I received an E-ARC with a request for my honest review.

This captivating crime thriller follows D.S Ashley Knight in the county of Norfolk. When a body is found near a local fish & chip shop and is linked to a known ex-criminal the case seems as if it should be easy to solve.

However, when another body is found in a nearby caravan park, the team must try and work out if there is a link between the murders and who could be responsible.


As the investigation continues more secrets of the caravan park inhabitants are revealed, making it harder for Ashley’s team to work out who the murderer could be.

Will Ashley and her team solve the murders? Are they linked?

This crime thriller has you guessing all the way through, as more people become possible suspects, due to secrets in their past being revealed.

I love this series, as the police team is such a close team and have a lot of banter between them whilst they work but also show they care too.

I would love to read more in this series, as I would love to see what the team must investigate next, especially as it so close to home it seems more real.

Overall, a captivating crime thriller where the police must find a link between two murders before more get hurt.

Death at Paradise Park by Ross Greenwood

I received an advance review copy for free thanks to Rachel's Random Resources and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Blurb

When a body is discovered at Hunstanton seaside, DS Ashley Knight and her Major Investigation Team are called to investigate. Once the identity of the victim is confirmed, complications immediately arise. A second body is discovered at the nearby Paradise Caravan Park, but the team struggle to connect the two victims. They interview the residents and it appears many of them have questionable stories, but to the police's frustration, all their alibis stand up. What are they covering up? DS Knight is on the case, desperate to discover if they have one killer at work or two.

My Opinion

I read Death on Cromer Beach earlier this year and I was excited to see that there was going to be a sequel. Whilst this could be read as a standalone, it would be more enjoyable if the series is read in order. Ross Greenwood has written a novel with a detailed plot.

Greenwood throws multiple suspects at us with this fast-paced thriller, I have only just finished this book and I am already waiting for the next book to be ready to read. A wonderfully entertaining read, that I would highly recommend.

Rating 4/5

Just as overweight, out of shape, dodgy Alfie Hook is about to enjoy his fish and chips, he is killed. Shortly thereafter, a body is discovered in a hot tub at Paradise Caravan Park and DS Knight and the Major Investigation Team are on the case. Soon the body count starts mounting and while there is no shortage of theories about who the killer/killers might be, there are no convincing suspects. Many of the victims and suspects have secrets that are slowly revealed as the team becomes frustrated as to the solution.

This is the second in the DS Knight series. It is the first I have read and it worked well as a stand alone. There are many characters here, but a list of the police team and their ranks is provided in the beginning of the book. I liked the investigative team, especially their close personal relationships and their sarcastic humor, my favorite kind! Despite the body count, graphic violence was at a minimum.

This is a solid police procedural full of colorful characters and a plot that will keep readers guessing throughout. I am looking forward to the next installment in the series.

Loved this story as much as the rest of the series. Well worth a read. Keeping you in suspense and trying to work through the process, there are some secret shockers tucked in along the way.

This is the second outing for DS Ashley Knight, who we first met in Death on Cromer Beach. But you know that cos you have already read it, series rules and all that...!?
This time we start with a body at Hunstanton seaside. A man killed in his van in the carpark at the back of a chippy. Ashley and her team are called in to investigate but soon realise the stakes are pretty high once the identity of the victim is known. The tracker in the van leads them to a caravan park, where they find a second body. But, apart from the van's movements, they struggle to connect the two. They go back to basics and start interviewing but this kicks up more questions than answers as they come across all the usual secrets, lies and questionable behaviour you'd expect.
And so begins a tricky case, or cases if they aren't connected, which has Ashley, Barry and the rest of the team running around, chasing their tails until, eventually they start to gain some ground...
Oh My Days this one had my head spinning and I early on decided to stop trying to second guess and just enjoy the ride. And what a ride it was... It's extremely well plotted and that plot is ably executed by some very well crafted characters - main and minor alike. Especially as it gets more and more convoluted and interconnected as more is uncovered. Definitely kept me on my toes throughout. Culminating in a shocking, but wholly satisfying ending. Roll on book three...
My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

This was an incredibly well plotted adrenaline race of a thriller! Part of me wonders how the author managed to get the story to work so well with all the different moving parts that were happening with the different crime scenes, potential and real criminals and so many different experts giving hints and clues.
This is an absolutely amazing read and makes me think that next May cannot come quickly enough so that I can get my hands on book 3! Yes, this is a second book in a series but it could easily be read as a stand-alone as anything pertinent from the first book is explained here, there's just more detail and a whole load of other stuff that happens in that one too!
It was so good to revisit with Ashley, Hector and the rest of them left over from the first book. Their characters are so enjoyable to read about, quirks and all! The plotting was amazing, so many different threads all wound together and when the author pulled on them, the result was just a beautiful bow of an ending with no tangles left to unpick ..... until the next time!

