Nobody ever knew what happened to the Brindleys. One summer they were there – flashy, loud and beautiful – and then they were gone. A mother, father and two children, vanished into the East Anglian night.
Some said the family never made it home from the party; their speeding car thrown off the tracks and the four of them silently buried in the marshes. Others said they had simply moved on. For thirty years, the case remained as cold as the freezing waterways of the Norfolk broads.
Until Cam Killick found the car.
An ex-marine and ex-SBS officer, Cam Killick’s PTSD has made the return to civilian life a living nightmare. The only place he can find peace is underwater, where the world is muffled to white noise. As a cold case diver it is his job to scour the waterways of the country for the lost, the submerged, the drowned, laying their stories to rest alongside them.
Except when Cam throws open the doors to the Brindley car, all four bodies are missing. And Cam will soon learn that some secrets, once submerged, are better off staying that way.
The Troubled Deep sees the launch of a new series from one of my favourite authors, Rob Parker. Regular readers will know how much I loved his Thirty Mile Trilogy, so I was delighted to find out that Rob had a new series!
Former Special Boat Service officer Cam Killick is now a cold case diver. Along with his dog Nala, he spends his time diving in the Norfolk broads in East Anglia. Then one day he discovers a car linked to the missing Brindley family deep in the dark cold waters. But there are no bodies inside…
Man, I love a good mystery. Throw in some fantastic characters and a real sense of place, and I’m happy as a cold case diver in water. I loved this book and raced through it as soon as it arrived. I sometimes feel slightly guilty knowing how long an author has spent sweating over a book, only for me to open it, practically inhale the story and put it down a couple of hours later.
But then that’s also (I hope) a huge compliment. I could not put this book down. I had to find out what happened to the Brindleys. Had to go for one more dive with Cam Killick (and what a great character he is) to get to the truth. Had to just read one more chapter…
Hugely entertaining, tautly written, it’s a cracking read. Another belter from Mr Parker.
Highly recommended.
The Troubled Deep by Rob Parker is published by Raven Books and is out now. Many thanks to the publisher for an advance copy of the book for review.
