I read this book quickly. It’s one of those books you need to find out what happens NOW! It also wasn’t what I thought it was going to be. Very raw and true I thought it was written really well, without going into too much or spoiling it. Shocking, but definitely something that bring the brutality home.

When a woman is found partially submerged and seemingly dead, a very tangled story is painfully and slowly unwoven. The detective who found her is brutally thrown into solving the case of who the woman is that he found and why she went to such great lengths to hide her identity. As the story unfolds, you are thrown for plenty more twists and turns.

Woman in the Water is a very well-written and thrilling read. In fact, the book is incredibly hard to put down! I found myself completely caught up in the story. Although, there were a few parts that I had a hard time reading. I did not realize how dark and violent this book would be.

As you slowly learn more about the detectives past as well as the mystery woman, you learn that the web is more tangled than you originally thought. Every time you think there may be a light at the end of the tunnel it is quickly extinguished. The amount of power that one person can have over others is scary. Not to mention the lengths they will go to keep their secrets.

The author does an amazing job with the characters and keeping the story moving at a quick pace. Each character was eerily believable and full of understandable flaws. All in all, I will definitely be reading more books by Katerina Diamond.

The Woman in the Water is rescued by DS Adrian Miles who happens to be passing. Then she disappears and reemerges in a different context. The whole episode undermines the stability of the DS who clearly should not be in the police force anyway. The hope is that he might gradually realise that himself. The storyline is fairly mundane and there are few surpris s about the identity of the rescued woman. This is another book with too many detectives who have dysfunctional personal lives. Basically it is a tale of domestic abuse.

Detectives Adrian Miles and Imogen Grey find themselves drawn into one of their most complex cases when Adrian discovers what he thinks is the dead body of a woman in the river.
As he tries to untangle her from the weeds along the bank he suddenly feels her grip his ankle.
Once stable and in hospital Adrian tries to establish who had beaten her and left her for dead.
She claims she has no recollection of what happened her.
Stranger still the dead body of a man is discovered in the water just a little up river.
No comes forward to claim him or know her.
As Adrian and Imogen set out to discover the truth they find themselves drawn into one of their most dangerous investigations.
Certainly in Adrians case one that will have far reaching effects on his whole life.
The subjects of domestic abuse and rape are sensatively handled with great insight and understanding.
I literally could not put this one down, it is a well written, dark and engrossing tale that I wont forget in a hurry.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Avon books for the chance to read this as an ARC, I cant wait for the next in the series.

A fantastic story again from one of the best authors out there. Definitely not for the faint hearted. The story continues with Imogen and Adirian. Highly recommend xx

My first initial thought and comment about this book is, what a hard and harrowing read

I was enjoying the book then it got to about 40% of the way through and the rape scene happened.

It was hard to read and the after process with Adrian was hard to read.

I think this scene pretty much took over the book and I just wanted justice for Adrian

It was hard to read at the end that he did not report it and that nothing was done about it. It overshadowed the story of the woman in the water

I am a huge fan of katerina diamond and I read a lot of abuse stories etc. But this book will stay with me for a while for the wrong reasons

It has not put me off her future work, and I would like to see justice for Adrian in the future

Overall. It was a good book. I just couldn’t really see past the rape scene

Thank you for opportunity to read and review this book

This story kept me gripped all the way through. I love the two character they really work together in this story. I couldn’t wait to read the next chapter to see what happen next. Will definitely be reading the next book.

Thanks to Netgalley and Avon Books UK for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Adrian, a detective happens upon a woman in a river. At first he assumes she is dead but then realizes she is alive. When they get her to the hospital, she claims she doesn’t know who she is and then escapes. Then a man is found dead in another part of the river and while investigating that death, Adrian and his partner, Imogene, come across the woman from the river who had returned to her previous life.

3.5 stars. This book was up and so down for me. There were times when I was really engaged and thought I would breeze through it and then I would hit a road block and sort of lose interest. Adrian became a victim of a crime midway through and his failed attempts to cope and the fact that he was pushing Imogene away were boring to me. I have not read the other books in the series so I was not that invested in his personal relationship with Imogene and maybe that is why I lost interest in this part. It that felt like filler because there wasn’t that much to the actual mystery of what was going on with the woman in the water and I didn’t think that storyline was resolved that well. As far as the mystery of the woman in the water goes, there was a twist but by then I was a little too checked out to get that excited about it.

Katarina Diamond does it again!!! Dark, shocking, devastating and emotionally charged, we revisit Miles and Grey in their latest and most dangerous investigation.

A woman is pulled from a river by Detective Adrian Miles, barely alive, and unable to remember how she ended up there. What seems to be a routine domestic abuse case becomes anything but. They know the perpetrator, they just can't prove it.


This is a case that has triggers for Adrian, tracing back to his own childhood. Very soon it becomes apparent that Adrian is too heavily invested in this case to have objective judgement, and this turns out to have devastating consequences for him personally.

This book starts off slowly reintroducing us to the newly evolved relationship of Adrian and Imogen, building to a heartbreaking crescendo and the resulting fall out. The emotions portrayed, in an incredibly difficult subject, are absolutely gut wrenching and really, really well written and sensitively dealt with by the author, while contemporaneously being a compelling and riveting read.