This is a great crime thriller.
The book begins with a man being stabbed while enjoying some fish and chips near a caravan park in Norfolk.
Ashley and Barry head out to investigate and whilst looking round the caravan park, discover a woman's body.
The team wonder if the two deaths are linked in some way but when more people are murdered, it's harder to find the link.
This is a fast paced crime thriller with lots of twists and turns.
Thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

This is the second book in a series but could quite easily be read as a stand-alone. It has everything that you would expect from this brilliant author. You need your wits about you to keep up with the fast-paced complicated plot. The characters are believable. I especially like the banter between DS Ashley Knight and her trainee partner Hector Fade. Paradise Caravan Park is anything but paradise and they have their work cut out when they find that the truth is not being told. and more bodies are being discovered. Highly recommend.

Thank you to #NetGalley, Boldwood Books and Ross Greenwood for the opportunity to read an advance copy of Death at Paradise Park, to be published 6 Nov 2023. 5/5 Stars for this British police procedural in which there were numerous murders and a plethora of suspects. Ashley, the police representative, and her team spent hours and days of investigations and following clues to find the perpetrator(s). It was an excellent read. #NetGalley #BoldwoodBooks #RossGreenwood #DeathatParadisePark

Death at Paradise Park by Ross Greenwood is a very highly recommended police procedural. If you enjoy detailed procedurals that closely follow the investigation, you are going to love Death at Paradise Park. Although this is the second book featuring DS Ashley Knight, it works well as a stand alone novel, however then you will want to get the first in the series, Death on Cromer Beach.

The first victim was Alfie Hook, who was killed while eating his fish and chips by the Hunstanton seaside. When DS Ashley Knight, her rookie partner Hector Fade, and her Major Investigation Team from the Norfolk Police are called to investigate, they realize that this isn't going to be a simple case once they discover who Alfie is married to. Then a second body is discovered at the nearby Paradise Caravan Park. There are seemingly no clues tying the two murders to each other and then the body count rises.

The writing is exceptional in this fast paced, detailed investigative procedural. If you love following clues and trying to piece complicated details together as they are discovered, this will be an un-put-downable novel. As the death count rises, it becomes a breath-taking mad dash against time as the team tries to figure out what is going on and why before someone else becomes a victim. There are surprises and twist along the way during the investigation.

The narrative unfolds through Ashley's point-of-view. She is a reliable, intelligent, insightful investigator and narrator. Time is also spent developing the characters so they feel like real, unique individuals. Dialogue between characters occurs naturally and is sometimes humorous. If needed, a helpful list of characters is found at the beginning of the novel to help keep track of who is who.

Death at Paradise Park is an excellent police procedural with a strong plot and fully realized characters that will keep you guessing right up to the surprising ending.
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Boldwood Books via NetGalley.
The review will be published on Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

The second book in this series sees DS Knight back with her team investigating some puzzling murders at a caravan park in Hunstanton, Paradise Park.

I enjoyed this story and found that there was just the right amount of action involved. There is also a great cast of characters which have developed well from the first book in the series. The relationships and humour between them all is believable and enjoyable. The story is interesting and went in directions I was not expecting. I found the location of Paradise Park intriguing and enjoyed the atmospheric Norfolk setting. Overall, a very good book with plenty of grit, twists and turns. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this copy in return for an honest review.

I have been looking forward to reading this book so much and I was not disappointed! A fabulous return to the MIT (Major Investigations Team) with characters who leap off the page fully formed.

The plot starts with a murder and is followed quickly by another, seemingly unrelated, in Paradise Caravan Park. The crimes evoke powerful emotions, brought out by brilliant descriptions that you feel rather than read.

