding a new and interesting connection with some other cold cases in the area, which could be the momentum they need to acquire answers.
Kate Marshall had high hopes when she worked for the Metropolitan Police, but addiction and other skeletons in her closet kept her from being able to stay on the right path. She’s taken her skills and turned it into something great, opening a private investigative agency, supplementing her time as a lecturer at the local university. Working with her partner, Tristan Harper, Kate is hoping to make a name for herself and earn a decent living.
When she’s given a cold case, Kate has high hopes that she and Tristan will be able to solve it. A journalist went missing twelve years before, one who was gritty and determined like few others. She’d brought down a sitting Member of Parliament for potential indiscretions, but he had a solid alibi for the time of the disappearance. Working through the police files given over by the family, Kate and Tristan come across some names that do not seem to fit.
Deeper digging reveals that these were young men who went missing in the years before the journalist’s disappearance. They frequented gay bars and some had a connection of a commune in the area. The more Kate and Tristan push, the stronger the potential connection of the disappearances. Could someone have been trying to write a story, connecting the missing men to someone around the bars?
All the while, a killer lurks just out of sight. Their target is one of the seedy bars on the outskirts of town. When a young man is found raped and murdered, Kate cannot help but wonder if there is a connection to the cold cases she has on her radar. Forensics makes some connections, but there is nothing to tie these disappearances to any particular killer. Still, things may be slowly coming together, but at what cost? Another great novel by Robert Bryndza that will keep readers flipping pages into the night.
I always enjoy a great thriller and Robert Bryndza has never failed to deliver. His attention to detail is like no other and he finds intriguing ways to keep the reader engaged throughout. The stories are not outlandish, but neither are they plain and easily deduced. This is the second of Bryndza’s series that I have tried, which is equally as intense and has me wanting more.
Kate Marshall has a major backstory that continues to reveal itself here. While series fans will know some of her past, Kate is still trying to come to terms with them, as things emerge to remind her of where she was all those years before. Bryndza allows for some wonderful character development here, both professional and personal, which offers Kate Marshall a new perspective as she is getting her life in order. I am eager to see where things will take her in the coming novels, as I am ready for more as soon as possible.
Robert Bryndza is an amazing writer with strong capabilities. He writes well and keeps the story moving along. The narrative builds from the opening chapter and there is no time at which I felt things dragged. The story evolved well, using short chapters to tease the reader into pushing forward just a little more. Tackling social and societal issues amongst the murder investigation, Bryndza does not shy away from topics and keeps the reader educated throughout the experience. I can only hope for more, as he has a knack when it comes to crimes thrillers!
Kudos, Mr. Bryndza, for another winner. Don’t keep us wondering for too long, as your fans surely love what you have to offer.
Love/hate the review? An ever-growing collection of others appears at:
http://pecheyponderings.wordpress.com/
A Book for All Seasons, a different sort of Book Challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
December 11, 2021
What is there to say about Robert Bryndza that I haven't said before. After reading his Erika Foster books I feel in love with his writing and characters and he became an auto buy author for me. Darkness Falls is the 3rd book in his latest series featuring private detective Kate Marshall and her partner Tristan. This one takes them to some dark and dangerous places to solve the case.
Kate is called by a grieving mother who will not give up on finding her daughter. 12 years ago, her daughter, Joanna disappeared without a trace. Joanna was a journalist and was about to expose a local politician in a scandal. She left her office and was never seen again. Kate and Tristian must use every trick they have to find her .Their investigation leads them to more missing people and sparks a whole new side to the case.
Another wonderful read Robert. Thank you to Thomas and Mercer and Netgalley for my advanced copy of his book to read.
Kate is called by a grieving mother who will not give up on finding her daughter. 12 years ago, her daughter, Joanna disappeared without a trace. Joanna was a journalist and was about to expose a local politician in a scandal. She left her office and was never seen again. Kate and Tristian must use every trick they have to find her .Their investigation leads them to more missing people and sparks a whole new side to the case.
Another wonderful read Robert. Thank you to Thomas and Mercer and Netgalley for my advanced copy of his book to read.
