Yet another brilliant book from this author. The plot, characters and sense of place are all fabulous and the writing is above par. I can't wait for the next instalment. I enjoyed the section with Peter Conway and I hope he will also feature in the next book.

The follow up to a great novel, like a great album or film can be a path that will either make you or break you. You will either be The Stone Roses - The Second Coming or Francis Ford Coppola with The Godfather 2.
Robert Bryndza has proven he knows how to write with the excellent Erica Foster series but can he do it again or did he just get lucky with Nine Elms. Well pop pickers I can tell you he has smashed it out of the park again. For me this series is The Godfather 2 with bells on. Bloody great big bells. Kate Marshall has such a great back story with so much potential in the hands of Mr Bryndza I can only see good things and I await them extremely impatiently.

I dont pad my reviews with a recap of the story or my deep insight into the authors mind, I just tell you whether the book is worth your time and money. It is.

Its like a grown up Shakespeare and Hathaway and that my friends is a fantastic thing.

As usual it’s the absolute best from Robert Bryndza. The book had me gripped from get go. I always liked the Erika Foster series but find Kate Marshall books even better. Her flawed character is so real that you can feel the emotions she is going through. I specially liked Kate’s interaction with Peter, and the highlight of the story for me was how Kate and Jake found the body in the reservoir. It was almost like a scene from a movie and I could actually imagine it scene by scene.
As I said before, it’s one of Robert’s best books, The plot is excellent and makes the book unputdownable.
Thank you Little, Brown Book Group UK for an advanced copy of this ebook and giving me a chance to review this book!

Having read and enjoyed a few of Bryndza's previous books,this one lacked a little in pacing for my liking.
There was a lot of people drama,that wasn't that thrilling.
The characters of Kate,Tristan and Peter are what make the book a decent read,but I didn't get any tension from our serial killer and his lair.
Worth reading to be part of the series,but it's not my favourite of his work.

A brilliant read 2ndnovel from nine elms
Was a page turner and gripping right from start to finish

Another fantastic read in this series. This is better than book one, it had me gripped till the last page.
Looking forward to reading more in this series.

This is the second book in the Kate Marshall, investigator series and it was a compelling read that reeled me in from the very first page.
Kate and her assistant, Tristan are asked to investigate the death of a young student, Simon, after Kate and her son, Jake find his body at the bottom of a reservoir when they are diving. The police are quick to rule it an accidental drowning but his mother is convinced he has been murdered as he was a champion swimmer, unlikely to get into difficulties in the water. Gradually they discover that there have been many disappearances in the reservoir area in recent years and their enquiry takes off in a big way.
This is a fast paced read but it is also good for character development as we learn a lot more about Tristan’s private life: his relationship with his sister is examined in detail after Tristan is accused of being complicit in the disappearance of Magdalena, a colleague and possible love interest.
I don’t want to reveal too much more about the plot except that there are a number of twists which kept me on the edge of my seat and I think it is much better to read the book for yourself and experience these.
Kate and Tristan are great characters and I am thoroughly looking forward to the next book. In the series as the last few pages of Shadow Sands pointed to huge plans for them.
Robert Bryndza. Is a wonderful writer with an incredible imagination- I don’t know how he gets into the mind of his evil characters, the perpetrator in this book is particularly awful!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my arc in exchange for an honest review.

I think this is the best book I’ve read this year. I just couldn’t put it down. I read it within 2 days. Much as I wanted to take my time I really needed to find out how it ended and how the bad guy (or woman!) was caught. I don’t know where Robert gets his ideas but I wouldn’t like to know what goes on in his brain. The twists and turns make this very believable. I can’t recommend this book enough.

This is the second of Robert Bryndza's Kate Marshall thrillers. I have not read the first book, Nine Elms but I did not feel like I missed out on anything by going straight to the second book although I will definitely be putting Nine Elms on my Amazon wish list.

Although the book is quite dark and scary in places I really found it difficult to put this down and the author really develops the characters so that you get to know them more. The story covers many subjects such as police corruption, business corruption and the reality of kidnapping. Very deep subjects but really well covered within the story.

Although this is the first of Robert's book that I have read I feel that it definitely puts him amongst the cream of current thriller authors and I will be looking out for more of his releases.

