I found this crime novel rather disappointing, in that the plot seemed implausible, and stylistically it left quite a lot to be desired, however for a holiday read or an easy, late-at-night-and-I-can't-sleep page turner, it is perfect.

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Hey, hey, hey!!!!! Erika Marshall is BACK!

Which means that one of my ultimate favorite authors, @robertbryndza, is back and completely amazing as usual. #FatalWitness just published and this one was gory from page 1 🔪🔪🔪

I absolutely freaking love this #bookseries. Erika is badass and I thoroughly enjoyed the unique plot of this story. The ending was a bit of a surprise for me ... I thought I had this one all figured out 🤷‍♀️

I don't think I will love another book by Robert as much as #NineElms, but I do suggest this series if you love #crimefiction and books that are part of a series, but stand well on their own. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I am so thrilled that Erika Foster is back! I love this series and have often thought about it over the four years break. My only issue is that I forgot some minor details about the storyline. In particular, I can’t recall what caused the tension between Peterson and Erika. However, I was able to reconnect with the characters and the other aspects of the story and this turned out to be another captivating, twisty read.

Erika has just moved into a new house. She heard a scream while out walking on the first night and this led to the gruesome discovery of a young woman murdered in her flat. The twists begin with the discovery. I already had questions at this point but they all turned out to be the wrong questions when the first twist occurred. This had me scratching my head as I joined the detectives’ team in wondering what exactly was going on.

Erika remains one of my favourite lead detectives of all time. She is so easy to connect with. Her portrayal is so relatable and she is a joy to read. I love working on these cases with her and the team. Her character development just keeps getting better and I especially enjoyed her softer side in this story. I liked seeing her work with Kate and Peterson once again.

This was a dark, interesting case. The perpetrator of the crime was quick to eliminate witnesses and leave no evidence behind. I couldn’t guess this person’s identity though I did have some suspects. I truly enjoyed reconnecting with Erika and can’t wait to find out what’s next for her. What a thrilling page-turner!

Great book. Loving the characters and plot. This is my first by Robert Bryndza. Can't wait to read the rest of them from the beginning.

Thanks to netgalley and the publishers for an arc

Thank you to #NetGalley for my advance copy of #FatalWitness by #RobertBryznda
At last Erika Foster and the team are back.
A young woman is found brutally murdered and this is just the start. Follow the team as they try to make sense of what happened and why.
Another powerful story to get your teeth into. All the characters are lined up waiting for you and it’s just like old times.

Another entry one the DCI Erika Foster series, the writing style continues to be one of the best in the genre, I excepted a bit more from the story but still very enjoyable. I have a full review in video here: https://youtu.be/4fJ2wOwmRC8

I loved this book, and stayed up far too late reading it. It was the first I'd read in this series but had no trouble following the plot or distinguishing the characters.

The central character is Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Erika Foster, who has just bought the worst house on the street in a new neighborhood in London. She is taking a walk one night soon after moving there when she hears screaming from a nearby house, and goes to see what is happening.

A woman has just found her sister dead, murdered. The dead woman was a true crime podcaster, and during the investigation, they discover that she was working on a series about young women sexually assaulted at a college over a long period of time. Few of the crimes were reported and none were successfully prosecuted.

When Erika pursues the investigation, she finds road blocks thrown in her path - some from above - and she herself is in danger of being a target. I never once was able to guess who the villain was so the suspense was high throughout the book. I highly recommend it to people who enjoy mysteries and police procedurals, particularly those set in Great Britain.

I received a review copy of this book from Raven Street Publishing via NetGalley. It was a pleasure to read and review this book.

From the author of THE GIRL IN ICE comes another terrific novel.
This time Erika Foster discovers a body after hearing a scream near her new home. She is assigned the case.
During the investigation she determines that there is another body and many suspects but not much in the way of clues.
Twisty and turns with some pretty good characters too. Rather a good read!
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me this ARC.
I do recommend.

A gripping, fast paced, and highly entertaining story. It's the first I read by this author and won't surely be the last as Erika is a great characters and the solid mystery kept me turning pages.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

My thanks to Raven Street Books for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘Fatal Witness’ by Robert Bryndza.

This is Book 7 in his series of police procedurals set in London featuring DCI Erika Foster. While I had read the first in this series, ‘The Girl in the Ice’, back in 2016, I hadn’t kept up with subsequent books though found no difficulty in returning to the series as background was provided.

As with most thrillers I feel it is best to read without too much knowledge of the plot. So just a few details: Erika Foster is on a late-night walk near her new house in Blackheath when she hears a scream. It turns out that someone has just discovered a body.

Erika is assigned to the case and learns that Vicky Clarke was a true-crime podcaster. She had been investigating a predator linked to attacks on young female students in the halls of residence of a local drama school. All of Vicky’s notes and recordings related to the episode have been stolen from her flat. Then another body is discovered in Vicky’s building, leading Erika to question everything she thought she knew about the case.

The case takes a number of unexpected directions before whodunnit is finally revealed. In between the investigating, Erika is settling into her new home and even finds herself adopted by a cute stray cat that she names George. Hope to see more of him in future books!