September 20, 2021
I'm really enjoying this series by Robert Bryndza. I've liked his other books as well. I've read quite a few of his crime novels. Kate Marshall has recently started a private detective agency with her friend and partner and Tristan Harper. They have their first major case when they are hired to find a missing journalist, Joanna Duncan. She disappeared 12 years earlier and the police have closed her case. There are not many clues to be found. But Kate and Tristan delve in and sift through the police reports and start interviewing people who knew Joanna. Following the few threads they find something much bigger than the journalist's disapperance.
Kate is a great detective character as a former police detective with a great deal of experience and a reputation for solving serial murders. Tristan had worked with her in the previous book and has gone part-time at his job so that he can work at the detective agency as much as possible. This was a great read which is well-paced and engrossing. The story kept me riveted.
Thanks to Thomas & Mercer through Netgalley for an advance read. This book will be published on December 7, 2021.
Kate is a great detective character as a former police detective with a great deal of experience and a reputation for solving serial murders. Tristan had worked with her in the previous book and has gone part-time at his job so that he can work at the detective agency as much as possible. This was a great read which is well-paced and engrossing. The story kept me riveted.
Thanks to Thomas & Mercer through Netgalley for an advance read. This book will be published on December 7, 2021.
November 11, 2021
Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free, electronic ARC of this novel received in exchange for an honest review.
Expected publication date: December 7, 2021
Robert Bryndza brings his beloved Kate Marshall detective series back with a vengeance in his new novel, “Darkness Falls”. This is the third novel in the Kate Marshall series, following “Shadow Sands” and “Nine Elms”.
Kate Marshall’s new private investigation agency takes off when she and her business partner, Tristan, are tasked with solving a twelve year old crime. Joanna Duncan, a journalist, disappeared without a trace, supposedly being abducted from a car park, and hasn’t been heard of since. Her mother, Bev, hires Kate and Tristan to finally uncover the truth behind her daughter’s disappearance. When Kate and Tristan look over the old case files and begin to interview old suspects, soon dark secrets begin to surface. Secrets someone very well may be willing to kill for.
Brynzda has a way of writing police procedural and detective novels that remain unique and innovative, writing generally entertaining and action-packed stories. Kate Marshall continues to be a brave and beautifully flawed character worth rooting for, and along with her young partner, Tristan, the two are a pair that fans of Robert Galbraith’s “Cormoran Strike” will instantly fall in love with.
Bryndza’s characters are modern and don’t fit a typical mold; they are ones we don’t expect, ones we don’t normally see highlighted in a detective series, and it’s so utterly refreshing.
The novel is told in alternating viewpoints; we hear primarily from Kate, of course, and a little less so from Tristan, with a few chapters narrated by the suspect (who remains unidentified until the final pages). I loved the seriously degraded, twisted mind of the murderer, and it was even more shocking when their identity was uncovered.
Kate Marshall continues to be a character I want to know more about and, right alongside with his other female detective series lead, Erika Foster, I long for more from both of them. Bryndza has not let this well run dry, and I hope he continues to pull out all the stops with his female-led detective series’.
Expected publication date: December 7, 2021
Robert Bryndza brings his beloved Kate Marshall detective series back with a vengeance in his new novel, “Darkness Falls”. This is the third novel in the Kate Marshall series, following “Shadow Sands” and “Nine Elms”.
Kate Marshall’s new private investigation agency takes off when she and her business partner, Tristan, are tasked with solving a twelve year old crime. Joanna Duncan, a journalist, disappeared without a trace, supposedly being abducted from a car park, and hasn’t been heard of since. Her mother, Bev, hires Kate and Tristan to finally uncover the truth behind her daughter’s disappearance. When Kate and Tristan look over the old case files and begin to interview old suspects, soon dark secrets begin to surface. Secrets someone very well may be willing to kill for.
Brynzda has a way of writing police procedural and detective novels that remain unique and innovative, writing generally entertaining and action-packed stories. Kate Marshall continues to be a brave and beautifully flawed character worth rooting for, and along with her young partner, Tristan, the two are a pair that fans of Robert Galbraith’s “Cormoran Strike” will instantly fall in love with.
Bryndza’s characters are modern and don’t fit a typical mold; they are ones we don’t expect, ones we don’t normally see highlighted in a detective series, and it’s so utterly refreshing.
