Thank you Amazon Publishing for the eARC.
DI Louise Blackwell, in the second of the series, is still in Weston-Super-Mare, where a body of a young woman is found at the bottom a cliff, a probable suicide. When more bodies are found, also possible suicides, Louise is starting to believe there's a link between the deaths, but is frustrated because she and the team can't figure out how the women were connected. She's also concerned about her brother, who is drinking heavily and neglecting his little girl. She's torn between her job and her family's problems, not a good thing for her career.
The charismatic leader of a small group of women plies them with a hallucinogenic and Louise, when he's on her radar, strongly suspects he's the reason for the deaths and is obsessed with stopping him.
This book is fast-paced, tense and sometimes depressing, and I found Louise at times a bit irritating, but I am looking forward to reading no. three in the series.

Love the second book in the series. Just as gripping as the first. Cant wait for the next one in the series. Plenty of twists and turns

Another gripping instalment in this series with the return of several characters and a fast paced plot. Louise also has the added pressure of dealing with her brothers ongoing spiral into self destruction.

In the second book in the DI Louise Blackwell series, the character has begun to hit her stride. Unlike the first book, I was hooked immediately as Louise contends with boredom and loneliness in her exile to Weston-super-Mare as well as increasing family chaos as her brother's personal troubles mount. Called to the scene of a suspicious death, Louise is unwilling to write it off as a simple suicide.and gets drawn into a complicated puzzle that forces her to make tough decisions, both personally and professionally. A solid police procedural.

Thanks to Amazon Publishing and NetGalley for access to a digital ARC.

This is the second book in a series featuring DI Louise Blackwell and in The Descent we are once again transported to the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare where similarities in recent deaths pour towards a body count that appears to be growing, although the only clue that all is not what it appears are the notes left with each body saying ‘Death is not the end’.

The book takes us through Blackwell’s investigation into these mysterious deaths before any more come to light, whilst at the same time, we are witnesses to her own personal struggles that are happening within her own family.

Yet again it is Matt Brolly’s characterisation and the highly descriptive writing that shines through and only adds to the intrigue and suspense in this psychological thriller.

I would definitely recommend this book!