7/11/2023 0 Comments Book of travels torrentIt seems farfetched to Kate that someone could connive a drowning after their car was washed off the road driving during flash-flooding. It was ruled accidental but the victim’s mother is sure her son’s wife was involved. And then her boss pulls her in to have a look over a drowning that took place during flash flooding three months before. Kate and new partner Josh (who’s taking over for her when she’s on maternity leave) are on the hunt for some young burglars whose spree has just escalated into violence. We get two cases for the price of one here and though they are ultimately linked (coincidentally rather than causally) I liked the way McKenzie introduces them. Kate can either write the report that's expected of her or investigate the case the way she wants to.Īs secrets and betrayals pile up, and the needs of her own family intervene, how far is Kate prepared to push to discover the truth? When a second case is dumped on her lap, the closed case of man drowned in recent summer floods, what begins as a simple informal review quickly grows into something more complicated. But a violent hold-up at a local fast-food restaurant with unsettling connections to her own past, means that her final days will be anything but straightforward. ![]() In Northern New South Wales, heavily pregnant and a week away from maternity leave, Detective Sergeant Kate Miles is exhausted and counting down the days. There’s a bit of backstory and baggage in relation to her father’s past but it doesn’t overwhelm the story unfolding here in any way which also includes a nice balance of the crime/s-at-hand and the usual personal stuff impacting on work lives – particularly that of cops’. McKenzie’s introduced us to an engaging lead in Kate and I liked the support cast we’d expect to see again – her husband, her work partner, her boss and her father. Of course my finely honed deductive skills also noted the inclusion of a preview of book number two at the end of The Torrent, so…. ![]() I’d heard a lot of good things about The Torrent by Dinuka McKenzie and now that I’ve read it, am happy it’s tagged on Goodreads as Detective Kate Miles #1 meaning there are more to come.
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