Gripping writing and haunting plot

Charlie was 3 years old when he disappeared from a campsite in 2007. Now, eleven years later, his grandmother, Jean, wants answers. After meeting private detective Kate Marshall in the hospital, Jean wants her and her business partner Tristan to find her lost grandson. Will a cold murder case, an old farm house and a disturbing short story help them to discover what truly happened to Charlie eleven years ago?

Right off the bat, I'm going to say that Robert Bryndza doesn't ever disappoint me. His writing is gripping and his plots are haunting. That's why I immediately requested this e-book when I saw it on NetGalley and I was so excited when I got the news that I could read it before the rest of the world had a chance to.

Even though I haven't read a Kate Marshall novel before - this is the fourth book in the series - I knew before I even got started that I was going to love Devil's Way. Luckily, I was right. I was so intrigued by the disappearance of little Charlie that I couldn't put the book away, I just had to know what happened. Rob has a way of sucking you into a book and making sure you don't go anywhere until you've finished it. Do I have exams to prepare for? Yes. Do I first need to know if Charlie's still alive? Absolutely!

Devil's Way is full of twists and turns. You think you know what happened? Think again and here's a big plottwist to confuse you even more. I'm a huge fan of thrillers that keep me on the edge of my seat and constantly provide new information, so this really was a book for me. The characters felt fleshed out and real. Kate has a swimming accident at the start of this book and nearly drowns. Her struggle to get back in the water after this felt painfully accurate to me. The last chapter had me blinking some tears away.

If you are very aware and attentive, you might get what really happened to Charlie somewhere in the last 25% of the book. Even though I did have a pretty good guess towards the end, that didn't stop me from enjoying those chapters as much as I had the previous ones.

Overall, I'm really glad I read this book and I would definitely recommend it to fellow crime-loving readers. It's not too graphic, but still manages to creep you out every now and then. Devil's Way gets a well-deserved 4.25 stars from me!

Thanks very much to NetGalley, Robert Bryndza and Bryndza's team for providing me with an ARC! I'm looking forward to more of them in the future :)