For me this is a 5 star review and if you are an avid reader I would definitely recommend this book. Don't take it on holiday though as you will not do anything else apart from reading and enjoying the book until you get to the last page and even then you will spend time mulling over the story for days later.

Robert Bryndza does it again! The master of the thriller is back.
I love this author and devoured this in less than 2 days. This book is dark and a little scary just the way i like it
We met flawed but loveable Kate again as she unwittingly gets dragged into another serial killers story.
Kate is such a well developed character and the author deals well with her continued battle to stay sober and her difficult relationship with Jake.
The story has all the twists and turns of Nine Elms and once more you are rooting for Kate and Tristan as they race to save a woman and prevent more deaths.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me an advance copy of this book in return for an honest review.

When Kate Marshall and her son find a drowned man, who was an excellent swimmer, police closes a case as an accident. She starts to investigate on her own and soon finds out that they have to deal with a serial killer.

As a fan of Robert Bryndza's novels, I've enjoyed every page of new Kate Marshall thriller series.
Compelling reading.

Just couldn’t stop reading fantastic sequel to Nine Elms. Robert Bryndza has become one of the best crime writers bringing a complex, flawed Kate Marshall to the fore in this new series. The story was fast paced and a real page turner and I couldn’t work out who the murderer was. Looking forward to the next one.

Robert Bryndza’s Erika Foster Series is one of my favourite set of books, I love the main characters and I think Rob has managed to create another series to rival that! The Kate Marshall series is gripping and page-turning, while managing to lure you into the characters lives and begin to really care for them - that’s when I know I’ll love a series of books, when I am bothered by what’s happening in the characters lives rather than just the storyline as a whole. I can’t wait for number 3!

I was fortunate to be sent an advanced copy of this book having given a five star review to the first book in the Kate Marshall series, Nine Elms, which I absolutely loved.

Kate Marshall, ex-police officer, now lecturer in Criminology along with her research assistant, Tristan who becomes drawn into her complicated life, form a formidable duo in this second book. Kate, whose life has been shaped by a disastrous relationship with her son’s father, is living alone just off the beach next door to her AA sponsor with her recovery constantly hanging by a thread. This book sees her relationship with her son further complicated by him being with her as they discover a body then later wanting to see his father again. Tristan has his own issues to deal with, his sister and fiancé being less than supportive. Together Kate and Tristan make a great team, being engaged as private detectives by the mother of a victim to look further into her son’s death which had been deemed accidental by the coroner. This is just the beginning of the journey and that thread intertwines with abductions and serial killing. It is set around a man-made reservoir, a flooded village in a valley, which brings with it local myths and legends along with an atmospheric sea fog to add to the mix.

Robert Bryndza’s writing expertly takes you to those locations, takes you within the lives and minds of the characters so you are living the tale yourself. He leaves you wanting to explore more those characters and care about what happens to them. He describes perfectly the action making you feel right in the middle of it.
I read this book in three sittings and was so disappointed to come to the end of it. Kate’s decision at the end of the book to release herself from the world of academia to concentrate on the private sleuthing brought an audible cheer from me and I am hoping this is the beginning of a long series of Kate Marshall books. I love them!

Wow! The second Kate Marshall case did not disappoint!

While Kate and her 16 year old son Jake are diving at the Shadow Sands reservoir, they come across a dead body under the water. The police are quick to label it a tragic accident, but Kate wonders how the victim, who was a strong swimmer, could have drowned.

Kate and her assistant Tristan investigate and find a collection of mysterious disappearances around the Shadow Sands area over many years. When an acquaintance of Tristan goes missing in the area, the two race against time to discover the truth and find the missing girl.

What is going on and who is involved? The rich and controversial family the Bakers, who own the local land? The police? Everyone is under suspicion in the pursuit of the truth.

I absolutely loved this second entry to the Kate Marshall series. The story alone is a thrilling and suspenseful tale that will keep you guessing until the end. As part of the series it is wonderful to hear more about the lives of Kate and Tristan and their families. The two make a great team and I look forward to their future adventures. Can't wait for the next entry to the series!

Recommend this book completely, fantastic plot, brilliant characters and just a really satisfying reading experience.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the fantastic Robert Bryndza for an advance copy of the book in return for my honest feedback.