The novel is told in alternating viewpoints; we hear primarily from Kate, of course, and a little less so from Tristan, with a few chapters narrated by the suspect (who remains unidentified until the final pages). I loved the seriously degraded, twisted mind of the murderer, and it was even more shocking when their identity was uncovered.
Kate Marshall continues to be a character I want to know more about and, right alongside with his other female detective series lead, Erika Foster, I long for more from both of them. Bryndza has not let this well run dry, and I hope he continues to pull out all the stops with his female-led detective series’.
November 27, 2021
Robert Bryndza has been on my radar for a number of years but his books didn't make it to the local library until the recent Kate Marshall series. One year I even put all of the books in the Erika Foster series on my Christmas list but still don't have them. Even though I hadn't read any of the other books in the Kate Marshall series I requested Darkness Falls through Netgalley and was approved so yay for me!
Kate Marshall and Tristan Harper have just started operating their own private detective agency and Kate is also the owner/operator of a caravan park which she inherited from her friend Myra. Kate and Tristan are hired to look into a cold case involving Joanna Duncan, a journalist who's been missing for 12 years. Their investigation uncovers links to a killer who is still active and leads to the police reopening Joanna's cold case. Even though this is the third book in the series it stood on its own very well. Events in the past were alluded to of course but that only made me want to read the first two books even more. Very well written with many twists and turns, good characters and an easy pace. It was nice to read a book where the partners got on so well and where there was no hint of romance! The description of Burnham-on-Sea in Southwestern England led to an internet search which turned up many lovely pictures and some interesting information on the area.
Thank you to Thomas & Mercer via Netgalley for the opportunity to read my first Robert Bryndza book. It won't be the last! All opinions expressed are my own.
Expected Publication Date: December 7, 2021
Kate Marshall and Tristan Harper have just started operating their own private detective agency and Kate is also the owner/operator of a caravan park which she inherited from her friend Myra. Kate and Tristan are hired to look into a cold case involving Joanna Duncan, a journalist who's been missing for 12 years. Their investigation uncovers links to a killer who is still active and leads to the police reopening Joanna's cold case. Even though this is the third book in the series it stood on its own very well. Events in the past were alluded to of course but that only made me want to read the first two books even more. Very well written with many twists and turns, good characters and an easy pace. It was nice to read a book where the partners got on so well and where there was no hint of romance! The description of Burnham-on-Sea in Southwestern England led to an internet search which turned up many lovely pictures and some interesting information on the area.
Thank you to Thomas & Mercer via Netgalley for the opportunity to read my first Robert Bryndza book. It won't be the last! All opinions expressed are my own.
Expected Publication Date: December 7, 2021
June 27, 2021
Robert Bryndza is one of my favourite authors and consistently entertains whether writing crime or comedy. I am a big fan of both but love the Erika Foster and Kate Marshall series. He has not let me down yet with his writing and this is again of an high standard.
Kate Marshall owns a PI agency with her partner Tristan Harper and about to undertake their first major case. They are asked to look into the disappearance of journalist Joanna Duncan who went missing twelve years ago after exposing a political scandal. While the police appear to have given up on the case Joanna’s mother refuses to stay quiet. Kate along with Tristan go through the original case files, looking at the suspects and leads but discover the names of two young men who also vanished without a trace. Further investigations show that Joanna may have been onto something far more sinister than anyone first believed.
Well written, great characters and a terrific read.
I would like to thank both Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.
Kate Marshall owns a PI agency with her partner Tristan Harper and about to undertake their first major case. They are asked to look into the disappearance of journalist Joanna Duncan who went missing twelve years ago after exposing a political scandal. While the police appear to have given up on the case Joanna’s mother refuses to stay quiet. Kate along with Tristan go through the original case files, looking at the suspects and leads but discover the names of two young men who also vanished without a trace. Further investigations show that Joanna may have been onto something far more sinister than anyone first believed.
Well written, great characters and a terrific read.
I would like to thank both Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.
March 31, 2022
I thoroughly enjoyed Darkness Falls, the third instalment in Robert Bryndza's Kate Marshall series. It's an engrossing and often dark mystery, with plenty of twists, turns and red herrings to keep the reader guessing.