I lost count of the amount of times I said OMG in the second half of this book as it hurtled towards its hugely dramatic conclusion. Is this the end of the Grey and Miles series? Let's hope not!

***WARNING: This book deals with issues of domestic and sexual violence***

Brilliant. Fast paced with shocks. Had me gripped the whole way through. This is an incredible series that I would highly recommend.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

This is my first book by this author and I am happy to have found her. The story was well written, not giving anything away till the end. I would have liked to have the perpetrators punished, but maybe the author plans it for the future. Also if the protagonist comes out with the crime and shares it in his relationship or the authorities rather than being shamefaced and suicidal it would have been more welcoming. I will definitely be reading the other books by this author.

Detectives Adrian Miles and Imogen Grey, have a gas that seems unsolvable.
It's not that they don't know who done it. It's that they can't prove it. Everyone involved that can give them information, won't. They are all too scared. One person they question goes so far as to stab himself in the heart.
It all started with the body of a woman floating in the water. DI Miles goes into the river to retrieve the body when a hand grabs his leg. The woman is alive!
A twisted story full of all kinds of dark happenings. Murder, sex, rape, delusions of grandeur. Makes a superb story!

I love Katerina Diamond novels. The relationship between Detectives Adrian Miles and Imogen Grey is great and I was so pleased to continue reading their story.

When Adrian Miles pulls a woman out the water, he has to work with Imogen to figure out who she is, whey she was there and who hurt her.

This novel had me hooked from the start. It's a great fast-paced read that will want keep you gripped until the dramatic conclusion.

I found The Woman in the Water to be an engaging page turner for the most part- I probably suffered somewhat from only dipping in and out of this series but overall it was an intriguing plot with the dark heart that this author brings to all her novels and which appeals to me greatly.

In all honesty though I can't say this is my favourite of the books. I had a love hate relationship with it all the way through for reasons that are highly subjective. 

On the huge plus side a subject is tackled here that is not given nearly enough of a voice in fiction- it is done with insight and sensitivity, giving an alternative view on an emotional and relevant subject. Huge points for that. I also enjoyed the "Will they catch him" rather than "whodunnit" central plot and the villain of the piece was truly villainous.

On the personal negative side for this reader, Adrian is irrationally irritating, I found myself feeling quite guilty for finding him so. In fact I found the whole romantic relationship between him and Imogen very irritating as well as their constant need to discuss it every two minutes. Their behaviour bordered on idiotic on several occasions. It did take away from the enjoyment of the rest for me because I spent a lot of time telling them to shut up. Out loud. Just me that does that? 

Overall though the good outweighed the bad and the next book promises to shake things up a bit. I'll look forward to it.

Emotionally charged novel. Well written. Disturbingly twisted. Never read this author before but definitely look forward to her next offering in the series. Felt the ending was a bit rushed and could have done with more substance hence the 4 stars . Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to review it.

This is the second book I’ve read in this series and I have to say it wasn’t as strong as the previous one. I liked the concept and mystery going into it. A woman is pulled from a river fighting for her life. She doesn’t remember what her name is or what happened prior to waking up in the hospital. But can we really believe that? What follows are dark secrets. And I mean dark. This may be a bit too graphic for some people. While the ending was shocking and I didn’t see it coming, it was very twisted and sad. This wasn’t my favorite but I’ll continue to read the series because of the characters.

This book was thrilling and addictive from start to finish. The characters are wonderful, including the regulars Imogen and Adrian (love them). There were so many twists and turns, and for once the ending left me absolutely gobsmacked. Incredible book!

I love this series and was so excited to see the next instalment of DS Grey and DS Miles was out…. In this book, Adrian discovers a woman in the water, he thought she was dead until he felt something grab his leg, she was still alive… rushed to hospital and she will be ok but she can’t remember her name or anything…. A body of a male is found soon after downstream from where the woman was found, surely this is related, however, the woman denies knowing the deceased and soon after runs away from the hospital. What or who is she running from?

Miles & Grey are still keeping their relationship quiet, things are going very well for them which I am delighted to read, however, something happens (which I can’t divulge) to Miles and it leaves him reeling, changes his life and his outlook….. can he survive this to save his relationship?

This book is full of twists and turns, although you know from the outset who the killer is, there is just not enough evidence, heavily featuring domestic and mental abuse, this book is not for the faint hearted. Highly recommend this series, its one of my favs!

I have read all 6 books so far in this series and Katerina Diamond doesn’t disappoint. This one was a little tough emotionally reading it. I had a mixture of anger, sadness, and frustration. The things Angela went through were nightmarish and Adrian’s anguish had me in tears. Definitely a good twist at the end has me definitely wanting more. I cannot wait for the next book.

Katerina Diamond Really hit a winner with this one ! One of the year's best books.

Suspense, thrills and mystery surround DS Grey and DS Miles. Adrian Miles had been pointed at by a few onlookers to a woman by the river. The woman is still alive but needs serious medical attention.

Still remaining anonymous after a couple of days in the hospital, the woman flees the hospital to her home. Then, she makes dinner. What?

There are too many spoilers to take you through - anything more will lessen the surprises and twists in this fantastic read!

I recommend to ALL!!!

Many Thanks to AVON Books, UK and NetGalley for a spectacular read!