Book 4 in the DI Amy Winter series.

Flesh and blood is quite different to the the first three books as they aren't investigating a London crime. When Carla goes to meet her CHIS she is ambushed and left to die. Carla had rang Donovan asking for his advice bur it went to voicemail. He knows she didn't commit suicide and with a few other sea side suicides he's starting to think there's a link. So the team pack up and got Southend the problem is this case is far more complicated than anyone could've expected .

As all the books in the series we have a second point of view which is Donovan and Amy plus this series has Molly's point of view.
This case is probably the most harrowing out of them. With a possible pedophile ring somehow involved within the case. All the detectives find themselves completely emerged in the case. Donovan realises that his former colleague Carla was onto something and it seems that her investigation is shst got her killed.
Meanwhile Molly finds herself taking risks she wouldn't usually wouldn't. As we follow her story we realise that she has her very own I've always loved Molly she was one of my favourite secondary characters and heating her voice was great. I feel it was used to further our understanding of her, plus she's halitosis!

As always Amy is dealing with her past and present with Lillian out of prison she is on edge she also had a very tough decision to make during the the case. I love how we have a front row seat to the blossoming relationship between Amy and Donovan. There are a lot of speed bumps that need to be addressed but it's great to read.
Amy is trying very hard to follow the rules this time not get into trouble but it's Amy and it's hard.

Along with the case we also have therapy sessions by a woman called Mo who wants to find out why she enjoys murder. I found this side storyline very fascinating. However it is also extremely sad as well..


I love this series and I recommend it! If you haven't read the first 3 do and do so before you read this one. It slightly differ from the writing styles from the first three books. I couldn't put this book down I felt more connected to each character than I have with the before. Plus the side characters espically chatty Matty. Plus sallyanne has some heart breaking storyline as we honestly I can't wait for book 5.

Thank you to netgalley, the author and publishers for the advanced digital copy in exchange for my fair and honest opinions

DI Amy Winter is back! In this installment, Amy and her team travel down to a Seaside town where a series of suicides are starting raise red flags. The detectives suspect that there is more to the story especially when a police officer becomes the latest victim.

This was quite a complex case with red herrings abound. The Seaside setting is interesting. A picturesque town that draws seasonal tourists sounds like a happy place, right? So why would anyone travel there to die? What made the police officer, a wife and mother of two, take a plunge into sea in the dead of the night? I had so many questions and enjoyed my time with the detectives as we worked together in search of answers.

The character development in this series just keeps getting better. I enjoyed getting to know Molly better. She is one of the detectives in Amy’s team who takes a bigger role in this case. As usual, Amy’s character and complex background is always compelling. In this story, her serial killer parents are not so much in the forefront although there are mentions. However, we get an angle about her sister that I found to be quite captivating and emotional.

Flesh and Blood is yet another captivating read by the author. It captured my attention from the first to the last page. Some news about the lead character at the end of the story caught me by surprise. I can’t wait to see how her story develops in the next installment.

There have been a spate of suicides at seaside resorts. When a police officer dies Detective Donavan is convinced she didn't take her own life. Having worked with her when based at Clacton he & his team are asked to help investigate. All the other suicides have been men. What is the link that connects them? The team are soon sent in various directions, Amy has promised not to go rogue this time, but it goes against her nature. Meanwhile Molly, fairly new & keen to prove her worth is the one who is going off befriending local teens.

This is the fourth in a really excellent series. For some reason I missed Book three, but it didn't take long to get back with the team. Once again it was a good twisty read with great character. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review this book.

4.5 rounded up to 5 stars! This was my first Amy Winters book, and my first by Caroline Mitchell. Unfortunately this was the fourth in the series, so although the plot grabbed me almost immediately, it took me a while to work out the characters and how they related to each other. The main mystery part of Flesh and Blood could be read as a standalone, but there are plot points that clearly carry over from book to book in the series, especially Amy's backstory and personal life. I think it's definitely worth starting at book one to get the full effect. If the rest of the series is anything like Flesh and Blood, it's absolutely worth your time. It was well written, well paced, and completely engrossing. I will definitely be reading the rest of this series! Many thanks to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK/Thomas & Mercer for the opportunity to read and review Flesh and Blood.

Once again Caroline Mitchell has produced an enjoyable and entertaining police procedural novel. The 4th in the DI Amy Winter series. This book is set in the seaside town of Clacton and is built around a series of suicides....but are they?

like the style of her writing and characterisation. Her experience as a serving police officer shows through with some pithy dialogue between DI Amy Winter and her colleagues. There are some witty one-liners.
Plenty of suspects.
Plenty of twists.
Tension throughout.
There are certainly some disturbing themes in this novel.

The story builds to a dramatic conclusion with sufficient plot twists to maintain interest. I for one look forward to future instalments in the DS Winter series.

My thanks go to Netgalley and the publisher, Thomas & Mercer for a copy in exchange for this review.

What an amazing and intensely satisfying read Caroline Mitchell’s new thriller was! An addition to the DI Amy Winter thriller series, I really enjoyed reading Flesh and Blood.

While this book is the fourth instalment of the series, it would work as a stand-alone novel as the author provided enough contextual information to pick up the series without interrupting the flow of the story. I find the author's writing style very solid, as is the plot development. Her characters are all strong and dynamic and I particularly like the way she makes them believable and likeable. Also very commendable is her gift for revealing the subtleties of their personalities and relationships.

The plot itself was extremely engrossing and intriguing and I didn’t want to put down my e-reader for even a minute once I had started reading Flesh and Blood. Its dark, menacing and ominous story had me enthralled until the very fulfilling and fabulous conclusion. Packed with loads of action, thrilling suspense and heavy on emotion, this was definitely a very worthwhile read.

