My stop on the blog tour for Death in Bacton Wood by Ross Greenwood. Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Boldwood Books for the gifted ebook to write my honest review.

When a mud-splattered man staggers from Bacton Wood with a terrifying tale about being buried alive, DS Ashley Knight and her team are called in to investigate. Soon, another victim is found, and more men are missing – all with connections to the well-known Vialli family.

The Major Investigation Team find themselves attempting to untangle a case that stretches from Eastern Europe through to North Norfolk. Along with rookie detective, the whip-smart Hector Fade, Ashley is in a race against time trying to help a family who seem determined to take matters into their own hands. And when Ashley suspects there is a department rat, the stakes get even higher.

As the evidence continues to point in different directions, and as new victims are uncovered thick and fast, Ashley and Hector begin to fear they have finally met their match in a killer too ruthless and clever to be caught.

Bestselling Ross Greenwood is back with a breath-taking page-turning thriller, perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Ian Rankin and Peter James.

I have read every book by Ross Greenwood. Everything he writes is just great. This book is the third in the Norfolk Murders series. I knew it would tick every box, even before I opened the book. That’s how much confidence I have in this author.

Death In Bacton Woods definitely starts as it means to go on. Hamish is buried alive and luckily manages to escape. Max, his friend, is missing, and when Hamish completely disappears from his bed in the hospital, DS Ashley Knight and the team have an investigation that’s going to keep them on their feet.

With a plot that keeps the suspense high as well as scary. I read this book at some pace. As always, the characters are so well created and the setting so vivid that I can picture it so well. In this particular instalment, the investigation turns pretty dark, with human trafficking and organised crime being some of the issues raised. It’s as always an excellent storyline that doesn’t stay surface level. The dark side of life is here, and with it, the shocks and horrors that come along with it.

Ultimately, it is a story of revenge, which leaves Ashley and the team searching in a race against time. What a cracker of a book! Ross Greenwood goes from strength to strength. If you haven’t read any of his books, you are certainly missing out.

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Author Bio

Ross Greenwood was born in 1973 in Peterborough and lived there until he was 20, attending The King’s School in the city. He then began a nomadic existence, living and working all over the country and various parts of the world.

Greenwood returned to Peterborough many times over the years. He worked mostly in sales management followed by four years as a prison officer.

He met his partner about 100 metres from his back door whilst walking a dog. Two children swiftly followed. It was a four a.m. feed that gave Ross the opportunity to finish his Fifty Years of Fear book. Unable to get back to sleep, he completed it in the early morning hours.

Ross says he finds it a surprise to realise he’s now written ten books. There are two strands, one where the books concern lives affected by prison, and then the detective series’s starring DI John Barton and DS Ashley Knight.

The first Barton book, The Snow Killer hit the coveted number one spot on KOBO, with the second and third in the series not far behind. Death in Bacton Wood is the 3rd in the Norfolk Murder Mysteries.

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