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Dark Water: A totally gripping thriller with a killer twist (Detective Erika Foster Book 3)

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II, Barry Wurst. "HAWAII FILM CRITICS SOCIETY 2019 NOMINEES LIST – Hawaii Film Critics Society". Archived from the original on 2020-01-12 . Retrieved 2021-08-30. Steigrad, Alexandra (January 14, 2016). "American Society of Magazine Editors Unveils Finalists for 2016 National Magazine Awards". WWD. Archived from the original on April 2, 2020 . Retrieved November 18, 2019. Fluoroware, previously headquartered in Chaska, Minnesota, manufactures of Teflon Filters and Teflon components for health Besides the procedural aspects of the plot, the real strength of Dark Water, I think, is in the character development. We get so much more of Erika Foster’s personal life, her thoughts, and her feelings in this book. Yes, she’s still edgy and cranky, but there is a softness beneath the surface that makes her easy to root for. I was happy to see Moss and Peterson included in this book; even though they work at Erika’s old station, she is able to borrow them for her team on this investigation. Commander Marsh is sprinkled here and there also, and I won’t be surprised if we see Erika return to her previous station in future books.

Erika Foster is feeling the tilt of the uneven ground. She is no longer on the Murder Investigation Team in Lewishham Row. She's been transferred to the Bromley Police Station working in the CID Division fighting organized crime. A potential opportunity to put a notorious drug dealer away has her new team searching the bottom of a dark and dank quarry for kilos of heroin. Instead, the divers bring up the skeletal remains of a long missing 7 year old girl. Borden. The Hero of the Providence. A legend among sailors, his presence hypnotizes Carver, even before he hears the man's story. Years before, Borden saved several men from mutiny and led them in a dinghy across the Pacific to safety.The case proves to be complex as Erika unravels both new evidence along with the old as she tries to learn more about both the Collins family and Amanda Baker who was the original detective.

Aboard the USS Orbis as it embarks from Boston and surges south to round Cape Horn, Hiram Carver takes up his first position as ship's doctor. Callow and anxious among the seasoned sailors, he struggles in this brutal floating world until he meets William Borden.The opening chapter has her team searching a water filled, disused quarry, where a notorious local drug dealer is known to have dumped a large stash of heroin. The drugs are soon found, but their search also reveals the skeletal remains of 7 year old Jessica Collins. Jessica went missing 26 years ago - simply vanished into mid air.

The family scenes are terrific. On one hand, we have the Collins family – the very Catholic mother, the estranged husband, the sister, brother, and their significant others. On the other hand, we have Erika’s sister and her children, who suddenly appear at Erika’s door one evening. Talk about chaos! Bryndza does a great job capturing the family dynamic of both groups.

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Oscar-bait no more: why serious-issue dramas are floundering". The Guardian. 2020-02-24 . Retrieved 2021-06-12.

Dark Water is available on DVD, in two releases. One release is in pan and scan full screen and includes the theatrical cut, which is PG-13 and runs 105 minutes. The other is in widescreen ( aspect ratio 2.35:1) and includes an unrated cut, which is actually shorter than the theatrical cut and runs at 103minutes. Note that exact specifications vary by DVD region. There is also a PlayStation Portable UMD video version of the film. A Blu-ray Disc was released on October 17, 2006, but it only contains the widescreen PG-13 theatrical version and fewer extras than the DVD releases. A superbly entertaining historical novel . . . A superior thriller, cleverly conceived and elegantly written At the beginning of this story, Erika is in a new district and no longer working murder investigations but instead is working major organized crimes. To put a major drug dealer behind bars, the local quarry is dredged to recover drugs hidden in the depths. The drugs are found, but so is the wrapped skeleton of a child. Erika cannot get the sight of those small bones out of her mind and fights to get the case assigned to her and to have Peterson and Moss moved to be on her team once again. The bones are 26 years old and the case has already destroyed one DCI’s career, but Erika and her crew refuse to quit. I got to know DCI Erika Foster in A Girl in the Ice then I got a deeper look and understanding of her in The Night Stalker and admire how she has grown in Dark Waters. She has become one of my favourite characters and I look forward to more of her in The Last Breath.This is a complex case with many plot twists and surprises. When you think you have it figured out, it takes a sharp turn in another direction and yet in the end, all the little threads come together in a very satisfying climax. With a fast paced plot and interesting, intriguing characters, Mr. Brynzda has delivered another exceptional addition to this series. Electrified" Written by Mike Gallagher and Marc Ferrari Performed by Mike Gallagher Courtesy of Marc Ferrari/MasterSource Thank you to Net Galley, the publishers and the author, for a copy of this third book in this great series from DCI Erica Foster.

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