I enjoy well plotted police procedurals such as this, and after finishing ‘Fatal Witness’ I plan on catching up on the five books in the series that I missed.

An excellent Erika Foster novel, as always.

I cannot suggest reading this from the start strongly enough. Just such clever, suspenseful and truly thrilling books.

Must read.

Erika is developing as a character and I love that. Erika has a new home. One night walking home she discovers the dead body of a true crime podcaster. So solving this crime means looking at the crime Vicky was covering. Fun suspenseful ride.

Robert Bryndza does it again!
This series just keeps on delivering a good fast-paced crime read. Detective Erika Foster is on a troubling case that unfolds when she comes across a crime scene of a female victim named Vicky Clarke. Bryndza does an excellent job of weaving the mystery of her death, the complexity of another murder in the vicinity and as always the dogged determination of lead character Erika to unravel it all.

Book #7 in the series but can be read as a standalone. Follows detective Erika Foster as she unravels a case involving a serial killer who seems not to leave any evidence. A great page-turner with many likable supporting characters. I did not guess the killer until the author revealed it at the end. Gruesome description at the beginning, but not so bad as the story continues. The first book I've read by this author makes me want to go back and read books #1 through #6 before the next installment is released.

Fatal witness by Robert Bryndza. Narrated by: Jan Cramer is the seventh book in the Erika Foster series and was another fantastic book. This is a series I always look forward to and I've always been hooked from the beginning till the end. This book was no different. However, the narrator Jan Cramer did not do this book justice - she seems too false! Her voice did not suit Robert's book! and I gave up after 4 chapters and then started to read the book instead of listening to it. which was excellent.

I like to thank netgalley and Raven street and the author Robert Bryndza for a copy of this book to read.

Once again Robert Bryndza does not disappoint. Detective Erica Foster is one of my very favorite detectives. I think it’s because besides being great at finding the killer, she’s also human, with little flaws here and there. Fatal Witness is loaded – page after page – with an exciting storyline and an ending that pulls it all together. It was one of those books that I hate to put down when life gets in the way. Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. It was my pleasure.

Erika and her were awesome in this new case. I felt that the writer did a wonderful with providing details and explaining the crucial events surrounding the cases. The book has entertainment that kept me engrossed in the book. The book is a page turner up to the end. The characters are wonderful and great.

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Its been a few years since the last Erika Foster book and I regret not doing a bit of revision before starting Fatal Witness. But there is enough back information given to remind you of the basics of what happened, except for Moss. I cant remember a thing about her from the previous books but she wast a major character in this one so it didnt matter.

And while I remember absolutely loving the previous books, I cant say the same about this one. The story was good, the writing was good but for some reason it just didnt grab me like the others. Its not going to stop me getting excited the next time Robert Bryndza releases a book though. He's awesome!

I really enjoyed this detective story. I liked the characters, especially the DCI, Erika. Her flaws, back story and current lifestyle all brought a warmth to her. Her colleagues and friends were a good, interesting mix. The story itself was nicely constructed with several twists with the reader assuming one perpetrator after another. That is where my review could end, however a few small anomalies grated on me and should have been noticed. The first was when Erika arrived on the scene and picked up a rolling pin to ward off any hidden intruder. She later told forensics she had only touched the door handles. This was never further mentioned but stayed in my head. Then a policeman used the phonetic alphabet as BD - Bravo, David. David? A member of the public may do this but surely not a police officer. Further, they travelled to Worthing in Kent. It must have moved from West Sussex and finally during November it was stated the CPS would take 6-8 months to prepare a case which would take them to autumn. I don’t look for mistakes but an avid crime fiction reader will devour each page looking for clues, therfore things tend to stay in the mind and it can spoil what is essentially a really good book. I hate being negative but would say to the writer, publisher and proof reader to please take more care. I won’t publish this additional part on Amazon etc as could be deemed picky but felt the items should mentioned. I would also be happy to read more books by this author.

I have waited it feels like forever for another book in the Erica Foster series. To me this is one of the best feelings when you have anticipated a series to have more books and when it is finally released you just have a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

It didn't feel like any time had passed to be honest. When reading this I still saw the same Erica and while the anticipation of waiting to read this book made the characters seem that much better.

I love a series and this is one of the first ones I really fell for after I got into blogging. It always felt like Erica was a friend and even though I haven't seen or spoke to her in a while it still felt as though we are as close as ever.

Reading this book I had flashbacks to the other books of this series and remembering why I loved this character and the series so much. The fact is it's hard not to link the review of this single book with more information from the other books.

The story was very good and I love some of the suspects and to see just what Erika will have to put up with. It is freaky at points which is also why I like it. They have the earmarks for one of the suspects of a sociopath.

Try as I might I just can't really like Marsh. He is the person that wants to be promoted and it could be at the expense of others including his friends or in this case even potentially deceased partners wife.

In some ways I was fearful that this book couldn't live up to the previous books that I loved so much. I was pleasantly surprised that this book surpassed what I expected and had me really pleased I received an arc of this book.

Erika Foster is one of the best lead characters that I have read in years. She is surrounded by so many great people and she pushes everyone to get the best out of them. She is amazing character and I think her finding someone again shows the biggest growth in a character.