After previous outings in a more informal capacity, former police detective Kate Marshall and her associate Tristan Harper have recently established a private investigations agency, co-located with the Devonshire caravan park Kate inherited from her friend Myra. Kate is approached by local woman Bev Ellis, whose journalist daughter Joanna Duncan went missing from an Exeter carpark thirteen years previously. Bev is adamant that her daughter met with foul play, rather than vanishing of her own accord, and is desperate to lay her to rest.
In the course of investigating the cold case, Kate and Tristan uncover the cases of two young men who went missing around the same time - could they be linked with Joanna's disappearance somehow? Other leads include an unfaithful husband, a politician who lost his seat after Joanna published an article exposing fraud, and another explosive article she was in the process of writing at the time of her disappearance. In a parallel narrative thread, we see an older man who calls himself Tom, a ruthless killer, who has just picked up a younger man at a gay pub.
Darkness Falls is a complex mystery, with a wide cast of characters and a distinctive setting on the Devon coast. I enjoyed the "cold case" element of the plot and the skilful use of misdirection by Robert Bryndza to maintain suspense. A dramatic conclusion rounded out an engrossing read.
I'd recommend Darkness Falls to any reader who loves complex contemporary mystery-thrillers, with well-developed characters and great settings. While reading in series order would allow for an enhanced grasp of character backstories, my feeling is that Darkness Falls could also be thoroughly enjoyed as a standalone.
My thanks to the author Robert Bryndza, publisher Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this latest instalment in what is a great series.
After previous outings in a more informal capacity, former police detective Kate Marshall and her associate Tristan Harper have recently established a private investigations agency, co-located with the Devonshire caravan park Kate inherited from her friend Myra. Kate is approached by local woman Bev Ellis, whose journalist daughter Joanna Duncan went missing from an Exeter carpark thirteen years previously. Bev is adamant that her daughter met with foul play, rather than vanishing of her own accord, and is desperate to lay her to rest.
In the course of investigating the cold case, Kate and Tristan uncover the cases of two young men who went missing around the same time - could they be linked with Joanna's disappearance somehow? Other leads include an unfaithful husband, a politician who lost his seat after Joanna published an article exposing fraud, and another explosive article she was in the process of writing at the time of her disappearance. In a parallel narrative thread, we see an older man who calls himself Tom, a ruthless killer, who has just picked up a younger man at a gay pub.
Darkness Falls is a complex mystery, with a wide cast of characters and a distinctive setting on the Devon coast. I enjoyed the "cold case" element of the plot and the skilful use of misdirection by Robert Bryndza to maintain suspense. A dramatic conclusion rounded out an engrossing read.
I'd recommend Darkness Falls to any reader who loves complex contemporary mystery-thrillers, with well-developed characters and great settings. While reading in series order would allow for an enhanced grasp of character backstories, my feeling is that Darkness Falls could also be thoroughly enjoyed as a standalone.
My thanks to the author Robert Bryndza, publisher Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this latest instalment in what is a great series.
December 11, 2021
This was another great installment in the Kate Marshall series. I was happy to see the progress Kate and Tristan have made as well as how Jake has grown. I was also happy that Peter was not the focus of this book and was hardly mentioned.
This series shows characters struggling with alcohol addiction and finances. This particular installment adds in scenes of homophobia and abuse in the gay community. I appreciate the more realistic portrayal of issues that people genuinely struggle with within the story. The issues the characters have make sense and are not over the top.
I have to admit that I knew who-dun-it from the very beginning with this one. I waited it out to see if it would come around to this particular person and it did. So, it wasn't the biggest mystery for me, but this did not lessen my reading enjoyment because the story getting there was interesting and the writing excellent. I enjoyed the descriptions and characters, as well as the thought process behind the investigation.
I look forward to reading more about Kate and Tristan in the future. #DarknessFalls #NetGalley
Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for providing me with a complimentary electronic copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
This series shows characters struggling with alcohol addiction and finances. This particular installment adds in scenes of homophobia and abuse in the gay community. I appreciate the more realistic portrayal of issues that people genuinely struggle with within the story. The issues the characters have make sense and are not over the top.
