DI Erika Foster is a Polish immigrant who came to England and has worked her way up to DI, heading a team of other police officers. She has just moved into a new house and too tired to cook, has walked a block or so to get dinner. As she is returning, she is met with screams. Rushing to see what is happening, she discovers a woman and a body. The woman had some to check on her sister, Vicky, as she hadn't come to work that day. Instead she found the bloody body, stabbed and joints dislocated.

Erika calls in her team and they start to work the case. The victim lived in a small apartment building. Living there are two Bulgarian sisters here to train as doctors, a man who travels on business most of the year, an elderly woman, a middle-aged man who is the victim's neighbor and the owner of the building, a woman who has taken the entire top floor as her apartment. The middle-aged man comes under immediate suspicion as he is carrying a bag which he refuses to let the police inspect. Before all is done, he ends up jumping out a window while trying to flee and hurting himself. Erika and her team take him to the station where it comes to light that his brother is high up in the police structure.

Who could have done this crime? Was it Eddie the next door neighbor? Her brother-in-law with whom she had a terrible relationship? Her former boyfriend? Vicky had been a podcaster and her focus was true crime. Was this a crime to stop her from investigating a case?

This is the seventh novel in the Erika Foster series. I liked Erika who has a can-do attitude and who is frustrated by all the rules and procedures that must be followed. She is friends with a wide variety of people and during the case, reunites with her first boyfriend from Poland, who is actually delivering her new furniture. The plot is involved enough to be satisfying. I listened to this novel and the narrator did an excellent job. Robert Bryndza is known for his crime novels although he started out as an actor, switching to writing when one of his plays was selected for production. This book is recommended for mystery readers.

Devils Way
Robert Bryndza

I always enjoy Bryndza books and do like the Kate Marshall series characters but did find this particular storyline less engaging. Fundamentally it was an enjoyable read but not one to ponder on, more finish and forget. I much preferred the serial killers plot lines to a missing child’s.

Kate has an unlikely meeting with Jean, an elderly lady who had her grandson go missing on a family camping trip eleven years ago. With Kate and Tristan now on this case, they question whether it was an abduction or was it misadventure and Charlie fell into Devil’s Way, the rushing river that vanishes into a gorge nearby. In their investigations they discover that a social worker who flagged concerns about Jean and her daughter was found brutally murdered shortly after Charlie vanished.

Book four in the Kate Marshall series.

If we talk series love, this is one of my all-time favorites. Not only does Erika solve gruesome murders, almost always involving a serial killer, but I’ve really come to love her as a character, like she’s an old friend. In Fatal Witness, she's back again with another explosive and entertaining case, but I'm also really enjoying the development of Erika's character even more. Not only Erika, but Moss and Peterson and the other recurring characters. This would make an amazing TV series. Jan Cramer is fantastic as the narrator, and I'm glad she's been consistent through the series. She really has become the voice of Erika.

I wasn’t aware this was a series when I started this book. It’s perfectly fine as a standalone but now I want to start from the beginning!!!

I’ll be completely honest, it’s not often you find a male author that is able to write a strong, badass female main character. & this author does that AND WELL! I cannot wait to read more because this book had me guessing all throughout.

Loved it - suspense and chilling to the bone. If you like a great detective story who sails close to the wind, read this and you will not be disappointed!

My first Robert Bryndza novel and I enjoyed getting to know the characters and will seek the rest of the series out. Interesting storyline And easy to follow narrator

This is the first audiobook I read from this author and I’ve enjoyed both the story and the narration. it’s a fast paced thriller and the characters are interesting. I just didn’t think the twists were exciting enough, but the end fulfilled my expectations. Overall it was a good thriller and I’d recommend it .

This is an engaging and dark crime read that I think fans of the author and the series will enjoy, and which has me looking forward to the next in the series. Another fantastic read from one of my favorite authors. Hope there's more to come. Highly recommend.

Even though, this book is part of a series, it can also be read as a stand alone. I did at times feel like I was missing something regarding the characters' private lives, but I could follow the storyline just fine.
Said storyline was quite intriguing, but for my taste a little bit too all over the place, if that makes sense. I still enjoyed reading it, though.

Robert Bryndza is a wonderful writer and this is one of my favourite series. As always, this 7th book in the Erika Foster series is a cracking police procedural/thriller. The narrative is strong and steady and the plot is multilayered, with quite a few suspects to try to weed out and keep me interested. The characters are all well developed, and I look forward to the next in the series, and possibly seeing more of Erika's bed delivery man!

As always, Jan Cramer does a great job narrating the book.

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this story. The characters were relatable and even though I haven’t read the previous books in the series, I was still able to follow the established relationships with little effort. The end did feel a little too fast paced to me, with all the end of book connections seeming to be thrown together to fit into a shorter book than it could have been but I will definitely be returning to Bryndza and his thrillers in the future.

