Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for this eARC.

This is an excellent addition to the authors DI Louise Blackwood series and a book I thoroughly enjoyed reading. Here DI Blackwood and her team investigate when a body is found in a shipping container. I thought the book got off to a great start and I was drawn into the story straightaway. The writing is engaging and certainly held my interest throughout. I loved the separate threads, mostly because I had no idea where the plot line was going or how everything would tie up. This, for me, was one of those moreish reads I kept returning to whenever I could. There is a bit more here about Louise's personal and home life which I liked, although this doesn't takes anything away from what is a very good book with an all too believable plot. It has everything I like - great writing, likeable characters, plenty of suspense and mystery to keep me entertained. If you like police procedurals and have not read any books by Matt Brolly I would recommend this although you're best to start at the beginning if you're new to this author. Loved this book.

Another good read, I have read all of this series and are all really good. The characters work well together. There is a lot going on personally and professionally. The storyline flowed very well. Thankyou for advanced copy. Looking forward to next book.

Another brilliant book that had everything in it, they keep getting better and better though, the style of writing is amazing and always comes up with entirely different ideas

A Perplexing Case..
The sixth in the Detective Louise Blackwell series and a perplexing case arises when a body is discovered in a shipping container. Blackwell is soon put under pressure in more ways than one as the case itself escalates and her own personal dilemmas and health issues intensify. Another well written instalment in this series - which can also be read as a standalone - with a nicely crafted and credible cast of characters and a swiftly moving plot.

Thank you Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for allowing me to read The Bridge. This was a very exciting read and from the middle I couldn't put it down!! So much was happening both at work and privately for DCI Louise Blackwell! I am now intrigued to know the whole story so will definitely be reading the earlier books in the series. A highly recommended read.

This is #6 in the DI Louise Blackwell series, but it can easily be read as a standalone without feeling you’ve missed something. I’ve read the whole series and it was great to be back with Louise, her colleagues, and her family again.

The series is set in and around the Weston-super-Mare area. DI Blackwell has a boyfriend, Thomas, who used to be a police officer and she’s 10 weeks pregnant, but they’re keeping it quiet for now. There’s just enough about Louise’s private life to be interesting without it taking over the storyline.

A young woman is found dead in a shipping container and it’s assumed, at first, that she’s an immigrant, but the container was about to leave the UK, it hadn’t just entered. Then a tiny camera, with a live feed, is discovered ‘watching’ the young woman.

A brilliant, gripping read which I’d highly recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley and Joffe Books for an advance reader copy in return for an honest review.

A young woman is discovered dead inside a shipping container, she must be an immigrant??? Right???? Wrong. Di blackwell and the team are called to investigate. The team find a tiny camera in the side of the shipping container, is somebody watching? Who and why?Louise is battling morning sickness and trying to hold down a murder investigation. Love this series. Highley recommend, gave me chills

Excellent story. Lots of action and twists and turns. Well worth reading.

If you haven't read the DI Louise Blackwell series you really should.

Looking forward to more from Matt Brolly
Many thanks to the author and publisher for the ARC and opportunity to enjoy this wonderful book

Another great installment of one of a great police procedural series.
The case was good. Just kept me engaged and didn't put the book down till the end. I'm already waiting for the next one

Accident? Dangerous game gone wrong? Or murder? In The Bridge by Matt Brolly, DI Blackwell faces her toughest case yet. DI Louise Blackwell is a great female protagonist and a strong character. The story weaves her personal life with the unsettling murder and stalking aspects of the case.

When the body of a young woman is discovered in a shipping container in Bristol, the police suspect she was an illegal immigrant whose death was a tragic accident. But their theory is shot down by two pieces of evidence: the container was due to ship out, not in; and, even more sinister, a video camera with a live feed was filming her from a hidden compartment.

You can read this as a standalone book, but the previous books in this series are worth reading before diving into The Bridge.

"Having imprisoned herself in her own house" is such a strong statement when a person feels someone is watching them and they feel like they cannot leave their home.

I enjoyed this story and getting to know Louise and the rest of her friends, colleagues, and family a bit better. This had the right amount of intrigue and mystery to keep a reader turning the pages. The story had the right amount of tension and twisting scenes. A good addition to this series.

I would recommend this book, this series, and this author. The writing style flows nicely and keeps you reading well into the night.