I have to admit that I knew who-dun-it from the very beginning with this one. I waited it out to see if it would come around to this particular person and it did. So, it wasn't the biggest mystery for me, but this did not lessen my reading enjoyment because the story getting there was interesting and the writing excellent. I enjoyed the descriptions and characters, as well as the thought process behind the investigation.
I look forward to reading more about Kate and Tristan in the future. #DarknessFalls #NetGalley
Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for providing me with a complimentary electronic copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
October 8, 2021
Firstly, thank you to Net Galley, the publishers and the author for an ARC copy for an honest review, which I always give, good or bad !
Robert Bryndza has brought to us the readers to great characters Erica Foster and more recently Kate Marshall. Here we have a third in the series of Kate Marshall.
Kate Marshall’s fledgling PI agency takes off when she and her partner, Tristan Harper, are hired for their first big case. It’s a cold one. Twelve years before, journalist Joanna Duncan disappeared after exposing a political scandal. Most people have moved on. Joanna’s mother refuses to let go.
When Kate and Tristan gain access to the original case files, they revisit the same suspects and follow the same leads—but not to the same dead ends. Among Joanna’s personal effects, Kate discovers the names of two young men who also vanished without a trace.
As she connects the last days of three missing persons, Kate realizes that Joanna may have been onto something far more sinister than anyone first believed: the identity of a serial killer hiding in plain sight. The closer Kate comes to finding him, the darker it’s going to get.
Great characters, well paced thriller, gripping, tense and great shocks, as always from Robert.
Robert Bryndza has brought to us the readers to great characters Erica Foster and more recently Kate Marshall. Here we have a third in the series of Kate Marshall.
Kate Marshall’s fledgling PI agency takes off when she and her partner, Tristan Harper, are hired for their first big case. It’s a cold one. Twelve years before, journalist Joanna Duncan disappeared after exposing a political scandal. Most people have moved on. Joanna’s mother refuses to let go.
When Kate and Tristan gain access to the original case files, they revisit the same suspects and follow the same leads—but not to the same dead ends. Among Joanna’s personal effects, Kate discovers the names of two young men who also vanished without a trace.
As she connects the last days of three missing persons, Kate realizes that Joanna may have been onto something far more sinister than anyone first believed: the identity of a serial killer hiding in plain sight. The closer Kate comes to finding him, the darker it’s going to get.
Great characters, well paced thriller, gripping, tense and great shocks, as always from Robert.
December 8, 2021
Darkness Falls is the third book in the Kate Marshall series set in Devon, England, about a former police officer with a troubled past and her younger assistant Tristan, who are starting out as private investigators. I’d enjoyed the previous two, although not as much as the author’s Erika Foster series, but found this one slow, predictable in terms of the reveal, and too far-fetched in terms of plot and character motivations. You don’t need to have read the first two to get into this, as you get enough recap of Kate’s past history for it to make sense.
A few years after the events of Shadow Sands, Kate has quit her lecturing post at the university, inherited a house and caravan park from her friend Myra, and is getting her fledgling PI business started. Her son Jake is now a student and has come home for the summer holidays, and Tristan is struggling financially, having reduced his hours at the university to focus on detecting, so they really need a big case to bring in some cash and publicity. When the mother of a journalist who went missing twelve years earlier hires them to find out what happened to her, they find links to a number of cases of young gay men who just disappeared - have they identified yet another serial killer?
I’m coming to the conclusion that this series is not for me - I don’t find Kate interesting or appealing as a character - the whole recovering alcoholic detective trope has been done to death - and while I like the semi-maternal dynamic with Tristan, all his insecurities got a bit tedious. The plot involved a lot of minor characters, but this wasn’t enough to disguise the perpetrator’s identity, although I didn’t guess the whole reveal, probably because it didn’t make any kind of sense and relied too much on coincidence. I found the pace to be too slow and the dialogue stilted; I’m steering clear of overly gruesome thrillers so appreciated the lack of gore.
I requested this without paying enough attention to the blurb, else I might’ve skipped it - I was expecting a cold case mystery, which it is, but with a sexual predator case thrown in - I’m completely over detectives encountering serial killers in every book - especially when they live in small towns - it’s just too unlikely. I also generally don’t enjoy scenes written from the POV of the murderer. Most of my GR friends have given this 4 or 5 stars so it obviously isn’t a problem for most readers.
Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC; I am posting this honest review voluntarily. Darkness Falls is available now.
A few years after the events of Shadow Sands, Kate has quit her lecturing post at the university, inherited a house and caravan park from her friend Myra, and is getting her fledgling PI business started. Her son Jake is now a student and has come home for the summer holidays, and Tristan is struggling financially, having reduced his hours at the university to focus on detecting, so they really need a big case to bring in some cash and publicity. When the mother of a journalist who went missing twelve years earlier hires them to find out what happened to her, they find links to a number of cases of young gay men who just disappeared - have they identified yet another serial killer?
I’m coming to the conclusion that this series is not for me - I don’t find Kate interesting or appealing as a character - the whole recovering alcoholic detective trope has been done to death - and while I like the semi-maternal dynamic with Tristan, all his insecurities got a bit tedious. The plot involved a lot of minor characters, but this wasn’t enough to disguise the perpetrator’s identity, although I didn’t guess the whole reveal, probably because it didn’t make any kind of sense and relied too much on coincidence. I found the pace to be too slow and the dialogue stilted; I’m steering clear of overly gruesome thrillers so appreciated the lack of gore.
I requested this without paying enough attention to the blurb, else I might’ve skipped it - I was expecting a cold case mystery, which it is, but with a sexual predator case thrown in - I’m completely over detectives encountering serial killers in every book - especially when they live in small towns - it’s just too unlikely. I also generally don’t enjoy scenes written from the POV of the murderer. Most of my GR friends have given this 4 or 5 stars so it obviously isn’t a problem for most readers.
Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC; I am posting this honest review voluntarily. Darkness Falls is available now.
December 3, 2021
Darkness Falls is the third book in the Kate Marshall series by British author, Robert Bryndza. Former London Met detective Kate Marshall has given up lecturing in criminology and started her own private investigation agency with her young assistant, Tristan Harper. In the past months, business has been slow, so when Bev Ellis engages them to find out what happened to her daughter, Kate and Tristan are eager to immerse themselves in a big case.
An investigative journalist for the West Country News, Joanna Duncan disappeared without a trace in the first week of September 2002. Thirteen years on, the Devon and Cornwall Police have deemed it a cold case, and Bev’s wealthy partner Bill Norris, who is funding their investigation, has managed to acquire all of the police files. Kate and Tristan examine them very thoroughly, vowing to solve this puzzling case.
Their first priority is to talk to those who were questioned by the police at the time, including Jo’s editor, colleagues, best friend, husband, and a certain MP who lost his seat after Jo’s hard-hitting exposé. But then Kate happens upon the names of two young men amongst Jo’s papers, who turn out to be missing.
It’s apparent from her career prospects that Jo didn’t disappear of her own accord, but did her work make her a target? Was it someone involved in the cover-up of an asbestos-laden office building? Or whoever was taking those missing young men? Or was it her claim that the already-disgraced MP was using his Parliamentary allowance to pay for rent-boys? Or was she actually the victim of an opportunistic killer?
There’s plenty of good detective work apparent here, with both Kate and Tristan utilising friendly police or ex-cop sources. Bryndza gives the reader a solid plot with several red herrings and a clever twist. Once again, great British crime fiction.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Thomas and Mercer.
An investigative journalist for the West Country News, Joanna Duncan disappeared without a trace in the first week of September 2002. Thirteen years on, the Devon and Cornwall Police have deemed it a cold case, and Bev’s wealthy partner Bill Norris, who is funding their investigation, has managed to acquire all of the police files. Kate and Tristan examine them very thoroughly, vowing to solve this puzzling case.
Their first priority is to talk to those who were questioned by the police at the time, including Jo’s editor, colleagues, best friend, husband, and a certain MP who lost his seat after Jo’s hard-hitting exposé. But then Kate happens upon the names of two young men amongst Jo’s papers, who turn out to be missing.
