Devil's Way by Robert Bryndza (2023)
First let me admit that I rarely delve into procedural mysteries involving police and/or private investigators doggedly tracking down leads and clues that'll lead them to the 'perp;. But the ;plot description of this one somehow hooked me right away, and author Bryndza's storytelling gripped me from beginning to end. The characterizations are so well drawn and most importantly, the book makes skillful use of the scenic but strangely ominous moors where its central crime originated.
P.I. Kate Marshall's dedication to ocean swims lands her in the hospital after a near fatal bout with a riptide. She shares her room with Jean, ,an elderly woman coping with the memories of a terrible family tragedy. Eleven years ago. on a camping holiday with her troubled daughter, Jean's 3 year old grandson went missing then ruled presumably drowned by the police inquiry.. Living with the crushing grief of her daughter's subsequent suicide and what she considers the unsolved mystery of the boy's true fate, Jean holds out hope that the child might have survived.......and hires Kate and her young partner Tristan to find out what happened out there in the treacherous landscapes of the moors.
Once Kate and Tristan's hunt for the chilling truth gets underway, the many twists and turns they encounter kept me firmly glued to "Devil's Way" to the very end. Our relentless sleuths deal with a past brutal murder related to the missing child and even more heartrending discoveries. Yes it's that kind of 'stay-up-all-nighter' that you can't stop reading till the final revelations unfold.
And I particularly admired the final emotional pages of the case's aftermath, which I wouldn't dream of spoiling here......other than to say that for avid mystery readers, this one's a 5 star find.(*****)
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