Another great read! I’ve loved all of Roberts books and this one didn’t disappoint! I’m enjoying the relationship between Kate and Tristan lots and they’ve really come together in this book, a great team and a fascinating story. Looking forward to book number 3

A gripping thriller following former police officer Kate Marshall's investigation into a missing person. Great characterisation and fast moving plot.

This is the second case for Kate Marshall, a former police detective with a terrible, tragic and troubled past who now works as a lecturer in crime on the south-west coast, and takes up private investigation work in her spare time.

We meet Kate again enjoying time off with her 16-year-old son Jake. They are diving together in a reservoir, searching for a lost town. Instead they discover the body of a young man, who had died, or had he been killed, in the days before.

The boy's mother entreats Kate to find out what had happened to her son as the police dismiss the case as an accident.

Kate, with her university assistant, Tristan, looks into the events and discovers much more than one teenager's tragic death. A missing person case highlights how people have been disappearing for years, there's possible police corruption, and a local landowning family has a stranglehold on the community.

Following on from meeting Kate first in 'Nine Elms', this is once again a gripping thriller. The characters of Kate and Tristan, their friendship, and their family situations are all brilliantly drawn, and the pace of the book is perfectly pitched. But once again the author has delved into a very dark world that I don't enjoy reading for entertainment - torture, imprisonment, violence against women, described in graphic detail. I skimmed these pages. I hope that for future novels in this series, Kate and Tristan will have less sick and sinister crimes to investigate!

Another absolutely fantastic read by a truly fantastic author. I was so excited to be approved for this one, I happy danced for 20 minutes before losing myself in the pages of this gorgeous book.
I adore Kate and Tristan, they are such a fantastic pairing and I love their style of solving crimes when the police seem to be doing very little.
This book has completely gripped me, I have been addicted from the very beginning. I have loved the links back to the previous book. This is another gruesome discovery early on which pulled me in.
I have completely devoured this book in just a couple of hours this afternoon. What an absolutely fantastic fantastic read and a book that is definitely one who keeps you on the edge of your seat.
This is definitely addictive and gripping. This is a wonderful author who never fails to pull me in. This book is well-written and extremely captivating.
A definite five star star read, however this author deserves more than five stars to show how fantastic these books are.
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A good read.
When Kate Marshall finds the bloated body of a young man floating in the Shadow Sands reservoir, the authorities label it a tragic accident.But the details don't add up: why was the victim there, in the middle of the night? If he was such a strong swimmer, how did he drown?
Kate is certain there is more to this case than meets the eye. As she and her research assistant Tristan Harper dig deeper, they discover a bloody trail that points towards an active serial killer hiding in plain sight. People have been silently disappearing for years, and when another woman is taken, Kate and Tristan have a matter of days to save her from meeting the same fate.
I loved this book from starting to ending.
Thanks to NetGalley and Sphere for giving me an advance copy.

The book opens with a UK regional swimming champion being attacked by an unknown assailant at Shadow Sands reservoir. Two days later, forty-two-year-old Kate Marshall and her teenage son, Jake, are swimming in the same waters, taking pictures of a sunken village — only to stumble on a gruesome find, something that Kate is rather good at.

Kate becomes embroiled in the case at the request of the victims mother. With the help of Tristen Harper and the mortician, it becomes clear the Kendal boys death was no accident. Geraint Jones’ melancholic statement and Alan Herman’s refusal to comment on time of death make this an eerie case—that and the police’s rapid decision to rule accidental death.

There’s clearly something much bigger going on with witnesses about to give statements and then winding up dead. The ending, as with all Bryndza’s books threw me for a loop. I’m loving the PI stance to Kate’s career and I’m hoping to see her getting up to all kinds of ticks without the oppressive rules of a police department to hinder her. Another ACE read.

This is one of those books that gives you goose pimples, a few sniffles and sniggers. Loved the cappuccino/Al Pacino comment. Oh, and Dylan and Thomas. It explores the darkest criminal minds and puts killers where you least expect to find them. Bryndza’s writing is always clear, well researched. His understanding of forensics and police procedural always makes me feel I’m in reliable hands. His descriptions of the area: Kate’s two-storey house in Thurlow Bay and the edgy, dark imagery of the crime scene is sure to stay with you for a very long time. This series is maddeningly addictive and soaks up every dark pleasure and every nail-biting terror and provides a protagonist you definitely want to root for.

Thank you to the author Robert Bryndza, Netgalley, the publisher Thomas & Mercer and Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book.