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Last Breath: (Detective Erika Foster) (Volume 4) Paperback – March 31, 2017

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He’s your perfect date. You’re his next victim.

When the tortured body of a young woman is found in a dumpster, her eyes swollen shut and her clothes soaked with blood, Detective Erika Foster is one of the first at the crime scene. The trouble is, this time, it’s not her case.

While she fights to secure her place on the investigation team, Erika can’t help but get involved and quickly finds a link to the unsolved murder of a woman four months earlier. Dumped in a similar location, both women have identical wounds – a fatal incision to their femoral artery.

Stalking his victims online, the killer is preying on young pretty women using a fake identity. How will Erika catch a murderer who doesn’t seem to exist?

Then another girl is abducted while waiting for a date. Erika and her team must get to her before she becomes another dead victim, and, come face to face with a terrifyingly sadistic individual.

Gripping, tense and impossible to put down, Last Breath will have you on the edge of your seat, racing to the final dramatic page.

Read what everyone is saying about Last Breath:

‘Oh my giddy aunt Robert Bryndza never fails to surprise me, just when I convinced myself the Detective Erika Foster series couldn't possibly get any better, he delivers another belter of a book…each book has been from the last and how each story offers something unique, which is why Robert Bryndza continues to be one of my very favourite authors on the planet.’ The Book Review Café

‘It's the sort of book that you want to devour in one sitting, it's too good to put down. The characters crackle with energy and the chemistry between them is fantastic to read… A breathtaking addition to the series that I would thoroughly recommend!’ The Quiet Knitter

‘Robert Bryndza has leapfrogged up to the top place in my list of favourite crime authors after reading his other books… This book was absolutely fantastic!! The story gripped me from page one and didn’t let up until the end…If you’re looking for a gritty police procedural crime thriller, then I can highly recommend this book. If you’re going to buy this one, don’t forget to buy the others too!! Five stars (although if I could give it more I would!).’ Star Dust Book Reviews

‘I will always applaud for more Erika Foster #QueenDetective. I love her so much, she is one of my best fictional characters.’ The Book Heathen

‘One of my most anticipated reads of 2017…Last Breath is a gripping, nail biting ride of a read. I seriously cannot get enough of the author’s books and now that I have finished this one I have the long agonising wait for the next one. Brilliant series, brilliant book by a brilliant author, what else can I say!’ By the Letter Book Reviews

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Robert Bryndza is the author of the international #1 bestseller The Girl in the Ice, which is the first in his Detective Erika Foster series. 

The Night Stalker, Dark Water and Last Breath are the second, third, and fourth books in the series, and the fifth book, Cold Blood has just been published.

Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages.

In addition to writing crime fiction, Robert has published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels. He is British and lives in Slovakia.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bookouture (March 31, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1786811456
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1786811455
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.06 x 0.82 x 7.81 inches
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Robert Bryndza is an international bestselling author, best known for his page-turning crime and thriller novels, which have sold over five million copies.

His crime debut, The Girl in the Ice was released in February 2016, introducing Detective Chief Inspector Erika Foster. Within five months it sold one million copies, reaching number one in the Amazon UK, USA and Australian charts. To date, The Girl in the Ice has sold over 1.5 million copies in the English language and has been sold into translation in 29 countries. It was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller (2016), the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle in France (2018), and it won two reader voted awards, The Thrillzone Awards best debut thriller in The Netherlands (2018) and The Dead Good Papercut Award for best page turner at the Harrogate Crime Festival (2016).

Robert has released a further five novels in the Erika Foster series, The Night Stalker, Dark Water, Last Breath, Cold Blood and Deadly Secrets, all of which have been global bestsellers, and in 2017 Last Breath was a Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Mystery and Thriller. Fatal Witness, the seventh Erika Foster novel, has just been published.

Most recently, Robert created a new crime thriller series based around the central character Kate Marshall, a police officer turned private detective. The first book, Nine Elms, was an Amazon USA #1 bestseller and an Amazon UK top five bestseller, and the series has been sold into translation in 18 countries. The second book in the series is the global bestselling, Shadow Sands and the third book, Darkness Falls.

Robert was born in Lowestoft, on the east coast of England. He studied at Aberystwyth University, and the Guildford School of Acting, and was an actor for several years, but didn’t find success until he took a play he’d written to the Edinburgh Festival. This led to the decision to change career and start writing. He self-published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels, before switching to writing crime. Robert lives with his husband in Slovakia, and is lucky enough to write full-time.

