Chasing Shadows (Detective Erika Foster Book 9) by Robert BryndzaChasing Shadows (Detective Erika Foster Book 9) by Robert Bryndza with rahim66

Book Description:

The heart-stopping new Detective Erika Foster thriller from the seven million copy bestseller Robert Bryndza

In a deadly game of cat and mouse, Detective Erika Foster confronts her greatest nemesis—where the lines of justice blur and secrets unravel.

A collapsed ceiling. A dead body. What starts as a routine 999 call takes an unexpected twist when Detective Chief Inspector Erika Foster arrives on the scene and discovers the body of a woman in an empty flat, with all DNA evidence scrubbed away. When forensics find cocaine residue coating every surface of the ceiling, Erika calls in the drug dogs, who lead her to a mysterious parcel locker on the outside wall of the property. Chasing down the locker’s owner leads Erika back where she never expected to be – staring into the eyes of Jerome Goodman, the drug dealer who murdered her husband, Mark, ten years ago.

She arrests him on the spot, but there’s just one problem. His passport and his solicitor say his name is Kieron Bagshaw, and his record is squeaky clean.

With top brass demanding she take leave to deal with her PTSD and even her closest colleagues questioning her sanity, Erika decides to use the time off to do some digging of her own. Trawling for clues through old newspapers, encrypted messages, and secret underground passageways, Erika makes a series of shocking discoveries that move Mark’s murder from cold case to active investigation, all while flying under the Met’s radar.

The revelations will push Erika to the brink, forcing her to confront the trauma of her past and the truth about what happened the day Mark died – and who among her friends was involved from the shadows.

Can be read as a standalone story.

My Thoughts:

With each case in the series it feels like it is Erika’s toughest one yet but in the latest offering from the author, Erika is really put through the mill. She is forced to confront the past and rightly so, she wants justice for the death of her husband and colleagues and to get some much needed answers. Whilst we have always known how Mark lost his life, it was absolutely riveting to get an insight in to what actually happened that fateful evening.

It’s hard to know what to say without giving too much away about the storyline itself. What I will say is that things don’t turn out to plan after Erika’s discovery and it seems to open up a rabbit hole of doubt, secrets and lies. Erika finds herself in a terrible predicament that could not only see her career in trouble but also putting her life at risk. There are plenty of nail-biting moments that’s for sure!

Chasing Shadows digs deep into the past with some shocking revelations. I didn’t know who to trust by the end. I was as desperate as Erika for the truth to come out and for justice to be finally served. With each page turned, the story got more harrowing and had me gripped to the edge of my seat. One twist literally knocked me sideways and my emotions went into overdrive. One of the tensest and most heart-stopping reads that will leave you with your jaw dropped firmly on the floor. Excellent!

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