This is the fourth book in the Kate Marshall series and it wasn't until I started it I realised I'd missed number three. Thankfully it didn't matter. Similarly you could easily read this as a standalone. The previous books included more references to Kate's backstory and her son, but here the focus is very much on the case at hand.

The book opens with the disappearance of 3yr old Charlie from a campsite before moving forward 11 years to Kate's meeting with Charlie's grandmother Jean.

Kate and her young partner Tristan take on the case and revisit the investigation which concluded the toddler had fallen in a nearby river and drowned.

Kate and Tristan are able to link Charlie's disappearance with the murder of a child protection social worker and the departure of a family who lived near the camp site.

In many ways this becomes a little predictable though I couldn't decide whether the original investigators had missed obvious connections and clues, or whether Kate and Tristan make astounding leaps of deduction.

Bryndza offers closure here but it's not altogether satisfying... possibly because I wasn't as invested in some of the players as I could have been. I liked young grandmother Jean when we met her very briefly, but didn't get much of a sense of the older version.

Having said that I'm still enjoying Kate and Tristan so look forward to the next in the series.

Book 4 in the Kate Marshall series. A good storyline that had you gripped from the beginning with lots of twists and turns along the way. A good addition to the series

A solid four star read. Great premise. Well written. Good characters. Page turner. Plenty of suspense to keep me guessing Would definitely read the next novel. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to review it.

Appropriate title and unusual surname of a new author for me... Yeа, a new literary discovery that can delight or disappoint me...
But still, here was the first. An interesting story, well-built characters, enough suspense and twists.... What more could a thriller lover want?

A life with a dose of danger is her everyday life. But a close encounter with death will take our heroine to a hospital bed. And hospitals can be places of new unexpected acquaintances and friendships, right?
Many truths and problems are shared in hospital rooms. Grief is easier when shared. And everyone needs understanding and support.

Jean's grandson went missing 11 years ago. Clues are lost, assumptions lead to dead ends, and the pain does not subside. This is enough for Kate to start her own investigation. A fresh pair of eyes see much better or not?
Let's find out together in this book...

If you are also interested in such stories, pick up this book and join Kate in the search for the truth about the missing boy.

Kate and Tristan are partners in their detective agency. When Kate has a near-death experience, she meets Jean and plunges into an investigation of a missing child. Along the way, Kate and Tristan encounter everything from a puzzling short story to murder. This was a story that kept me turning pages to see what twist is ahead.

*4.5 Stars*

Copy kindly received via NetGalley for an honest view.

A very interesting read. Good characters. A few twists and turns but as you read, you start to suspect what happened and how/who was involved. Kate and Tristan were good at tracking down leads. Good ending with a bit of a surprise.

A Kate Marshall investigation into the disappearance of a three year old boy eleven years ago develops into an intriguing tale of murder and abduction. Along with her assistant Tristan the disappearance from a campsite on Dartmoor whilst on a short holiday with his parents and grandmother has been written off as an accident by the police at the time with the assumption that he had wandered into a fast flowing river and been washed away.. The investigation takes many twists and turns especially when the unsolved murder of a social worker seems to have a connection. There’s even a writer’s club involved which all combines into an entertaining story with a good twist in the final pages to explain everything.

Private Investigator Kate Marshall is back in another interesting read from Robert Bryndza. During her daily sea swim Kate gets into trouble and is pulled out of the water by two surfers staying at her holiday park. Whilst on the mend in hospital she gets talking to another patient, Jean whose young grandson Charlie disappeared 11 years ago. This story piques Kate’s interest and she soon finds herself agreeing to investigate his disappearance.

Once fully recovered Kate and her partner Tristen find themselves back at the scene of the young boy’s disappearance, and slowly uncover a considerable number of clues which don’t make sense or add up to give the whole story of what took place many years ago. With a further twist they discover that a social worker who raised concerns about Jean and her daughter was found murdered shortly after the young boy when missing. Kate and Tristen then begin to question everything they thought they knew about the case, until the shocking truth is finally discovered
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A good fourth Kate Marshall book, which has you guessing until the very end. Though a little protracted for me, it has a well woven plot with many twists and turns.