You can find out more about Robert and his books at www.robertbryndza.com

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Elaine Emmerick
5.0 out of 5 stars A FAST PACED, EDGE OF YOUR SEAT READ!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2018
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1. Characters ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Erika Foster is a Detective Chief Inspector.
James Peterson is a Detective on Erika's team.
Kate Moss is a Detective Inspector on Erika's team.
Melanie Hudson is a Detective Chief Inspector.
Andy Sparks is the Superintendent.
John McGorry is a Detective Constable on Erika's team.
Lacey Greene is victim #1.
Isaac Strong is a Forensic Pathologist.
Darryl Bradley works for his father, John.
Janelle Robinson is victim #2.
Ella Wilkinson is victim #3.

2. Plot ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The story begins with a man who has a woman's body in the trunk of his car. She's been dead for 2 hours. He dumps her body in a trash bin.

James is at Erika's house when he gets a call - a couple of students found the mutilated body of a young woman in a trash bin. They both go to the crime scene. While they are there, Superintendent Sparks asks Erika to leave. As she leaves, she sees the students in a patrol car. She walks to the car and talks to them.

Erika sees the Forensic Pathologist, Doug Kernon. He identifies the young woman as Lacey Greene. He says Lacey had been tortured and found in a dumpster in January. Erika visits another Forensic Pathologist, Isaac Strong. She hopes to find similar murders. He did the autopsy on a young woman, Janelle Robinson, who was found lying on her side in a dumpster in August. She was tortured like Lacey.

Lacey had met a man named Nico Brownley on Match.com. Janelle lived at the YMCA and had a coffee bike.

Darryl Bradley works for his father, John, on their farm. He has numerous accounts on Match.com and Facebook. Does he know Lacey and Janelle?

Erika believes the 2 women were abducted, tortured and died of extreme blood loss.

Darryl talks to Ella Wilkinson as "Harry Gordon". They are going to meet at a local Indie Bar. Harry gets out of his car and approaches Ella. He asks her for directions (as a stranger) and before she knows it, he knocks her out. He quickly puts Ella in the trunk of his car. He's going back to the farm - he's going to the Oast House. He puts her in a cage, gave her water and was drugged. Her housemate, Maggie wakes up and finds that Ella isn't home.
Will Erika find the killer before he strikes again? Will she seek justice for Lacey and Janelle? You'll have to read for yourself and find out!!

3. Writing Structure ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Robert has created a story that is easy to read and with great suspense! The story takes hold of you with the first page. It's a story about social media and the risks people take to meet someone. It's very timely and is a heart-pounding read! The characters continue to evolve; Erika is a strong woman, an excellent detective; but she's vulnerable, afraid to get too close to James. I think she's afraid of losing him.

4. Ending ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
OMG!!!! The ending is a roller coaster of thrills and suspense! Another young woman is abducted! Will Erika and her team finally put the pieces together and find her in time?

5. Overall ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is Book 4 in the DCI Erika Foster series! As a fan of this series, it's like getting together with old friends! Erika, James, Kate and Melanie have evolved into great characters. Robert continues to do great work! I look forward to Book 5!
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4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 Erika is back stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2017
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Last Breath (Detective Erika Foster #4) by Robert Bryndza
4.5 stars!!!!

“Her last evening. Her last breath.”

Oh, how I have missed DCI Erika Foster. Robert Bryndza delivers once again, a fast, action packed, gripping, suspense filled thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat throughout and at the epi centre as ever is our tough as nails DCI, Erika Foster.

In Last Breath, Erika is struggling in her new role and the boredom is well and truly setting in, Erika is definitely not destined to do a desk job. When Peterson gets a call while Erika is with him about a body being found in a dumpster, once again, Erika’s nose begins to twitch and her inherent coppers instinct kicks in and it isn’t long before she has herself situated as the senior investigating officer.

The characters that we have come to know and love are ever present and Erika takes no time in re-assembling the team that she trusts. Robert Bryndza tackles the ever-present worry of social media in this book as the serial killer in Last Breath uses these tools to find and trap his victims. I certainly am dreading the time that my kids want a social media presence as you never know who is actually watching. This message was well done and expertly delivered without overpowering the story.

