Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Although this is part of a series, this was my 1st book from the series (I did the audio version) and it seemed fine as a stand alone. I enjoyed the book even though I had the end figured out about halfway through. There were plenty of twists and turns which I love and lots of likeable characters. I plan to go back and read all the books from the series because Kate and Tristan are interesting and I want to see their development throughout the stories. Overall would recommend for anyone that enjoys a good mystery.

This was my first book in this series. I might have been more invested if I had read the first three. But it was a decent story with likeable characters. The narrator was okay.

“The truth hides in the dark.”

Kate was pulled into a riptide and nearly died. Recovering in hospital she meets Jean a the pair hit it off. Jean tells Kate the heartbreaking story of how her three year old grandson went missing eleven years ago.

When she’s recovered Kate takes on Jean’s case and begins investigating the young boy’s disappearance with her trusty side kick Tristan. Search they discovers Jean’s past isn’t as squeaky clean and they once thought.

Was Charlie abducted or simply fell into the Devils way? The river that vanished into a gorge. Jean’s daughter was also founds brutally murdered not long after Charlie vanished.

There are so many twists and turns in this book. I couldn’t stop until Kate found the truth.

If you know me you’ll know I love this man’s writing. I fell in love with Erika Foster then Kate Marshall and what bad ass women not are. This fourth instalment of Kate’s story is just as gripping as the rest. I loved it And the audio was 10/10

So excited Kate Marshall is back!
Kate ex police and now private investigator along with her side kick Tristan are investigating missing child.
Great story, kept me guessing and loved the way the ending wasn't completely perfect.
This could easily be read as a standalone.

This is the second audio book from this author and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Fatal witness is well worth listening too!!! Audible tells me in my 2022 stats that I have listened over 160,000 mins... I do like a good Audible!
This book is again enjoyable to read or listen to. Jan Cramer did a very good job with the narration and it really adds to the book experience.
The murder mystery plot was easy to follow and the culprit can be guessed at the end... I did ;).
There are a few twists and turns and false directions along the way so enjoy the ride and let's see if you solve the mystery before Kate Marshall and her partner Tristan...

I enjoyed listening to this book, the narrator made the characters come alive.
There’s so many threads that seem to be unrelated, but Kate and Tristan , who work well as a team, manage to pull them all together.
A good bit of detective work.

This is a series which just gets better and better. This time Kate and Tristan take on the case of a child that went missing 11 years ago. on Dartmoor.

The story hooked me in right from the start, with Kate almost drowning while swimming in the sea, and continued at a nice even pace through to the satisfying climax.. I found the bleak Dartmoor setting quite haunting and a little scary, especially as there was just a hint of the supernatural.. There were enough twists tfor me to try (and fail) to puzzle out. I love the way that the author continues to flesh out the characters of the two main characters, who are both engaging., and it's nice to have to Private Investigators as main characters rather than police officers.

As always Jan Cramer does a terrific job narrating this excellent book.

Really enjoyed the plot of this audio book, well written and all tied together nicely at the end. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the narration though to be honest.

Devil’s Way (Kate Marshall, #4) by Robert Bryndza was a British crime thriller. It was the first book I have had the pleasure of reading by Robert Bryndza and the first book in this series that I had read. Despite the fact that I had not previously read any of the three prior books in this series, I felt that it read more than fine as a stand-alone book. It was both riveting and suspenseful and the ending was satisfying. The characters were rich, well developed and believable. Devil’s Way was well plotted and fast paced. I listened to the audiobook that was excellently narrated by Jan Cramer.

When fate brought two of the most unlikely women together in a shared hospital room, a story unfolded, a request was made and an agreement was decided upon. Kate Marshall was a single mother and a private investigator. She lived by herself in a home on Thurlow Bay. Kate was in the habit of starting her day off with a swim in the sea every morning. She was a strong swimmer and the morning swim helped to eliminate the stress, concerns and worries she was carrying. One morning she ventured down to the sea for her morning swim. Her mind was preoccupied with other thoughts and so she had not recognized the rip tide before she was engulfed in it. Kate feared for her life. The rip tide was strong and it took her further and further away from the shore. The next thing Kate realized was that she was in a hospital room. Two surfers had found her and gotten Kate to the hospital. She was very lucky to be alive. Water had gotten into her lungs which caused Kate to have an infection in her lungs. As Kate looked around, she discovered that she was not alone. An elderly woman occupied the bed next to hers. The elderly woman’s name was Jean Julings and she was in the hospital for the ulcers on her legs. When Jean became aware that Kate was a private investigator, Jean began to tell Kate a story about her three year old grandson, Charlie, who disappeared eleven years ago. Jean had been on a camping trip at Devil’s Tor in Dartmoor with her daughter, Becky, Charlie’s father and Charlie. Becky and Charlie’s father had shared one tent and Jean and Charlie had shared the other. After Jean got Charlie tucked into bed she left him alone to go outside the tent and smoke a cigarette. All of a sudden, Jean’s on again and off again boyfriend showed up. Jean wanted nothing to do with him so she tried to make him leave. He was very drunk. All the commotion made Becky and Charlie’s father come out of their tent. Becky went to check on Charlie only to discover that he was not in his sleeping bag. They all began to search frantically for Charlie. When they had searched everywhere, and had not found Charlie, they called the police. Charlie was never found. The police believed that Charlie had fallen into Devil’s Way, the river by the campsite. Charlie’s body was never found though. Jean wanted Kate to reopen Charlie’s case. Something was telling Jean that Charlie was not dead. Kate felt sorry for Jean and agreed to take the case. Kate and her partner, Tristan Harper, would investigate and interview many of the people who might have had a connection with Jean, Becky or Charlie. The left no rock unturned and called in lots of favors to help with their investigation. Would Kate and Tristan be able to find out what happened to Charlie on that fateful night? Would Jean get the closure she so desperately was seeking? What secrets would Kate and Tristan discover?

