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.

I have read all of this authors books and enjoy them all. The books about Kate and Tristram are well written and I particularly like the way the characters are explored and are realistic in their flaws. The story moved at a steady pace. It was readable and kept my attention it just didn't make my heart speed up. Cant wait until the next book!

Kate Marshall #4

When Private Investigator Kate Marshall is rushed to hospital after being pulled into a riptide current in the sea, the near-death experience leaves her shaken. During her recovery, she befriends Jean, and elderly lady on the same ward. Jean tells the harrowing story of her three-year-old grandson, Charlie, who went missing eleven years ago during a camping trip on Dartmoor. By the time Kate is well enough to go home, she's agreed to take on the case, but when Kate and her trusty sidekick Tristan start to look at the events of that fateful night, they discover that Jean has a dark past that could have put Charlie in jeopardy.

This time Kate is investigating the cold case of a child who went missing eleven years ago on Dartmoor. Kate and her assistant, Tristan, plunge themselves into the investigation. Kate and Tristan work well together. There are quite a few characters to try and remember, I was quickly pulled into this story. It's a quick and easy book to read. The pace is steady throughout this twisted read. I did guess correctly where this story was heading, but it didn't spoil my enjoyment of the book. This book can be read as a standalone, but I recommend that you read them in the order they were written in, you won't be disappointed.

I would like to thank #NetGalley #RavenStreetPublishing and the author #RobertBryndza for my ARC of #DevilsWay in exchange for an honest review.

Private Investigator Kate Marshall has just been rescued from the sea and a riptide. In the next bed is a lady whose grandson disappeared eleven years ago when on a camping holiday with her. He was three and his body has never been found.
She decides to take the case with her assistant, Tristan. and starts to look into the past. She uncovers a lot of dark secrets and the trail twists and turns.
What happened to little Charlie? and can Kate finally solve the mystery of what happened that night?

This was a really great mystery. The twists will keep you guessing till the end. I appreciate how the ending was handled as well. It took a more realistic approach to this kind of tragedy and upheaval. It was definitely worth reading.

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My love affair with @robertbryndza and the #nineelms #bookseries continues 😍 I dove right into #devilsway and did not come up for air FOR HOURS. I just can't get enough of #katemarshall and Tristan - I adore their friendship and have a special place in my heart for this #crimefiction duo.

This book was not nearly as graphic as I am used to, but it was still chalk full of suspense and mystery. I was back and forth on how I thought this may have ended, but there were definitely twists and turns that me invested the entire book. 364 pages flew by and I am already itching for the next installment of this series. While you could read these independently, the character development is just too good to pass up previous novels.

⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: missing child.

Thank you so much @netgalley and #ravenstreetpublishing for my copy. This one hits shelves on January 12, 2023! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

A quick and easy read. The main characters are likeable. The ending is predictable. Read for entertainment

Thank you #NetGalley and #RobertBryndza for the ARC of a wonderful book and another Kaye Marshall mystery.

An 11 year old missing child case, a near drowning for Kate while in the hospital she meets the victim’s grandmother. Kate and Tristan take on the investigation. Never a simple resolution for them. Although Kate is still recovering from her fight with a riptide and Tristan tries to protect her, they still struggle along and solve a case the police couldn’t.

I enjoy Kate as much as Erika Foster ((Bryndza’s other hero)). Both are women with a past, with human failings and yet they work hard, treat others well and get results. Both are great, thinking-person detectives. They don’t rely heavily on tech, but seem to see it as an aide. I enjoy that approach. Neither is afraid of getting their hands dirty in their efforts.

I also enjoy the quirky and sometimes complicated relationships that run through Kate’s stories.

Looking forward to more from Kate and Erika.

I feel like I say the same thing in all my reviews of Robert's books but I cannot praise his writing enough. He is truly a master storyteller. His stories are full of twists and turns but not so complicated that you can't follow along. His characters are really fleshed out and who you really care about and want to know more without it affecting the story and how it flows.

As always I devoured this book (even though I tried to make it last) and now I have to wait patiently again for another book by Robert!

A missing child, guilt-ridden parents and grandparent, dealing with addictions and murder - there are a fair few strands to tease you along in the story.

Kate didn't expect her latest case to fall into her lap while recovering in the hospital from a swimming accident. But when the woman in the next bed begs for help in finding her abducted grandson Kate can't deny her. Kate and her partner Tristan then find themselves in some murky business almost a decade after Charlie’s disappearance.

Kate and Tristan as a believable pairing of investigators - each have strengths and weaknesses the other shores up but at the same time, Kate is distancing herself from him. I also relished the imperfections that they each had and Kate's struggle with her sobriety is heartbreaking. The long-distance care of her son was heart-warming.

The murder-mystery was nothing too elaborate (but that might be because that's my day job!) but it was still well-developed and laid out and the timing was great. However, as I've seen from other reviews, I wasn't the only one who thought the ending was dragging on a bit.

I haven't read any of the other Kate Marshall series of books but I didn't feel that that hindered me from enjoying this book. There was sufficient recap for me to feel engaged in the world without being bogged down in it.

