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Emma @damppebbles is honoring #bookbloggers with her annual #R3COMM3ND3D2023 – and today is myday! November 18, 2023 How great that this novel is the first in a new police procedural series! I have so much anticipation for this series and its characters. I'm always curious how a team of detectives can all immediately throw themselves into a new investigation with no reference to what they were doing the previous day. This happens in this plot although there is a reference to a domestic abuse incident that seemed authentic and I was then disappointed when it was linked to the murders. There’s a killer on the loose who must be caught, or other victims will meet their fate by the sea. This is for those of us that enjoy good mysteries (I am terrible at guessing who done it) and above all solid police procedurals and teamwork.
Do not expect erotica and do not expect sailor's profanity - the focus is on the crime, the suspects and the solutions. There’s a killer on the loose who wants them to believe that the beach has a memory. They must be caught, or others will meet their end by the sea.
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I was born in 1973 in Peterborough and lived there until I was 20, attending The King's School in the city. I then began a rather nomadic existence, living and working all over the country and various parts of the world. The murder plot was well handled and engaging and kept me guessing to the end, which is how I like a crime novel to be and I was invested in the plot throughout the book. I really enjoyed the setting of the novel in a close knit, Norfolk community. East Anglia is becoming a very popular place for novel settings I’ve noticed in recent years. Will it overtake Cornwall and Northumberland in this regard?
The first in a new series from bestselling author, Ross Greenwood! A brutal double murder on a Norfolk beach horrifies the town of Cromer. The way the victims died is chilling and so Norfolk’s Major Investigation Team task DS Ashley Knight to manage the case. Ashley has been allocated a young but opinionated partner in Hector Fade, and sparks soon fly. Annoyingly for Ashley, Hector is no pushover and looks destined for great things. ;When the pair delve into the case, they struggle to understand who would inflict such suffering on their victims and hope the crime is a one off from a deranged and dangerous individual. But then another body is found. I was invested in the plot very early and enjoyed it twisting around - parts of the ending were completely implausible but I still enjoyed reading it. Ross Greenwood is an excellent writer and has drawn on a wealth of personal experience and meticulous research to create a new detective series set in Cromer on the east coast of the UK. There’s always a lot to do in a new series, location to establish, characters to introduce and establishing at what level of the gritty and gruesome the series is going to be pitched at. Detective Sergeant Ashley Knight is the main character here and her partner is new guy Detective Sergeant Hector Fade. We get to know the main members of the police team throughout the book, building up a picture of their professional lives and glimpses into their private lives. I enjoyed this aspect of it and also many of the other characters. I especially loved Geoffrey the fisherman and Ashley’s elderly neighbour Arthur.
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Ross Greenwood's "Death on Cromer Beach" is a yet another fun & gripping procedural that takes readers on a journey to the tame but atmospheric and even enigmatic shores of Norfolk, where the tranquil waves hide secrets darker than the depths of the ominous, and seemingly insatiable appetite of the sea. This is a novel that effortlessly weaves a complex web of suspense, inviting readers to dive into a world where the line between the natural beauty of the coast and the secrets it conceals, constantly blurs.
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