It’s apparent from her career prospects that Jo didn’t disappear of her own accord, but did her work make her a target? Was it someone involved in the cover-up of an asbestos-laden office building? Or whoever was taking those missing young men? Or was it her claim that the already-disgraced MP was using his Parliamentary allowance to pay for rent-boys? Or was she actually the victim of an opportunistic killer?
There’s plenty of good detective work apparent here, with both Kate and Tristan utilising friendly police or ex-cop sources. Bryndza gives the reader a solid plot with several red herrings and a clever twist. Once again, great British crime fiction.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Thomas and Mercer.
December 7, 2021
I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley for an honest review. My thanks to the publisher and Author.
Robert Bryndza has done it again, in delivering yet another taut, fast paced mystery. He works his magic, once again, he knows just how to keep the plot tight without giving away too much. But dropping in a generous helping of red herrings.
Former Detective Kate and her side kick Tristan have now set up a PI agency, thanks to a bequest left to Kate, in a will
They are asked to look into a cold case that the police have failed in solving for 12 years. The chapters are interspersed with the murderer’s viewpoint. Some people don,t like this tactic, but I love it. I had my suspicions, as to who was responsible but I was still wrong thanks to a great twist
This is just an amazing mystery that will keep you engaged. It could be read as a standalone as the author gives away enough of a backstory to fill in the blanks, but no spoil the 1st 2 books, which I also highly recommend. I look forward to the next book in the series.
Overall I think Nine Elms” is still my favourite of the series so far, but this book runs it very close. Darkness Falls” really is a superb read!
Robert Bryndza has done it again, in delivering yet another taut, fast paced mystery. He works his magic, once again, he knows just how to keep the plot tight without giving away too much. But dropping in a generous helping of red herrings.
Former Detective Kate and her side kick Tristan have now set up a PI agency, thanks to a bequest left to Kate, in a will
They are asked to look into a cold case that the police have failed in solving for 12 years. The chapters are interspersed with the murderer’s viewpoint. Some people don,t like this tactic, but I love it. I had my suspicions, as to who was responsible but I was still wrong thanks to a great twist
This is just an amazing mystery that will keep you engaged. It could be read as a standalone as the author gives away enough of a backstory to fill in the blanks, but no spoil the 1st 2 books, which I also highly recommend. I look forward to the next book in the series.
Overall I think Nine Elms” is still my favourite of the series so far, but this book runs it very close. Darkness Falls” really is a superb read!
July 24, 2022
This is the third book in the Kate Marshall series. Kate was a Metropolitan Detective Constable until she discovered that her boss, DCI Peter Conway, was a serial killer. She had also been involved in a romantic relationship with Conway. She was pregnant and in the ensuing scandal lost her job. She became an alcoholic and lost custody of her son, Jake, to her parents. Since then she has been trying to put her life back together. She started going to A.A. and became a criminology lecturer at Ashdean College.
She has started her own PI agency thanks to an inheritance from her A.A. sponsor, Myra. Included in the inheritance is Myra's caravan park. This is helpful because the new PI agency is off to a slow start. Then Kate gets a phone call from Bev Ellis. Twelve years ago Bev's daughter, Joanna Duncan' disappeared after leaving work. Joanna had been a journalist who had recently exposed a political scandal. The police have not gotten anywhere. Bev wants to hire Kate to find out what happened to Joanna so she can have closure.
Kate discovers the names of two men who also disappeared without a trace. As Kate traces the final days of the three missing persons she realizes there may be a connection. Is there a serial killer out there? Is that what Joanna found?
This was an enjoyable read. I like Kate and her partner Tristan Harper. I had a pretty good idea who the killer was early on. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Devil's Way, when it is released.
She has started her own PI agency thanks to an inheritance from her A.A. sponsor, Myra. Included in the inheritance is Myra's caravan park. This is helpful because the new PI agency is off to a slow start. Then Kate gets a phone call from Bev Ellis. Twelve years ago Bev's daughter, Joanna Duncan' disappeared after leaving work. Joanna had been a journalist who had recently exposed a political scandal. The police have not gotten anywhere. Bev wants to hire Kate to find out what happened to Joanna so she can have closure.
Kate discovers the names of two men who also disappeared without a trace. As Kate traces the final days of the three missing persons she realizes there may be a connection. Is there a serial killer out there? Is that what Joanna found?