Three-year-old Charlie was left alone in a tent on Dartmoor while his grandmother, June, nipped out for a smoke. When she returned he had vanished. Eleven years later, June is in hospital and finds herself next to Kate Marshall, who has been admitted after nearly drowning during an early morning wild swim in the sea. Kate, a former Met Detective, is a Private Investigator, and June tells her about the disappearance. Despite being on antibiotics to treat the pneumonia caused by the sea water, Kate, with her assistant, Tristan, takes on the job. Although there had been an extensive search and a police investigation no trace had been found and the conclusion was that he had fallen into a nearby river and been swept into a sinkhole beneath the moor. Kate and Tristan find a number of lines that seem to have been missed at the time, poor policework, and by a series of connections between these resolve the case.
This is episode four of a series involving Kate, but works as a standalone The story is essentially linear, and the resolution is inevitable and totally predictable, despite the convoluted and coincidental trail, so there isn’t really any mystery. That isn’t necessarily a problem if the writing is strong, the characters believable, the action logical. Unfortunately, I don’t believe it is any of these; the text is repetitive and unexciting, none of the characters feel ‘right’ and the mechanics of the plot don’t really work. To take a couple of examples: the initial event to the actions requires a flash flood which meteorologically and geographically doesn’t make sense; the actions of the police in allowing Kate and Tristan access to evidence and interviews are probably illegal.
So, a disappointment for me, but the author is prolific and his fans will be happy enough. I reviewed a previous book in the series and gave it 3.5 rounded to 4, describing the plot as “overwrought”. This is definitely not as good and I rate it as 2.5, rounded to three.
I would like to thank NetGalley, the publishers and the author for providing me with a draft proof copy for the purpose of this review.

I am new to this series, and although this is not the first book, I was able to follow along perfectly.
I loved the characters, and the plot was great. The story had so many twists and turns that it kept me guessing until the very end. I can honestly say I was unable to figure things out until the very end. Love it!
I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This is my first Bryndza novel and after reading Devil's Way, I am interested in reading the previous books in this particular series. Kate Marshall and her partner Tristan have been hired to locate Charlie, a little boy who disappeared on a camping trip eleven years ago.

What an intricately detailed story with twists and turns throughout! There were so many secrets revealed in this book yet the author kept you guessing along the way. It wasn't until almost the end when I figured out what happened and even then, I wasn't completely sure. Despite being new to this specific series, I never felt lost or as though I was missing out on what was going on with the characters.

Thanks to NetGalley and Raven Street Publishing for this ARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was a really enjoyable story that I found really hard to put down. I loved the storyline with its many twists and turns, add the atmospheric background of Dartmoor and this story was defiantly a winner.

Whilst in hospital, after nearly drowning in a riptide, Private Investigator Kate Marshall makes a connection with a lady called Jean. She tells Kate all about her missing Grandson who disappeared on a camping trip eleven years ago, never to be found. Was he abducted, or did he fall into the swollen gorge nearby on that very dark night? Jean persuades Kate to take on the case of the missing child and because Kate is so intrigued by the story and feels empathy for Jean, she decides to go ahead.

I loved that Kate was an older lady in this scenario, and that Tristan, her partner in crime, was much younger; the combination worked really well. They got on tremendously and bounced off of each other, the working chemistry shone through in the fluid writing of the book.

There were many questions, with twists and turns along the way. Secrets being held behind closed doors to make for an exciting, captivating read.

Although this is book four in the Kate Marshall series and my first by this author, it can easily be read as a standalone and didn't spoil my enjoyment of getting to know the characters. Itmwas a great story and well worth the read!

4.5 which I am rounding up to 5 for the the sheer fact that I could not put down Devil's Way.

Robert Bryndza is a born story teller and he always succeeds at grabbing your attention from the first to the final page with twists and turns and of course secrets that are bound to come out.

Kate along with Tristan are trying to solve an old case of a missing boy Charlie. Kate met his grandmother while in hospital (oh Kate you worry me) and something about Jean's story intrigues Kate.

Although this is the 4th book in the series you could read it as a stand alone but I guarantee you that you will want to go back and start with book one.

Highly recommend the Kate Marshall and Ericka Foster series by Robert Bryndza and I for one cant wait for Book 5 and the next case of Kate

Thanks to NetGalley and Raven Street Publishing for a gripping read.