"Devil's Way" was a good and creepy mystery thriller. While in the hospital after almost drowning in the sea when she was caught in a riptide, private detective Kate Marshall is asked to look into a missing person's case by the other patient in the hospital room with her, Jean Julings. Jean tells Kate about the disappearance of her three-year-old grandson, Charlie, during a camping trip at Devil's Way eleven years ago. Charlie was never found, and it was assumed that he had gotten lost in the dark and fallen into the river and swept away. The first break in the investigation by Kate and her business partner Tristan comes when reviewing the microfiche newspaper articles from the time of the incident and Tristan recognizing one of the responding officers as a friend of his. This will lead them to another former police officer involved in the case, as well as more local knowledge about the area around Devil's Way. Kate and Tristan discover that a social worker that had talked to Jean and her daughter was found brutally murdered a couple weeks ago after Charlie's disappearance. They are unsure if there is any connection, but it is quite a coincidence. The social worker's death will be important, but not for the reasons they first expect. The story contains plenty of twists and surprises. The method the author utilizes to reveal the true importance of the social worker and her death is quite creative. The author also does a good job of using the possibility of drowning in a river or being lost in the surrounding boglands to mirror Kate's fears since she almost drowned.

Book 4 in the Kate Marshall follows a new cold case around a child who went missing eleven years earlier while camping with his parents and grandmother. Jean was the last person to see her grandson Charlie and she has never been able to move on, so she tasks Kate and Tristan with finding out what happened. This turns into a complicated case with lots of people to interview, places to investigate and no easy answers.

Another great instalment in this must-read series.

I was up far too late reading this book.
One of my favourite writers currently, Robert Bryndza has never written a disappointing novel in my eyes.
The Kate Marshall & Erika Foster novels are brilliant and I have advocated his works widely.
I love Kate Marshall, and return of the PI with her partner Tristan is warmly welcomed. I love the character development we get with every book and each stand-alone mystery that the pair investigate is also spot on for storytelling.
The Devils way has a strong plot, and the descriptive language used to draw you into the Devon & Cornwall landscapes helps to set up the whole story, it is simple brilliant writing.
Yet again the wait is on for the next novel from this incredible author.

Yay! Kate Marshall is back and she’s not letting go of this cold case that comes to her attention in a shocking and terrifying manner! Child disappearances are among the most unsettling and upsetting crimes especially when there are no clues to what has happened. Parents are committed to a lifetime of not knowing and this can destroy relationships and lives-sometimes drastically as they can’t cope with the thought of living out their days without that knowledge as surely it’s always better to know?!
Kate is always so resilient even with her past (or probably because of it!) and her determination knows no boundaries or limitations. There were several different stands to the investigation that left me wondering how they related to the main event and the storyline very cleverly weaves them together until that shocking final reveal.
A perfect crafted and compelling addition to one of my favourite series featuring one of the most cleverly written female characters in crime fiction. I loved everything about this book!

Another intriguing story from a master storyteller. This time Kate Marshall is tasked with investigating a missing child case from years ago.
It is always engaging following the investigation and seeing the thought processes and the clues develop. That element of the book was as good as ever but I must admit this book was my least favourite of the series and indeed of the other books by this author. It was good but somehow not as gripping as the others, maybe because I anticipated the ending quite early on although the dots weren't all connected until nearer the end.

This is the 4th book in the Private Investigator Kate Marshall series. Kate is a recovering alcoholic in treatment and undergoing counselling. The book is compelling, well-plotted, and suspenseful. It proceeds at a comfortable, leisurely pace. Kate struggles and resists the temptation to drink. To relieve stress, she has a routine of daily swimming. One day she is caught in a dangerous riptide and nearly drowns. This is a near-death experience, and she is recovering in hospital. Kate works with a young partner, Tristan Harper. I found their supportive friendship and work relationship engaging. I have not read the previous three books in the series, but now I want to learn more about these intriguing characters. Character development is sympathetic and believable.

While Kate is recovering in the hospital, an older woman, Jean, tells her the tragic story about her grandson, Charlie. Eleven years earlier, the three-year-old boy disappeared while under her care while camping. Grandmother Jean and Charlie shared a tent, and his parents were in a tent nearby. Jean stepped outside for a cigarette and was confronted by a drunken former partner, who she angrily dismissed. During this short lapse of attention, Charlie vanished. The area was bleak and dangerous for small children. Moors surrounded the area with bogs, and there was the Devil's Way, a rushing river that emptied into a gorge. Was Charlie kidnapped, or did he fall into the river, and his body never recovered?

Kate agrees to take the case when she is well enough to be released from hospital. She and her partner, Tristan, begin researching and interviewing suspects and witnesses from the time of Charlie's disappearance. Kate is still sick from her near drowning and needs to take time off to rest. Tristan is left in charge of the case and manages it brilliantly. They discover that Jean may have carelessly endangered Charlie while his parents blamed her for not watching him closely. In her grief, Jean's daughter/ Charlie's mother committed suicide. Kate and Tristan learn that a social worker seemed overly concerned about Charlie's welfare, and she was brutally murdered a short time after Charlie disappeared. How were those cases connected?

There were twists in their investigation; some were predictable. I guessed a major solution to the mystery before it was revealed, but this didn't diminish my enjoyment, and there were enough puzzles and secrets to keep readers enthused.

Thank you, NetGalley and Raven Street Publishing, for the ARC for this entertaining thriller.

A missing child, a murder and a private investigation team that just doesn’t quit, Devils Way had me thinking and analyzing until the very end. Detailed and rolling, the plot kept me intrigued and trying to figure it all out was half the fun. A great mystery with characters that will stick with you, Devils Way was a great find!

I think this is the first book by the author that i found so meh I think the first and 3rd book of this series to be the best and i think that in later novels it should change a bit the creation of this character because missing person cases can be a hit or miss and this one was just so bleh i could not care more or less and i was just a bit bored not the worst but i believe by the other books by the author there is potential and i hope it changes for the future