1/26/2024 0 Comments 720p metro last light image![]() My only gripe (and yes, I always seem to find something I realise) was the number of coincidences drawn upon. I very much enjoyed this debut novel from McKenzie. pp 173-174Īs well as the two investigations McKenzie introduces us to a teenage boy Eamon and his girlfriend, and given the robbery investigation involves teenagers we can assume the link will soon appear. It was a cross she had always borne and would have to bear for the rest of her career. No matter what her achievements, her detractors would always say she had got there because of her father and her skin colour. Of course it’s not smooth sailing policing here as Kate’s up against some racism and dealing with her father’s legacy (both good and bad). We’re so often sold the acrimonious cop/sarge thing. Similarly, I appreciated Kate’s relationship with her boss. I very much liked the way McKenzie underplays this story arc. They’ve only recently been paired and though Kate’s the senior officer there’s a bit of a power struggle going on. ![]() Kate’s relationship with her partner-but-soon-to-be-replacement is a bit tenuous as the book opens. And in fact the book opens with the attempted rescue of the victim which – in itself is putting search and rescue teams’ and volunteers’ lives at risk. But at the same time she realises it’s a good way to hide a crime – with injuries being written-off to fast-flowing water full of debris as well as river banks.Īs we’ve just seen floods here in Australia this is a timely release in some ways. It 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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