The Lost Victim

The Lost Victim

By Robert Bryndza
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When schoolgirl Janey Macklin disappeared from the seedy side of London in 1988, her case went cold, with no body and no witnesses. Now, thirty years later, private detective Kate Marshall has been approached by a true crime podcast producer with an intriguing question they need her help answering: What if Janey was killed by Peter Conway, the notorious Nine Elms Cannibal?

The contract would be the most lucrative of Kate's career, but it comes with a price of its own, dredging up a sordid, complicated past that she would sooner forget … one that the paparazzi are determined to keep in the headlines.

As Kate and her partner, Tristan, scour King's Cross for clues, no two leads seem to point in the same direction. The last person to see Janey alive has already been tried, convicted, and then acquitted of her murder, Peter Conway is in poor health and fading fast, and the line between their clients and their suspects is blurring with each new revelation about the case.

With little to work from, can Tristan and Kate wade through clandestine phone calls, decades-old secrets, and deteriorating DNA evidence to solve Janey's murder, or will she remain one of London's countless missing persons, forever lost to time?

A brilliantly gripping thriller from the global multi-million-copy bestselling author, The Lost Victim will have you hooked from the first page and holding your breath all the way to the heart-stopping ending.

Can be enjoyed as a standalone listen.

'Gripping, suspenseful, and twisty. Proves yet again that you simply can't go wrong with a Robert Bryndza book! He is one author I never need to read the synopsis - I just grab it!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kelly Y, Netgalley Reviewer

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  1. Duchess of New Town
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    Kate and Tristan tackle a notorious "cold case"

    The Lost Victim is the fifth instalment in Robert Bryndza's series featuring former police officer - turned private detective Kate Marshall and her trusty sidekick Tristan Harper. This book takes Kate and Tristan away from the Devon coast, where they run a holiday park as well as their detective agency, to the gentrified area of Kings Cross in London, where a young girl disappeared just before Christmas 1988. Solving this “cold case” has a significant personal element for Kate, as a link is suggested between the Janey Macklin case and notorious convicted "Nine Elms Killer" Peter Conway. Conway is Kate's former lover and police boss, as well as the father of her adult son, Jake. He's now terminally ill in prison, and Kate's not too thrilled about renewing their acquaintance, but the detective agency is in dire need of income, and Kate's personal link to Conway is the reason they've been offered the contract by the producers of a true crime podcast in the first place. Against the backdrop of a frigid London winter, Kate and Tristan begin the process of uncovering the past and negotiating an interview with the ailing Conway. They quickly realise that they're being manipulated by the producers who are paying them, and that they're not the only ones with a personal stake in the mystery surrounding Janey's disappearance. The Lost Victim is a tense and engaging crime-thriller, with great characters and a multilayered, well-paced plot. I always enjoy author Robert Bryndza's writing - his female heroines are gutsy and complex, and his books always present an immersive sense of setting in time and place, in this case late 1980s Kings Cross contrasting with the gentrified surroundings of the present day. Scenes set in a high-security prison also indicate the depth of his research and ability to create a realistic context for the narrative action. I'd highly recommend The Lost Victim to any reader who enjoys tightly-plotted crime-thrillers with great characterisations and engrossing detail. My thanks to the author, publisher Raven Street Publishing, and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this title.

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