Wow! Robert Bryndza has done it again. Thank you so much for the chance to read this next installment in the Erika Foster series... I feel honored. It is fantastic and worth the wait. This is one of my very favourite police/serial killer series.This book once again had it all and hooked me in from the start when the first body is found in a suitcase in the Thames River. Thank you to Bookouture via Netgalley for this advance reading copy

Thank you to Netgalley, the Publishers Bookouture and the author for this review copy given in exchange for an honest review. Also thanks to Kim from Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to be part of this blog blitz for this fantastic book!

This is the 5th book in the Erika Foster series. Whilst it can be read as a standalone, it does make sense to read the other books in order to understand the stories of the characters.

A suitcase is washed up on the banks of the River Thames in London. It contains the dismembered remains of a man. Whilst investigating who this man is and what happened to him, Erika and her team find another link from a few weeks before of a woman found dead in another suitcase. It would seem that Erika is on the case of a serial killer. As more bodies are found, the twin daughters of Commander Paul Marsh are kidnapped. Are the cases all linked?

I was so excited to receive this book. I absolutely LOVE Robert Bryndza’s writing and the Erika Foster series is probably one of the best female detective series I’ve read…..no wait, not just female, but the best detective series ever! This is going to be a really hard book to review, not because I don’t know what to say about it, but because I don’t want to give anything away.

Wow, wow, wow!! Erika is back with a bang. Her team consists of returning characters from the other books, but she’s working mainly with DI Kate Moss (sorry, just makes me giggle every time!) Peterson is still on sick leave from what happened in the previous book (I’m not going to tell you, if you don’t know you need to read it!) and her relationship with him is hanging by a thread. Whilst the majority of the characters are from all of the other books, you never get bored by them. They are all given a new spin in every story and you look at them all differently every time.

Whilst we have Erika’s story, we also have the story of a young girl called Nina. The story for Nina begins when she is a young girl, and carries on through from Nina’s perspective to present day. The stories run wonderfully together and come together in an unexpected way. Robert writes with plenty of action, a whole load of gruesome and a little bit of sex! You get into each character’s story right from the beginning and the interest doesn’t let up until last word of the last page.

It is full of the usual twists and turns that you expect from this author, and as usual I didn’t guess any of them. I’ve heard a few people say that Erika deserves a happy ending! Not yet though eh?! Hopefully lots more books left to come because I honestly don’t know what I would do without my Erika Foster fix!

Five +++ Stars!!

I am always excited to read the next Erika Foster book and this was just as brilliant as the last ones. A brilliantly engaging story with the well written, multi layered characters i know and love. I enjoyed the way different plots and characters were all woven together as the story progressed towards it's ending.

Another brilliant book from Robert Bryndza, once again we hit the ground running with lots of action and gruesome scenes. I love how the characters are developing but felt very sorry for Erica in this book - I so want her to have a happy ever after.

2 dismembered bodies are found in suitcases on the banks of the Thames, Erica links the two murders and has some great returning characters on her team tracking down their identities. There are lots of gruesome scenes and some shocks in the story line which I thoroughly enjoyed! I thought Erica was at a very low point in this book and am hoping things in her personal life turn round and look up for her in the next book.

Cold Blood is the Fifth book in the Detective Erika Foster series has always I couldn't wait to get my teeth into it. Wondering what Robert is going to bring us next. I am happy to report that Mr Bryndza
has totally smashed it yet again….jesus can this man write!!This series just gets better and better and I have to say this is my favourite one yet!

The author always gives us something different in each one and he also keeps the characters fresh and real I just never get bored. This one is so much more gritter too.

Like in very book in this series Robert grabs you right from the start and in Cold Blood I was shocked has Erika when a suitcase with a body of a young man washes up to shore on the river thames Erika having worked on cases and never seeing anything like this before. When another suitcase turns up with woman. Working out the link between the two bodies can she track down the killer before and save two innocent children before it's too late?

OMG what a story…. you seriously need to read this one. I devoured this in one sitting, It is certainly one pulse racing, nail biting, gritty read.

With chapters alternating between Erika and the killer and it woven together at end with a shocking ending….Christ I thought my heart was going to explode.

I am loving the character build up with Erika in each novel we are always given that little bit more but in this story we are given a lot more background information. She is very head strong and determined and dedicated to her job. I love the relationship between her and DI Moss he does make me smile.

Cold Blood played heavily on my emotions to with the Character Nina. Robert has wrote some truly shocking and horrific scenes where I could not help but real for her.

There is nothing not to like about this book or series it is full of twists and turns and OMG moments and will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. This is one powerful story that will shock you to the core.

I cannot wait to see what Robert has in store for us next. This is a must read for crime fans which I highly recommend giving it 5 massive gold stars.