Lead Review (Devil’s Way)
- Book: Devil’s Way
- Location: Dartmoor, The West Country
- Author: Robert Bryndza
Kate is an ex police officer working as a PI, taking on cases with the support of her younger colleague Tristan. She happens to get caught up in a riptide which sees her end up in hospital, and it is there that she talks to Jean, who tells her the sad story of the disappearance of her grandson, Charlie, a decade ago.
Jean was wild camping with her daughter and her partner and Jean’s ex-partner happened to turn up unexpectedly. Whilst she was managing his drunken behaviour, the child seemed to have wandered off. Several hours of searching threw up no trail and in the early hours of the next day, the police were called. He was never found, but Jean has a sense that his story didn’t end in one of the bogs or drains, or in the raging local river, as was surmised at the time.
Once fit enough to leave hospital, Kate and Tristan start to pore over the details of the original investigation. They discover all kinds of aspects that, they know, must build a fuller picture, including the brutal murder of a social worker who was involved in overseeing Jean and her relationship with Charlie.
This is a nicely paced novel that moves around, picking up clues and piecing them together. I did guess quite early on what the likely outcome might be and that is probably because I have only recently read a novel with a similar storyline and similar outcome.
I listened to this as an audiobook and although I liked the voice of the narrator for the majority of the experience, I sometimes felt that she was a little overly dramatic as though she was reading from a pulpit at times.
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