Devil’s Way is a 5 star read for me – I love Robert’s Erika Foster series and this one – following Kate and her Detective Agency partner Tristan – is brilliant as well.

In Devil’s Way, Erika and Tristan are tasked with investigating the disappearance of a three-year-old boy, Charlie, 11 years ago from a tent on Dartmoor. Though it seems likely that he is now dead, his grandmother – who was looking after him at the time – wants some form of closure. And as the pair probe further they discover there may have been a lot more fallout from Charlie’s disappearance than was previously thought…

I absolutely loved the plot of Devil’s Way – I always find disappearance cases really intriguing and this one had twists and surprises along the way that kept me glued to its pages. The writing is, as always, spot on, keeping the reader intrigued without being too dramatic or over the top. Kate and Tristan make a great pair and it was interesting to see a vulnerable side to the usually very confident Kate.

The setting is incredibly atmospheric, and though the subject matter is obviously upsetting at times, it made me want to visit Dartmoor having never been. I guessed the ending a little way before the end but it didn’t make it any less impactful, and I finished the book with a real sense of satisfaction. Another brilliant release from Robert Bryndza and my favourite Kate Marshall book yet!

Another great book in the Kate Marshall series! This one, like the others, will keep you wanting more and the pages turning. Kate goes out for her daily swim in the ocean near her home and almost drowns when she is pulled into a riptide. During her hospital stay, she chats with her roommate, Jean. Jean learns that Kate is a private investigator and tells her the story about her grandson, Charlie, disappearing from a camping trip eleven years ago when he was three. While Jean was camping near Devil's Way, a river in a gorge, her three year old grandson went missing. Did he wander off and drown? Was he abducted? Jean hires Kate and her partner, Tristan to look into Charlie's disappearance.
Kate and Tristan are such likable characters. They continue to develop their professional relationship in this fourth book of the series. Although you could read this book as a stand alone novel, I recommend starting with the first book. I feel having the detailed background for Kate and Tristan really adds to the story. As Kate and Tristan begin to investigate Charlie's disappearance, they uncover some dark things about Jean's past. This book will keep you turning the pages to see what really happened to Charlie. Thank you to Raven Street Publishing and NetGalley for allowing me to read this book.

A great mystery story that once started I just wanted to keep on reading. I found that the leading characters were easy to relate to. Karen and Tristan as private investigators were superb with great sleuthing skills. i kept thinking i knew the finale but the twists and turns kept me guessing..

After reading this book I realised that it was actually part of a series, oops! However, I fully followed the story so it could definitely be read as a standalone.

I found this book to start off very slowly however as the story progressed I got hooked! This thriller has many different layers to the story which I enjoyed as I was constantly thrown off guard with the red herrings!
I loved the character build up in this book. As this was my first book in the series and knew nothing of any of the characters, however I completely warmed to Kate and Tristan from the start!
This book was thoroughly descriptive and I felt like I was right there in the moors on Devil's Way!
Overall I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be invested in Bryndza's other books of this series!

Devil's Way is the fourth installment of the Kate Marshall series. I read it as a standalone and found it to be an engaging, suspenseful, and fast-paced read. First, for me, is the character development. Kate and Tristan are multilayered, authentic, and very likable characters. Kate and Tristan are private detectives and take on the case of a missing child. The plot introduces new characters that are very compelling. Ade's story is excellently done. A character that I predict we will see in future installments of the series. Robert Bryndza's writing style is so readable, and the foundation is his living, breathing characters. I picked The Devil's Way up, planning to read a few chapters, and ended up reading the book in one day. Thanks to Netgalley and Raven Street Publishers for this ARC.

Devil's Way Robert Bryndza
I really enjoy the Kate Marshall series, and I really liked this book too.
I enjoyed the storyline, I had a fair idea what was going on, but wanted to know why
I part read part listened to the story, my favourite way to read any book, and for me, I enjoyed this one more in print form. I liked the narrator, but felt I was more absorbed in the story when reading it.

Another brilliantly written story from this author. Kate is such a great character, her vulnerability is well depicted as well as her bravery and tenaciousness. Great plot too, kept me guessing until nearly the end.