I have really enjoyed the Erika Foster series thus far.
When I saw the blurb for this one, I was thrilled. I am a huge fan of books that involve true crime podcasts- fact or fiction!
I thought this one had everything I love in the series- characters who feel like friends, a fast paced plot and constant drama and clues to keep you on your toes!
I did have the audiobook, but did find the narrator had a slight squeaky tone to her voice that didn't sit well in my ears, so switched back to the ebook version to finish.

Fatal Witness by Robert Bryndza is the seventh instalment in the Detective Erika Foster series but it can be read as a stand-alone. I recommend you read the full series in order to get all the character development and because they are all so good. This book finds Erika once again in the wrong place at the right time. While out picking up dinner, she hears a scream and finds a grisly murder. The victim is Vicky Clarke, a true crime podcaster who has been investigating a serial predator who preyed on students years ago. Unfortunately all the the evidence she has found along with her notes are missing. Erika and her team don't have much to go on, as they are pulled into a murder investigation involving a case of mistaken identity, eccentric and strange witnesses, and a psychopath. When a second victim, a Bulgarian student doctor turns up, the case takes one more strange turn.

I enjoy Robert Bryndza's Detective Erika Foster series, but this one was a bit darker and it has some violent descriptions that might turn off some readers. It was a bit difficult to read. This was a well-plotted story with well-developed characters that pulled me in from the first page. Erika is a smart, independent woman who is still dealing with a lot of things from her past. She has finally decided to start anew and purchased a house to fix up and move into. Her team are brilliant. They work so well together and can feed off one another to come up with great ideas, clues and information. Bryndza created some truly slimy, unlikable suspects that all could have been guilty, which made it even harder to discern the guilty party. This is an extremely tense book that had me on the edge of my seat. I had no idea who the culprit was and the twists just kept coming. Another wonderful Erika Foster book that I highly recommend. The audiobook was narrated by Jan Cramer. I have listened to her narrate several previous books in this series and she is the voice of Erika Foster for me. I definitely recommend this book and series in audiobook format.

An intriguing story with many suspects to mull over and consider. This is my first meeting with Slovakian DCI Erika Foster in this London-based series, though I've read some instalments from Robert Bryndza's other series. The author's writing style is a good fit for me, though here it is a little gruesome and the deep, multilayered, novel with its lurking danger has a nail-biting ending.

The audiobook was narrated very well and I alternated between reading and listening to this novel; listening to the story was a good decision; the narrator's engaging voice has the necessary worth and brings verve to the proceedings. Overall, Fatal Witness is a super book that contains brutality but is still a relatively easy read. Very highly recommended. 😊🔪👍

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

I received this advanced copy of fatal witness. I am a huge fan of the series.so far, it was a great thriller.

Well done!

My first Det. Erica Foster book. Fatal Witness is book 7 in the series. I don't feel like I missed anything. This is a true stand alone book. I would like to read another in the series.

The scream sounds right away. The story is okay. I had a hard time liking what may be the book 7 cast. There is one exception, ironically had the others been likable I probably wouldn't mention, George (A stray cat.). Each character had a suspect story, and I thought that was a little much. I didn't have anyone to cheer for and I was getting bored. The podcast storyline was different, and I liked it and how it was explained. I did feel cheated with the ending. It was as if Bryndza was in a rush and threw it together.

There is swearing, and really it wasn't necessary.

The narrator was just okay. After a while the voice became tiresome.

I did like Erica and would pick up another in any order.


Thank you NetGalley and Raven Street Publishing for accepting my request to read and review Fatal Witness.

This is my first Bryndza, and I’m impressed! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this one, and it even kept me up at night at one point.

I did find some scenes unnecessarily visceral, and there were some odd forays into the private lives of the detectives, but other than that it was a clever crime mystery.

Oddly, the editing was a little lacking with a lot of words repeating and other rather lazy writing/editing, but not enough to detract from the reading.

The narrator was skilled, though she had a little uneven pacing which could easily have been annoying. Very good voice though.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for gifting me a free audio copy in exchange for an honest review!

Fatal Witness Robert Bryndza
I've read and enjoyed books by this author, but not from this series, but enjoyed this so much I want to go back and read them all.
I really like Erica as a character, and really enjoyed this story. Good plot that kept me guessing.

This is my first Erica Foster book and it was easy to listen to as a stand-alone book without knowing the background.
The story is quite intriguing and makes for interesting listening. I really enjoyed it.
Thank you to NetGalley and Raven Street Publishing for letting me listen to this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you Net Galley for allowing me to listen to this book. I really enjoyed it. All the characters and the plot had you guessing until the very end. I definitely recommend this book to anyone.