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This is a great police procedural from a writer I am really enjoying. Led by a strong female DI this series is just brilliant. A very suspenseful fast paced cleverly written storyline with plenty of twists and turns to keep me gripped I couldn’t read it quick enough. Although it can be read as a standalone I recommend reading from the beginning to get the background story. A solid 5 stars. Bring on the next instalment

A solid procedural-mystery-thriller from a very fine writer. To be honest, I thought THE RUNNING GIRLS, through which I was first introduced to Brolly, was a far better book, but THE BRIDGE isn't too shabby either.

It was perhaps a little heavy on the domestic backstory of the protagonist, which was occasionally downright tedious, and perhaps the ending was a bit drawn out when it could have been crisper and cleaner, but that's not nearly enough to keep me from giving it the full five stars.

I'm now a confirmed fan of Matt Brolly.

A decomposing body of a young woman is found in a confined space in a shipping container. The container was due to be shipped out, not into the country, so it was not the body of an illegal immigrant.
A camera with a live feed was filming the woman while she died a slow death. Who could be so sick as to set this up?

DI Louise Blackwell is investigating, and feels that this is not a one-off incident.
She has to find the abductor before there are more deaths.

This is the first book I have read by this author, and I was absolutely delighted to find a new police procedural series which has a strong female lead.
I need to read the previous 5 books in the series to get a sense of the team, and the DI's past.
In this book, the team works together well, and has already formed into a work family.
The DI's family life and relationship and pregnancy is also an interesting part of the book, and I gather the relationship started when the couple worked together.

Loved this book, it was fast paced, clever police work, and definitely a new favourite author for me!

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

BIG thanks to both Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an early copy of The Bridge!

Expected Publication August 8, 2023

Number six in the Detective Inspector Louise Blackwell is quite a book!! It's a solid procedural that can be read as a standalone, although I feel the reader will get much more out of it if the previous books are read first.

I love DI Blackwell but she pushed herself so hard in The Bridge that I was hungry and tired the whole time I read it! The voyeuristic killer was sickening. I had never heard of claustrophilia prior to reading this book, and I'm pretty sure I never want to hear of it again. Yikes!

If you love books with lots of suspense, as well as a twisty-turny plot, this book is for you! I highly recommend it AND the series!!

The dead body of a young woman is found in a shipping container at the port and at first newly pregnant DI Louise Blackwell suspects trafficking. But why would you ship a dead body? If possible, the case is more complex and horrifying than trafficking. It leads Louise and her team into the dark world of claustrophilia, where people derive pleasure from being confined in small spaces. As she researches sites on the dark web and tries to understand why this woman was in the container and, after sophisticated camera equipment is discovered, who was filming her…and why? At the same time, Julie Longstaff is searching for her husband Patrick. He left home after an argument and hasn’t returned. No one at his office has seen him, nor have his friends. Can his disappearance somehow be connected to Louise’s case?

This series, by the talented Matt Brolly, just keeps getting better. In The Bridge, Louise, a strong, deliberate character, has to juggle her work on the case with her feelings about her surprise pregnancy. The plot is complex and twisted and the location of Henleaze and the more familiar Weston-super-Mare are well described. 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Amazon Publishing UK and Matt Brolly for this ARC.

Thank you NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for the eARC.
A suspected young female immigrant is found dead in a shipping container. However, the container was bound out and the police found a hidden live video camera; it looks like someone put the girl there and watched her die...
DS Louise Blackwell is pregnant and between bouts of morning sickness gets stuck into this horrific case and to her dismay finds more cameras...are there other girls locked in and are they alive?
I love Louise and this series is so good. This is an excelleny read, even for this claustrophobe! Highly recommended!

This is one of my favourite series of books! So grateful to read this. Another case for DI Louise Blackwell to solve, fast paced with short paragraphs and gripping storyline, this mixed with Louise’s personal life story made for a fantastic read!

Part of a series featuring Detective Louise Blackwell where she is conflicted in her personal life while trying to solve a complex murder.

Being slightly claustrophobic, this book gave me the creeps. Rather like the story did to Di Louise Blackwell who has enough problems of her own without the pressure of finding a killer who has left no clue as to his/her whereabouts or the reason for the killing. Except for a delay at a container port the body wouldn't have even been found.

A very good story. Really enjoyed it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher Joffe Books, I read a free advance review copy of the book. This review is voluntary, honest and my own opinion.

Detective Louise Blackwell is pregnant, and has a new horrifying case to deal with. A young woman's body has been found in a shipping container, and there is a camera trained on her. The case may overlap with two missing persons, and a perverse group that seeks out small spaces and pays people to watch. Can Louise and her team find out who is responsible before anyone else dies? And will her baby be all right after her questionable scan? This book was really exciting, and was hard to put down. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.