This was an enjoyable read. I like Kate and her partner Tristan Harper. I had a pretty good idea who the killer was early on. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Devil's Way, when it is released.
December 19, 2021
The third of the Kate Marshall books, this is a new series for me and I am glad I discovered it. Although I wish I had read the prior works because I really enjoyed this one, it worked well as a standalone. Bryndza writes a nicely plotted, fast paced story with good character development. Although the solution to this cold case wasn’t a big surprise, I still found the red herrings plausible and the book a “can’t put down”. Bryndza created a good sense of place; I could picture the beautiful coastal scenery as well as feel the vicissitudes of the weather. I look forward to the next in this series.
Note: I do not usually provide a synopsis of a book in my reviews; you can read that on Goodreads or Amazon. You can read my other reviews at http://vickieonmarco.blogspot.
Note: I do not usually provide a synopsis of a book in my reviews; you can read that on Goodreads or Amazon. You can read my other reviews at http://vickieonmarco.blogspot.
June 18, 2022
While I usually avoid mysteries in which the protagonist fits the clichéd trope of the alcoholic detective, the author puts enough of a unique spin on Kate Marshall’s backstory that I was willing to give the series a try. There is more character development and insight into the personal lives of Kate, her son, and Tristan, her former teaching assistant and current partner in a fledgling PI agency. I’ve enjoyed seeing the personal growth of these characters over the three books, and with this installment, the author—and the characters—find their groove. Kate and Tristan are hired to solve a cold case involving a journalist who disappeared twelve years ago after exposing a political scandal. I did guess the killer, but it did not impact my enjoyment of the read, as there is a great twist at the end. This story reads more like a procedural, so the pacing was slower than the previous two books, but the setting is atmospheric, the various subplots are woven seamlessly together, and the tension and suspense kept me turning the pages in this clever, engaging read.
July 30, 2021
Kate and Tristan are taking a cold case. Joanna, a young journalist, is going missing and her mother is asking Kate to take the case. The case is complicated but not for Kate.
Great thriller- mystery.
Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and the author of this great book.
Great thriller- mystery.
Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and the author of this great book.
May 4, 2025
3,0 ✨✨✨
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December 1, 2021
Kate Marshall #4
Kate Marshall's fledging PI agency takes off when she and her partner, Tristian Harper, are hired for their first big case. It's a cold one. Twelve years before, journalist Joanna Duncan disappeared after exposing a political scandal. Most people have moved on. Joanna's mother refuses to let go. When Kate and Tristian gain access to the original case files, they revisit the same suspects and follow the same leads - but not the same dead ends. Among Joanna's personal effects, Kate discovers the names of two young men who vanishes without trace.
I'm a big fan of Robert Bryndza and I'm loving this new series. I like the main characters, Kate and Tristian, they work well together. They are investigating a cold case, the disappearance of journalist Joanna Duncan, who had not returned home after work one night. There's plenty of twists to keep you guessing and the plotline is believable. I was pulled into the story from the first page. A thoroughly enjoyable and gripping read that held my attention throughout,
I would like to thank #NetGalley #LittleBrownBookGroupUK and the author #RobertBryndza for my ARC of #DarknessFalls in exchange for an honest review.
Kate Marshall's fledging PI agency takes off when she and her partner, Tristian Harper, are hired for their first big case. It's a cold one. Twelve years before, journalist Joanna Duncan disappeared after exposing a political scandal. Most people have moved on. Joanna's mother refuses to let go. When Kate and Tristian gain access to the original case files, they revisit the same suspects and follow the same leads - but not the same dead ends. Among Joanna's personal effects, Kate discovers the names of two young men who vanishes without trace.
I'm a big fan of Robert Bryndza and I'm loving this new series. I like the main characters, Kate and Tristian, they work well together. They are investigating a cold case, the disappearance of journalist Joanna Duncan, who had not returned home after work one night. There's plenty of twists to keep you guessing and the plotline is believable. I was pulled into the story from the first page. A thoroughly enjoyable and gripping read that held my attention throughout,
I would like to thank #NetGalley #LittleBrownBookGroupUK and the author #RobertBryndza for my ARC of #DarknessFalls in exchange for an honest review.
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