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Dark Water by Robert Bryndza. The third DCI Erika Foster mystery. Aside from stretching some credibility at the start, I think it is probably the best of the series so far. The solution was not a complete surprise (enough hints early on that stood out to anyone that reads a lot of murder mysteries) but again there were enough distractions that I was not certain until the end. A firm 4/5.
Probably time for something different so, next up came...
Asperfell by Jamie Thomas. Asperfell is a prison for Mages. I especially liked the start of this. For all that it might be considered just background information, I thought it was very well done; the characters are appealing and setting is interesting, and all offered up with a sense of tension, knowing things were about to break. I was left wanting more. Whereas the time in Asperfell itself was at first less compelling. But it does improve and the reluctant romance is neatly built. The end felt a little rushed, but I definitely feel involved now and so I am looking forward to the next instalment of the trilogy (not yet released). First person narrative often puts me off, especially in what is partly a YA romance, but I thought it worked well here. 4/5.
Note: The publisher let this down a bit, letting through some formatting and proof-reading errors: enough that I noticed them. (Normally, for a book I enjoyed as much as this, I would be unlikely to notice minor problems.)
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