Devil’s Way by Robert Bryndza was a very engaging book for me. Every time I thought I had it all figured out, a twist was thrown in. I really enjoyed the character of Kate. She was bright, determined and empathetic. Kate was a good listener, friend, partner and mother. She was always willing to go the extra yard when it came to her profession. I admired her for those qualities. Since I enjoyed Devil’s Way so much, I hope to go back and read the prior books in this series. I hope that Robert Bryndza writes more books in this series but regardless I look forward to reading his next book whatever it is. I highly recommend this book.

Thank you to Raven Street Publishers for allowing me to listen to the audiobook of Devil’s Way by Robert Bryndza through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Publication is set for January 12, 2023.

Filled with twists and turns, Devil’s Way is the fourth Kate Marshall novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet!

Beware the sea even when you think you know it well. PI Kate Marshall likes to swim in the sea near her caravan park in Thurlow Bay every day. It helps to centre her and clear her mind for the day ahead. But when a riptide catches her unawares, she ends up in hospital, lucky to be alive.

As she waits to be cleared to go home, her neighbour in the ward, Jean, tells her about her missing grandson Charlie who disappeared while the family were camping in the woods in an area known as Devil’s Tor. Charlie was just 3 years old and that was 11 years ago, so the trail is pretty cold by now. Jean’s daughter Becky never got over Charlie’s disappearance and killed herself. The police found nothing helpful and now Jean, based on the little she knows about Kate from their conversations decides to hire her to see if she can find anything that might help them discover what really happened to Charlie.

I do enjoy the Kate Marshall books. Kate’s partnership with her partner, Tristan Harper, is a good one and although they usually get on really well, this time their working relationship is a bit more discordant. Kate’s near brush with death has her in a spiky and more vulnerable position. She is craving a tot of the drink that nearly killed her and that’s making her shorter than usual. Tristan too is feeling unsettled on both the personal and professional front. It makes for an edgier than usual relationship and sometimes these two feel like they are worlds apart.

The plot in this mystery is not especially surprising, but it is well done and leads Kate and Tristan to another gruesome murder, and from there to the woman who sees herself as the doyenne of a writing circle and thence on to a discovery that will start to clarify everything. It’s a nicely put together, layered story and is beautifully read by Jan Cramer who never over-eggs her reading but does inject enough mystery and suspense to make sure you want to keep listening.

The characters are great and Robert Bryndza creates an excellent sense of place. He spins a terrific tale that is dark and so very atmospheric; full of dark woods imbued with legend and overlaid with discordant and sometimes dysfunctional relationships.

Jan Cramer’s narration is well paced and suits the story well.

Verdict: As ever Bryndza writes well and very engagingly. We come to these books for the characters and stay to enjoy the mysteries they solve.

A story of heartbreak and mystery, PI Kate Marshall and her partner Tristan investigate the cold case of three year old Charlie who went missing eleven years ago while on a camping trip with his parents and grandmother. The author has written a book with great characters, a twisted plot with an answer to the question of what really happened to Charlie. Thank you Netgalley and Raven Street Publishing for an audio ARC. The comments and review are my honest opinion.

Kate is an ex police officer working as a PI, taking on cases with the support of her younger colleague Tristan. She happens to get caught up in a riptide which sees her end up in hospital, and it is there that she talks to Jean, who tells her the sad story of the disappearance of her grandson, Charlie, a decade ago.

Jean was wild camping with her daughter and her partner and Jean’s ex-partner happened to turn up unexpectedly. Whilst she was managing his drunken behaviour, the child seemed to have wandered off. Several hours of searching threw up no trail and in the early hours of the next day, the police were called. He was never found, but Jean has a sense that his story didn’t end in one of the bogs or drains, or in the raging local river, as was surmised at the time.

Once fit enough to leave hospital, Kate and Tristan start to pore over the details of the original investigation. They discover all kinds of aspects that, they know, must build a fuller picture, including the brutal murder of a social worker who was involved in overseeing Jean and her relationship with Charlie.