I received a complimentary copy of this novel at my request from Amazon Publishing via NetGalley. This review is my own unbiased opinion.

Caroline Mitchell has turned out another well written compelling read with this, book number four in the D.I. Amy Winters series and although it can be read as a standalone I would really recommend reading the previous books to get the back story and character development.

This book gripped me from the start and I am already looking forward to book number five in the series.

Thanks to NetGalley and the author for the ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.

I was excited to read this one based on the blurb, but in the end was left a little disappointed.

The book started off quite well but after a while I started to lose interest and it just didn’t grab me as I had hoped it would. To be fair to the author this is the fourth instalment in the DI Amy Winter series, but the first one that I had read. For me it didn’t quite stand on its own as a novel, but then again maybe it wasn’t meant to. As it was I felt like I was missing important parts of the back story of the some of the characters, particularly of Amy herself and her relationship with Lillian, that would have made the story easier to follow and therefore more enjoyable. As it was the story didn’t flow for me, some of the different strands (Mo and her therapy sessions, the gang of teens) didn’t come together well, and there were times when I didn’t see how one event had led to another, almost as if I had missed a chapter in between.

However, I did enjoy the author’s style of writing. She puts her own experiences as a police officer to good use in how she sets up and describes the investigative aspects of the story, and I certainly read enough to make me want to read the first three instalments in the series which undoubtedly would allow me to make this one more enjoyable also.

This book had way too much going on in all different directions and the ending was absolutely terrible. I know it’s a series, but definitely NOT worth the read. #fleshandblood #netgalley

Another hit from Caroline Mitchell! I love the Amy Winter series and this one did not disappoint. I am invested in Amy and her story and I can't wait to see what is next!

Wow, this book was like a rollercoaster, Amy, Donovan and their team go to Clacton after one of Donovan's old colleagues is found in a supposed suicide, he's adamant she wouldn't do that, they here of several other similar "suicides" in seaside towns and seek to find a link.
Young people being trafficked, colleagues who can't be trusted, Amy helping her sister find her child, their mum in hospital, Amy and Donovan's relationship developing. Action packed from start to finish

A good fast paced thriller. DI Amy winters and team investigate a series of suicides that seem suspect. An officer from Donavan's old team is the latest victim. Its a race against the clock to find out what's going on. The plot is great on its own but made even better by delving into Amy's past and her relation ship with her serial killer mum.
The characters are very real and the relationship being Amy and Donavan is developing nicely. I found this an easy book to follow and a good solid thriller

Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for this early release. Took me a long time to get into this compared the previous Amy Winter stories. A lot of explanations of the earlier books too that wasn’t really needed if you’d read them. Overall a good novel, but the last 50% made up for the slow start.

This is a great series. Amy Winter is such an interesting and lovable character. This can be read on its own but I recommend reading in order so that you can get Amy and her family's backstory. There are so many great characters in this series and I love getting to know them all better. I also like that we still get to learn more about Amy’s family without it taking over or distracting from the rest of the plot.

The case in this one had me hooked. Every time I thought I had figured things out I was proved wrong. Especially about Mo whose therapy sessions we get to witness. I also had no idea who the bad guy was and the reveal was such a surprise but also made sense. It’s so well written and keeps you gripped until the very end. Definitely looking forward to more from this series.

I received a copy of the ebook via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

The fourth book in the DI Amy Winter series is back! Amy's fame and Donovan's ties to a victim lead the team to another case. I enjoyed the police legwork, but somehow felt like the ending was completely too unexpected. Usually I enjoy trying to guess who did it, but this left me confused the whole time. Overall, I still enjoyed it. Does go a bit into icky subject matter, but thankfully only a few, very minor specifics.

Really enjoyed reading this book as an avid reader of Caroline Mitchell. I won’t give any spoilers but this book made me download all the other titles to read.

When police officer Carla is found dead pulled from the sea in an apparent suicide her old colleague D.I Donovan doesn’t believe she would kill herself.
There has also been some suicides in seaside towns and they wonder wether there is a link between them.
D.I. Donovan , D.I Amy Winter and ther team head to Claiton where Carla was from to help with the case.
This is a great book there is also some other things going on within the team
Thanks NetGalley

**Flesh and Blood by Caroline Mitchell**

In book No. 4 of the DI Amy Winter series, Amy who is usually stationed is Notting Hill ends up in Clacton-on-Sea after a few suicides take place in the seaside town and surrounds including Carla, DCI Donovan’s former partner. Carla left a voicemail on Donovan’s phone just before she died and after hearing it, Donovan felt she seemed to be following a lead rather than contemplating taking her own life. Donovan is racked that he didn’t pick up Carla’s call, maybe he could have saved her life.

Winter suspects that this and the other deaths may be linked. While trying to solve the case, Lillian, Amy’s mother is in the background, always reminding her of her awful childhood memories.

This is another exciting, gripping mystery thriller from Caroline Mitchell. Surprises and twists galore thrown in make it a gripping read. Recommend this for a great page turner!

I would like to thank NetGalley, the author and Amazon Publishing UK for a copy in exchange for an honest review.

After reading this book, I wish I would have read the former books in the series.

A string of suicides, or so they appear, leads one detective back to his stomping ground. Certain his ex co-worker did not commit suicide, he sets out to find the real answers.

This book has a lot going on. Police procedure, romance and mystery.

Will a group of teenagers hold the key to the truth?

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for a digital copy of this book!

Was really looking forward to reading this book as I’d devoured the previous ones in the series. Whenever I see that this author has another book out, I am desperate to read it because I already know that it will be brilliant! This book certainly didn't disappoint. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️