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Master of the psychological thriller genre Ross Greenwood once again proves his talent for creating engrossing and gritty novels that draw you right in and won’t let go until you’ve reached the shocking ending.
It would seem that there is significant organisation to the crimes and as more bodies appear, DS Knight can only wonder who is planning these killings and for what reason. This deliberate pacing allows for a thorough exploration of motives and clues, keeping the reader in suspense until the final revelations. I was born in 1973 in Peterborough and lived there until I was 20, attending The King's School in the city. A brutal double homicide murder on the beach, Dora Thorne and her dog Happy found both male and female Ron and Ruby Jerrod and the investigation is on to find out why.Having to deal with a double murder and then more as another and another body turns up is tough on the whole team. We are not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this blog on other Web sites or media without our permission.
Knight’s struggles and personal demons add a layer of authenticity to her character, making her someone readers can truly connect with, giving just enough backstory to authenticate her journey without ever becoming boring or overly complicated. The author got permission to use actual place names and business from Cromer and thus the book that you can easily relate to if you have ever visited the town. Plot development is also key to a great thriller, particularly in a debut when casting the net to capture the reader’s attention is key. The way the victims died is chilling and so Norfolk’s Major Investigation Team task DS Ashley Knight to manage the case.The book - as the first in the series - has lengthy exposition on Ashley’s backstory (involving a severe injury to a colleague when she was part of a unit chasing joyriders and a subsequent lapse into depression and alcoholism) and a wary but growing relationship with her sidekick, a well connected youngster on a fast track scheme but with his own challenges and issues. Using flashback sequences and a plethora of suspects, the story takes on many angles and allows the reader to feel fully involved. What he has written here is a fast-paced, action-filled puzzle with believable characters that's spiced with a lot of humour. Greenwood is able to keep the calibre of his writing high and the action ongoing with this debut thriller, which takes a grisly murder and leaves it up to an established copper with a new team to solve it. Whilst undoubtedly missing the fun, safe and riveting tapestry that comes with DI Barton and his Peterborough crew, Knight is a very engaging protagonist, that’s motivated by a difficult career where she has seen her share of horror, working against a backdrop of pain, fear and heartache which she must put aside to weave through a complex maze that is well-crafted, linking back to one historic event that changed the lives of seven young residents many years earlier, putting them all at risk, and making one of them a killer.
The pacing slowed down a lot in the middle and the story lost a bit of the natural pull/thrill that should come with a murder mystery. A gripping debut novel in this series that proves Greenwood has all the elements for a strong series ahead.
It was a well-crafted, entertaining and engrossing police procedural with an interesting new character to follow and I would be happy to recommend it. DS Ashley Knight finds herself leading a double murder investigation when her superior has had to take stress leave. It is my pleasure to be taking my turn on the blog tour for Death on Cromer Beach by Ross Greenwood.
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