This is a nicely paced novel that moves around, picking up clues and piecing them together. I did guess quite early on what the likely outcome might be and that is probably because I have only recently read a novel with a similar storyline and similar outcome.

I listened to this as an audiobook and although I liked the voice of the narrator for the majority of the experience, I sometimes felt that she was a little overly dramatic as though she was reading from a pulpit at times.

When Kate is in an accident while swimming, she awakes in the hospital with a roommate who has a case for her. Her 3 year old grandson went missing 11 years ago without a trace while on a camping trip. No body was ever found and the cold case was never closed. Can Kate and Tristan figure out where Charlie is?

My second read in this series and I really liked it! Kate and Tristan are both great characters that I really like reading about. I could totally see this as a TV series. The case was very interesting and I enjoyed the realisticness of the characters. It was a bit predictable in some parts but overall I found it to be a page turner!

Atmospheric and absorbing!

I didn't know this was book #4 in the PI Kate Marshall series when I requested a review copy, but no fear this can be enjoyed as a standalone.

Kate encountered a mishap while sea swimming and ends up in a hospital. There, her "roommate" Jean asks if she can look into an 11-year-old case of her missing grandson then three, Charlie. They went camping at Devil's Tor in Dartmoor and he hasn't been seen again.

Was Charlie abducted or swallowed into a raging gorge?

The story was very engaging, I LOVE the setting and "Devil's Way", what a name! Kate and her partner Tristan are great characters and are nicely developed. I find that people in their lives are interesting too. I'll have to read book one for more detail. The even pace is nice throughout the story. I kind of know what's up but I didn't fully guess it right. A satisfying ending!

This was my first read by the author and like I said I'll have to read more for the characters. Jan Cramer, the narrator is excellent at portraying voices for male and female characters.

This was a sad story which kept me hooked from start to finish, it left me wanting to know more! I would definitely recommend. An interesting mystery

An excellent read!
I’m ashamed to say this is the first of the Kate Marshall series , but it won’t be my last!
I listened to the audio version and the story was paced just right , it kept me interest and I became invested in the story.
The main character Kate is a great lead she has vulnerabilities which come to the surface at times but she is also a strong female protagonist.
Tristan is Kate’s partner in the private detective agency and together they make a formidable team.
The narrator was excellent and help bring the characters to life .
An entertaining and absorbing read , highly recommended!
Thanks to NetGalley and Raven Street Publishing.

With thanks to the author, publishers Raven Street Publishing, and NetGalley for providing me with n advance copy of this audiobook in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

This is not my first Robert Bryndza work, having read and enjoyed Fatal Witness from his Erika Foster series earlier this year. This is the fourth instalment and my first experience of his Kate Marshall series though, and it more than stood on its own and certainly didn’t disappoint.

While recovering in hospital after almost drowning, Kate meets Jean who asks for her help in locating her grandson Charlie, who has been missing for over a decade. To get to the bottom of the case, Kate and her partner Tristan must dig into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance, the mysterious death of a social worker linked to Charlie’s disappearance, as well as the suspicious goings on in a local book club. The clues that the author leaves along the way led me down several different plot paths that ultimately proved to be wrong, before he ultimately brought them all together in a very satisfying and exciting conclusion!

The narrator Jan Cramer also did a great job in playing the different characters in the book, and really helped to bring the story to life.

The forth Kate Marshall thriller. After an accident Kate is asked to look into a disappearance of a boy 10 years earlier. Plenty of twists for Kate and her business partner Tristan. Jan Kramer does an excellent job of narrating this book.
I received this audiobook from Raven Street Publishing and Netgalley for a review.

Devil's Way is Book 4 in the Kate Marshall series from Robert Bryndza.

"Kate and her business partner, Tristan, take on the case of a three-year-old boy that went missing on a camping trip eleven years ago. They discover a dark past to his grandmother. Did that make him a target? A social worker that was concerned about him was found murdered a couple of weeks after he went missing. A couple on a nearby farm had suspicious behavior. Is the boy still alive or did he fall in the river?"

This is a police procedural from Bryndza. Kate and Tristan follow the clues and leads. There are several red herrings - one big one convinced me early that Bryndza was going a certain way. But he pivots in a different direction into a wild ending. Readers will have a hard time putting this down with all of the twists and turns.

Jan Kramer does a nice job with the audio performance.

This is part of a series but can be read as a standalone. Crime fiction fans will enjoy this one. another great story from Bryndza.

Devil's Way by Robert Bryndza is the 4th instalment in the Kate Marshall detective series.

After falling victim to a riptide, Kate finds herself recovering in hospital where she meets Jean who asks for Kate's help to find out what happened to her grandson who went missing a decade ago.

It soon emerges that secrets from Jean's past may hold clues, along with the unsolved murder of a social worker with links to a local writing group.

I guessed the twist quite early on but the characters meant this was still an engaging story. I was puzzled by the narrator's choice of tone which felt slightly incongruous in this genre and more suited to a romance, but otherwise the distinctive voices and accents were good.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Raven Street Publishing for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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