The Girls in the Ice Book Review

Title: The Girl In The Ice

Author: Robert Bryndza

ISBN: 9781910751770

Publisher: Bookouture

Pages: 394

Source: Private Copy

Her eyes are wide open. Her lips parted as if to speak. Her dead body frozen in the ice…She is not the only one.

“Compelling at every turn! The Girl in the Ice grabs us from the first page and simply won’t let go, as we follow the brilliantly drawn Detective Erika Foster in her relentless hunt for one of the most horrific villains in modern crime fiction.”―Jeffery Deaver, #1 internationally bestselling author

“A riveting page-turner. An astonishingly good plot with perfectly drawn characters and sharp, detailed writing. The Girl in the Ice is a winner.”―Robert Dugoni, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author

When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park, Detective Erika Foster is called in to lead the murder investigation.

The victim, a beautiful young socialite, appeared to have the perfect life. Yet when Erika begins to dig deeper, she starts to connect the dots between the murder and the killings of three prostitutes, all found strangled, hands bound and dumped in water around London.

What dark secrets is the girl in the ice hiding?

As Erika inches closer to uncovering the truth, the killer is closing in on Erika.

The last investigation Erika led went badly wrong… resulting in the death of her husband. With her career hanging by a thread, Erika must now battle her own personal demons as well as a killer more deadly than any she’s faced before. But will she get to him before he strikes again?

Official Summary

A friend gave me a copy of this audiobook a while back and it’s has been sitting on my playlist for a while because I am not familiar with Robert Bryndza. I finally got to listening to it and what an entertaining ebook. This crime thriller had me hooked and I made time to listen, eager to find out where the investigation would lead DCI Erika Foster.

I found this book to have everything I loved about crime thrillers, detectives on the chase as bodies are piling up and not sure who the killer was. The author capturing my imagination as the clues slowly lead to the truth behind the crimes. The author managed to keep me guessing and landed a huge surprise when the truth is revealed. I cannot wait to get my hands on more books by this author.

Erika Foster returns to duty after losing her husband in the line of duty, to be thrown headfirst into the murder investigation of a young socialite Andre Douglas-Brown. From the get-go, the family is not very helpful and are clearly more concerned with a media scandal than finding out the truth about Andrea’s murder.

Erika soon finds that the influential Douglas-Brown family has a lot more influence on her investigation than she realises and is soon suspended. But Erika refuses to walk away, determined to find justice for Andrea and stays in touch with the officers on the case, eager to find the truth. When her life is in danger she is even more determined to find the killer.

Can she put the pieces together in time or will she become the next victim?

This is a brilliant crime thriller that had been completely engrossed in the story. I enjoyed the characters and found this to be a brilliant escape from reality – exactly what I love about a book.

Erika Foster is a stubborn, determined woman who fights for what she believes in and will not give up her quest for the truth. I just love this character and look forward to reading more about her.

The characters in the book were a colourful mix ranging from rich to poor making for an interesting read. I loved Ivy, her snotty attitude and fast words added some spunk to the story.

This book was time well spent. I have already made a note to find other books in the series. The Girls in the Ice is an intense read that will keep you speculating right to the end. Yep, I loved it.

The Girls in the Ice is perfect for Crime and Thriller enthusiasts. If you enjoy a fast-paced read that keeps you on the edge of your seat while you wait for the truth to be revealed then you will love this book.

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About the Author

Bio from Author’s Site

Robert Bryndza is an international bestselling author, best known for his page-turning crime and thriller novels, which have sold over four million copies in the English language.

His crime debut, The Girl in the Ice was released in February 2016, introducing Detective Chief Inspector Erika Foster. Within five months it sold one million copies, reaching number one in the Amazon UK, USA and Australian charts. To date, The Girl in the Ice has sold over 1.5 million copies in the English language and has been sold into translation in 29 countries. It was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller (2016), the Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle in France (2018), and it won two reader-voted awards, The Thrillzone Awards best debut thriller in The Netherlands (2018) and The Dead Good Papercut Award for best page-turner at the Harrogate Crime Festival (2016).

Robert has released a further five novels in the Erika Foster series, The Night Stalker, Dark Water, Last Breath, Cold Blood and Deadly Secrets, all of which have been global bestsellers, and in 2017 Last Breath was a Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Mystery and Thriller.

Most recently, Robert created a new crime thriller series based around the central character Kate Marshall, a police officer turned private detective. The first book, Nine Elms, was an Amazon USA #1 bestseller and an Amazon UK top five bestseller, and the series has been sold into translation in 15 countries. The second book, Shadow Sands will be published on November 3rd 2020.

Robert was born in Lowestoft, on the east coast of England. He studied at Aberystwyth University, and the Guildford School of Acting, and was an actor for several years, but didn’t find success until he took a play he’d written to the Edinburgh Festival. This led to the decision to change career and start writing. He self-published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels, before switching to writing crime. Robert lives with his husband in Slovakia and is lucky enough to write full-time.

It’s been a while since I have been able to enjoy an older book. This one was published in July 2016. Now I have some more books to add to my TBR as I found myself enjoying the author and his characters. Have you read any books by Robert Bryndza? Which is your favourite? Leave a comment below. Thank you for taking the time to read my review of this title. Until next time… Happy Reading!