Dark Water: A totally gripping thriller with a killer twist (Detective Erika Foster Book 3)

Author/Guide: Robert Bryndza

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2000s: Detective Erika Foster finds a lot more than she bargains for.

ISBN: B01K8UP16Y
Genre: Crime

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What you need to know before your trail

Detective Erika Foster receives a tip-off that key evidence for a major narcotics case has been stashed in a disused quarry on the outskirts of London. So, she orders for it to be searched. But the search reveals a lot more than drugs: the skeleton of a young child is a lot more alarming.

Alarm turns to extreme concern when the remains are identified as those of a missing girl who made headline news twenty-six years ago.

Erika is now faced with a puzzle of pieces old and new. She is going to have to sort out what forms the greater picture and what doesn’t. But as the pieces start to come together, what they see, is more shocking than they can realise. The Collins family and the detective originally on the case might be part of the edges of that puzzle, or do they make the central piece?

Erika has a complex and demanding case ahead.

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London

Dark, gritty and marshy London. Mention of a suicide in a nature reserve and the remains of a young girl found in a marsh. Muddy, sludge signals a macabre grave. It is though to be the drop for drugs but what is found is a great deal more deadly.

The atmosphere here in Erika’s London is desperate and stressful. Imagine what it must be like to have been assigned to a new station and to a new area of the capital. Then to find a case from many years earlier come back to haunt. Erika had a rather challenging time with her last major case, but her work with the Projects Team, proves to be at more challenging than she could have imagined. This is the London of organised crime, drug deals and the mystery of a missing girl.

The move from Lewisham to Bromley is a nice touch as it expands the London of previous books and opens up the scope and murkiness of the crime scenes.

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C) London - Lewisham Police station

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Susan: @thebooktrailer

Dark Water is very dark. More so than the other books but if you have the stomach for it and love a good murder mystery then this is the book for you. There’s a new part of London explored and delved into – Not sure I want to go to Bromley with the author anytime soon though. No I jest – they would be a great guide as there is a lot of historical investigation in it and a case of disturbing proportions. There’s lots to discover here and it’s not your straight forward police procedural. It’s the kind of read that you go into digging for the clues yourself and want to shout out when you find out. The move to Bromley was genius really as it gave scope for a whole character development. Also – John. Someone I enjoyed meeting.

There is someone else in the background throughout this book and it gave me the chills on more than one occasion. Definitely one for the dark nights – with a light switch nearby just incase if you’re anything like me!