After reading The Dark Edge by Nick Louth, I cannot wait for the next edition of the DI Jan Talantire series! This book was impossible to put down for me. I needed to know what happened next, at every step.

There were a few plot lines and investigations that went on that all felt so real and so possible that I kept saying to myself, “Well, that tracks”. From the allegations of workplace sexual harassment to the meddlesome Special Branch presence once something even tangentially looked like it might have something to potentially implicate national security…whether or not it even ended up actually being anything. Even the online dating experience that Talantire experienced felt so relevant that it made me giggle and also cringe at the different aspects of it.

I just adored being part of that world set along the Devon coast. When DI Talantire was called to respond to a potential suicide, it started the main plot line that was just so engrossing and real. I loved it.

Even the last line of the epilogue was cheeky and so on-brand with DI Talantire. It is what makes me just so excited to have found a new series to devour.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Canelo for this fabulous ARC!!

DI Jan Talantire is investigating a death of a woman that joined Jan on a run. Joanna apparently fell off a cliff to her death.
Jan's gut instinct tells her differently. She is convinced that the woman was murdered.

This is the first book I have read by Nick Louth. Unfortunately, it is the third book in a series, and I had no idea of the background of the detective and her team.
So, I was floundering with all of the characters.
However, the plot is intricate, and the police work solid....even though Jan is counting on her gut instinct to prove that this is a murder case and not an accident.
I would like to catch up on the lives of the characters by reading the previous two books.
Well written and well plotted.