I loved seeing the understanding, relationships and vulnerabilities of the team develop, as they worked hard to unravel the complexities of these cases, whilst also recognising the gruesome sights that they can be met with.

This is a skilfully plotted, multi-layered story full of pulse raising action, supported by a full cast of quirky characters, set in Hunstanton which was, to me, a familiar location. It was an exciting read too with considerable macabre events and pulse elevating action, particularly in the second half of the novel.

It was addictive reading, drawing the reader into the narrative so that it was impossible not to want to read on. Recognising how the police can be tied by procedures and processes, whilst the officers live and breathe their cases 24/7, and the stresses and strains that these can create for the investigators, are raw and emotional, whilst the hours worked are long and arduous.

Often, with police procedural books, I have a strong idea of where the story is going. However, here, try as I might, I was kept puzzling with a gradual understanding of the separate pieces of the plot slowly emerging, which finally fit together right at the end, with a final twist or two still coming !

Love this series of books, hoping for many more!

I enjoyed the first in this series so was looking forward this follow up.

DS Knight and the team find themselves on a complicated case when a body found in a fish and chip shop car park leads them to the local Paradise Caravan site. When more bodies are discovered, they are up against to find out the who and why before there are more victims.

This is another great police procedural, packed full of realistic characters that was easy to read and kept me guessing to the end. Can't wait to catch up with the team again soon!

Ah so this is the 2nd of this series! Never mind though…on I read to discover a chap gets killed off whilst eating one of my favourite meals 😂

Jokes aside, I did enjoy the writing style as it kept me alert and not bored / wanting to DNF.
Another review pointed out the amount of deaths vs the presence/ amount of police, which also had me wondering how the deaths continued. However, without the killings, it wouldn’t be much of a thriller so I’m not complaining.
The DS & her team are a likeable team and I’ll be keeping a look out for the next in the series. This is one I’ll be recommending to friends & also adding Greenwood to my “new found & TBR” lists.

It would appear that the “well-off” do indeed provide good storylines, even if it is only fictional 😉

I’m conscious that much of my reading in recent months has been of a light and fluffy nature – I haven’t felt much able to engage with grittiness recently, daily life has been demanding enough. So Death at Paradise Park was slightly more of a challenge than it might have been. Having said that, by most people’s standards, it’s probably not particularly gritty. The central police team of Ashley, Hector and Barry are all likeable and, in their different ways, efficient investigators, although the case they have to deal with is convoluted enough to leave them all searching for connections between a string of murders in and near a caravan park.

The high-end holiday homes at one end of the park have become the playground of a group of retirees and the comfortably off, all content to spend 11 months of the year in the pursuit of leisure. But then Jasmine is found dead in her hot tub – an accident, or murder? If an accident, why was the pool cover on? It’s rather odd, too, that a builder’s delivery driver was killed just outside the park. And another resident has recently killed herself. The coincidences pile up.

I feel a little ambivalent about the book. I found the writing style was occasionally slightly confusing. Nothing that going back and re-reading a paragraph or three wouldn’t sort out, but I did find myself doing that several times, which is unusual. I think it was a matter of pronouns, and characters being not always being identified clearly – this is in the interests of being cryptic about who’s doing what, but it wasn’t necessarily helpful to the reader. However, it might have been at least in part my fault, in that I really didn’t like any of the non-police characters and found it hard to engage with them. Which takes me back to my preference at present for the light and fluffy.

Considering that the police team seem to enjoy unprecedented support from their superior officers, with Armed Response Vehicles regularly at the ready, the deaths really pile up. I’d have expected a better clear-up rate, quite honestly. No wonder new detective Hector is wobbling a bit. But I wouldn’t be surprised if the team gets another outing at some point. I see that Greenwood has written another series of linked crime novels, as well as thrillers, and I imagine that this one will get a positive reception from his existing readership, as well as a new audience who, like me, prefer the slightly more rose-tinted view of life and death.

I’m giving this one 3 stars. It would be three-and-a-half if I could, but it doesn’t quite make it to four, for me. I’m very grateful to NetGalley and publisher, Boldwood Books, for the review copy. Death at Paradise Park is published on 6 November.

