Cold Blood (Detective Erika Foster, #5) by Robert Bryndza
Cold Blood by Robert Bryndza
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Detective Erika Foster and her team have been put on yet another investigation when a suitcase is found and when opened it’s found to contain a dismembered body. Before long it’s found that their investigation leads to yet another body that has been found in a similar state leading them to believe there is another serial killer on the loose. As Erika and her team begin to uncover more and more it begins to look as if there isn’t one but possibly two killers on the loose.
Nina is a young woman who after taking a job at a local establishment finds herself with a bit of a crush on a fellow employee named Max. One night after working together for a while but with Max ignoring Nina she finds herself out in her mother’s car when Max hops in asking for a ride. After that night the two become close spending more time together which leads the pair to an event that will bond them together for better or worse.
Cold Blood by Robert Bryndza is the fifth book in the police procedural Detective Erika Foster series. Having followed along with the series from the beginning myself I will suggest that it would be best to start this one from the beginning just for the carry over of the personal lives of the characters in each read. But each book does contain a completely new case for Erika and her team to solve so it is possible to read them out of order or as standalones if one chose to do so.
Erika herself is a bit flawed but still a strong, gritty female detective that goes a bit off the book and does whatever it takes to solve her cases. Others around her also reoccur in each of the books and all are an interesting bunch to follow along with as they work on each case. This particular edition the reader is let in on who the killers are as the team searches to find them with the chapters switching between Erika and her team to the backstory of Nina and Max and what led them to kill. As usual I would highly recommend checking out this thrilling detective series by Robert Bryndza, always an exciting read from start to finish.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
Carries Book Reviews 
This sounds like a great series Carrie. I don’t mind a flawed mc as it usually makes them more believable.😊
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In this case that’s definitely true. No one would be cheery and perfect while chasing serial killers and going through the things in here.
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I have only read the first one in this series and I need to get to it. Another great review that kicks me in the butt.
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Haha sorry Carla, it’s a good series though! 🙂
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This sounds really good. I was reading this post earlier and I was like ohlalala.
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It’s a great series if you like police procedural thrillers at all I’d definitely recommend checking it out. 🙂
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So I just started NetGalley and have lots to learn I requested this book and was like that sounds good and familiar. Well I didnt realize it was a series. So shit. Can it be read as a stand-alone
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Hooe didnt say anything wrong somwtimes I ramble on and on. But Im looking forward to this whole series I already downloaded the first one! Do you think its okay to read this first or maybe go back to the first one and get a touchy feely for it and all that good stuff
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Each of the books in the series do involve a separate case so you wouldn’t be spoiling that part to be out of order but of course there’s things going on in the characters lives that continue over from book to book so it’s definitely best to read from the start. Hope that helps. 🙂
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I’ll also tell you that it’s very rare to find on Netgalley when books are part of a series. Well, that especially goes for mystery/thrillers… fantasies may make note of it more often. I usually try to look everything up on Goodreads these days just to double check.
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That’s what I’m going to start doing! Thank you so much for your help! I guess the other day had to learn when I finally started the hard way on some things. Like dates and etc. I will be loaded with eARCs for awhile now. Lol
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Haha no worries, I think almost everyone starts off getting more than they expected. If you have any questions though feel free to ask. 🙂
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Thanks so !ugh Carrie that means a lot and you’re right I thought I would be denied for most and now I got a lot to go through lol.
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So now you’ll see why I’m constantly reading… so many it’s hard to behave on there. 🙂
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Sorry about typos. It is so hard to behave. Lol. All mine have release dates like jan or feb. But i want to get my ratio up. I guess its okay to release a review early on some of them? Cause I’ve noticed some of the publishers dont mention when you sgould post a review.
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I don’t think it will affect you either way doing them sooner or later as long as you keep turning them in is the important part. Some publishers either have on their lookup or in their mails to wait until a certain time so I try to do that, while on the flip side some actually like them early or at least don’t mind if you do.
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Thank you so much for that information Carrie!!! That’s a big help I was worried. I’m new so I’m kind of addicted and now my TBR is packed. Lol.
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The way I’ve always done it is work on the ones coming up to be published first and then sneak in ones that were already published when they were added to Netgalley and knock on wood I’ve managed to keep up with the publish dates that way. But I also know a lot of users have extremely long lists and don’t make the dates that often but yet still get approved quite often so it’s not as if you will suddenly get cut off if you do get behind.
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Thanks so much Carrie for the advice!!! I have been thinming I’m going to follow that plan. I can see why its addicting. Thanks again, you are the best!
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You’re quite welcome! 🙂
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