In Last Breath, the reader is given the identity of the killer very early on and Robert Bryndza gives the reader a front row seat into the investigation itself where Erika and her team are in the dark and are slowly unearthing clues piece by piece. This shifted the dynamic in this book and was actually well executed and as the suspense builds page by page the reader is swept along for the ride.

“They’d never know exactly what happened…in those seventeen minutes. It was as if she vanished into thin air.”

The pace of this book was perfect and I couldn’t put it down. Every word, every page had me captivated and on the edge of my seat. The building suspense and the constant worry that this would be “the one that got away” was ever present and as our clever and intuitive serial killer seemingly gets away with murder time and time again you are just waiting for mistakes to be made. Erika is like a pit bull though and with the bit firmly between her teeth and with her tenacity and perseverance the serial killer doesn’t stand a chance.

With office politics and the constant battles of senior management Erika has her work cut for her but I loved the fact that Erika’s character development in particular was really a focal point in this book. Erika’s emotions and her softer side are there for all to see and this was an extremely welcome addition as we finally get to see that Erika is made of skin and bone like the rest of us. Erika has always been a closed book, but with the few pages that she shared in this book I am hoping that this is the beginning of a few new chapters and Erika finally opens herself up to the possibility of more on a personal level.

“…you might have been handed your superior rank by brown nosing, but you have to earn authority.”

Once again Robert Bryndza delivered and I cannot wait for the next instalment. This is firmly becoming one of my favourite thriller series.

“So you nagged him to death?”
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Fred Rayworth
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding And Engaging Read!
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2022
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Last Breath was another outstanding read by Robert Bryndza. It’s the fourth Erika Foster novel and left off from the third release.

I keep looking for these books in Barnes & Noble but they only have had the first three and nothing after that. It’s quite frustrating, so I ordered this one from Amazon. It was great getting back into the flow with solid third-person past-tense writing, little to no head-hopping, and a very fast pace. The chapters were short, and the narrative never bogged down in too much characterization or exposition. There was just enough to keep things interesting.

I had a great time and sincerely hope the bookstore starts getting them again so I don’t have to order on line. Highly recommended.
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Joanne H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Shockingly Addictive
Reviewed in Canada on December 7, 2022
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After I real the first book in the series I hesitated because the protagonist’s behaviour is so off the wall that I was surprised she wasn’t sacked. Bryndza is such a good writer though that I picked up the second. Now I’m about to read the 5th and these last three have been read in just a few days. Yes, her behaviour is still off the wall; but in the second book he explains a little bit further why that is. All of Bryndza’s books are very, very good and I highly recommend them. Besides, Erika and I share a favourite book - Wuthering Heights.
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Laura Arce
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente sutor
Reviewed in Mexico on July 20, 2020
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Jean Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Last Breath
Reviewed in Spain on January 16, 2020
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This book by Robert Bryndza is very compelling. When a young girl's body is found in a dumpster, and others followed, a bitter struggle and investigation began. With no forensics to go on, they find they are in a race against time to save the life of the next victim. Highly recommended.
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anna maria
5.0 out of 5 stars Last breath
Reviewed in Italy on November 4, 2019
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Nuovo ed appassionante caso per Erika foster, una serie di omicidi efferati a danno di giovani donna portano il lettore in una trama molto coinvolgente e piena di azione. Bella l' ambientazione e i personaggi molto credibili.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Muito bom!
Reviewed in Brazil on September 9, 2017
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Essa continuação dos livros com a personagem Erika Foster é muito boa. Gostei bem mais desse do que do anterior. O louco da vez atrai garotas através de um aplicativo de relacionamentos e as mata brutalmente. Nossa heroína vai à cena do crime, mas o caso não é dela e esse é o meu único senão com o livro. Novamente, vemos Erika "dar uma pirada" e fazer de tudo para assumir o caso. É a mesma coisa em "Dark Water", li todos os livros da série e sei que o autor é criativo, mas essa repetição cansa. Para mim, ele quer mostrar a personagem como determinada, mas, no começo do livro, ela estava mais para uma criança birrenta. Depois que ela assume a investigação, o livro fica muito bom e acompanhamos a investigação e a jornada de loucura do serial killer. No fim da história, somos deixados em suspense pelo autor que começa a alternar os pontos de vista e isso cria "barrigas" na narrativa. Poderia ser um pouco mais rápido.
Para finalizar, sempre bom rever as personagens queridas e acompanhar a relação entre Erika e Peterson. Ansiosíssima por "Cold Blood".
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