I loved the deceptively benign start as obese van driver Alfie buys his Friday treat of fish and chips, and gets out his metal cutlery ready to enjoy it. He doesn't get beyond the first bite before he is mysteriously murdered in his van. Shortly afterwards, the body of a woman is found in a hot tub in the nearby caravan park.

We then segue to America and an assassination, but it's a brief diversion before we're back in Hunstanton with DS Ashley Knight and her team.

Who would have thought Hunstanton was such a hot bed of crime? But quite plausible when you read about "county lines" operating in villages across Britain.

The story gives us a lot of recognisable characters at both the police station and the caravan park. The ladies residing most of the year in their upmarket Diamond caravans seem to be living the life: they're honed, toned and enjoying illicit relationships. Good to see older women being portrayed in a different way.

Ashley comes to life off the page too, wanting a relationship but daunted because she can’t have children and feels it's the elephant in the room. She is excited about her pregnant friend, also a sergeant, coming to live with her, imagining helping to bring up the baby.

I love the professional pairing of Ashley with Hector, the fast track rookie. The team has accepted Hector, even though hes a bit posh, and he's part of the banter.

I actually identified the protagonist quite early on, and was frustrated the police didn't. It was hard to predict the reasons and history behind the killings. A very complex web.

A satisfying ending and a good read. Thanks to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for the advance copy in return for an honest review.

This is a new author to me and didnt realise there was another book in this series. It was a good basis for a story. However there was a lot going on in book with a lot of characters that I didnt know. Think i will go and find 1st book and read that! Then re read this one. Thankyou for advanced copy.

When the body of a man is found in his lorry in a fish and chip shop car park, the team soon realise that he is the other half of a local crook who has recently come out of prison. Does his death have anything to do with her release?

DS Ashley Knight and the team head to the local Paradise Caravan site, where they find the body of a female in her hot tub. Has she been murdered or is it natural causes.

With more deaths at the caravan site, the team are struggling with their workload. Who is killing all these people and why?

I did have a bit of trouble trying to remember who was who, as there were a lot of characters. This didn’t take away my enjoyment of the story though.

There were some interesting characters and I found some of them made me laugh out loud at their comments. Some good humoured comedy moments in the banter to make a dark story a little lighter.

A good and dark plot, with lots of twists. An entertaining read that will keep you in your toes guessing.

My thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for my copy of Death at Paradise Park by Ross Greenwood
Di Ashley Knight is called to a murder, a man eating his supper behind the fish shop is dead.
Murdered as he sat in his van.
Teamed with her rookie sidekick Hector Fade and the rest of the team are looking for answers when another murder occurs on their patch.
Are they connected but how?
I felt this book didn’t move as quickly as the first in the series and got bogged down in the middle, but I did enjoy the finish and like the team.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Boldwood Books for an advance copy of Death at Paradise Park, the second novel to feature DS Ashley Knight of Norfolk Police.

It starts with Alfie Hook being murdered behind a fish and chip shop in Hunstanton, then another body is found in the nearby caravan park, Paradise Park. Ashley and the team struggle to find a connection between the victims as the body count rises and the few leads they have paint a contradictory story.

I thoroughly enjoyed Death at Paradise Park, which is a thrilling and engrossing read with a plot complicated enough to fool most readers (including this one). It is told mostly from Ashley’s point of view and I like that as it allows the reader to concentrate on the narrative without disruptions and offers an immersive read. The reader knows what she knows, so, with so many unanswered questions, it gives the reader much to think about and arouses the curiosity to know more.

There is never a dull moment in the read with so many developments, twists and small reveals. I will say that the plot is probably not reality based, but that doesn’t matter when it’s so entertaining. Ashley and the team are up against a very smart, strategic killer, who is running rings round them for much of the novel until they get a breakthrough, which comes in the shape of a double cross. As they say, there is no honour amongst thieves, but the transactional nature of those involved, even peripherally, is quite shocking - my jaw dropped several times. I was glued to the pages.

The novel has a bit of everything, a terrific plot, grisly murders, lies, twists, victims, thrills, excitement, a certain amount of misdirection, some neat ironies and humorous dialogue. The detectives are all dedicated to hunting down the killer, but it’s not all work as there is time to explore more personal issues as well. They don’t detract from the work, but they make the characters more likeable and human. The verbal jousting is fun and realistic.

Death at Paradise Park is a good read that I have no hesitation in recommending.