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As much as I love Robert Bryndza’s Kate Marshall series I am always very excited when there is a new Erika Foster book out. I can’t believe that this is book eight in the series already! It only seems like five minutes since The Girl in The Ice came out and I’ve been a huge fan of his ever since. It has been interesting watching Erika’s development as the books progress. This book opens with Erika and her boyfriend Igor on a date at the restaurant at the top of the Oxo Tower. Something that would not have seemed possible just a few books ago. However Erika is anxious and afraid that Igor is going to propose and manages to escape in a panic from the venue leaving her phone on the table.

Reentering the building by a different door she stumbles across a woman reporting a murder on the fourth floor to the police. Neville Lomas was a member of parliament and he has been hog tied naked on his bed with masking tape over his mouth. A series of polaroid photos has been placed next to him, signed Annabel. Although Erika is first on the scene she soon realises that this is a particularly sensitive case and it is apparent that she is being pushed out and that something is being covered up. The Met Police quickly rule that death is from natural causes and the case is closed.

It is only when a well known footballer is found in the same position some months later that they realise that a serial killer is on the loose and targeting some very different men. Who is the mysterious Annabel and what do they all have in common? As Erika starts to sift through the evidence and finds more linked deaths it becomes a race against time to find the killer before they can strike again.

Lethal Vengeance was one of my favourite books in the Erika series. Not only do we have the bad ass female lead detective but we also have a clever and dangerous woman with a terrible past committing the crimes. Although Robert will not easily be forgiven for that cliff hanger ending! Bring on the next book very very soon!

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UK Publication date: Feb 8 2024. 407 pages.