Low Lake (Tyrone Swift, #5) by Gretta Mulrooney

Low Lake (Tyrone Swift, #5) Reviews

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  Linda Strong

  
  Tyrone Swift is a private investigator, following his stint as a detective. He has been hired by a gentleman to look into the drowning death a year ago of a young lady who was his friend. The police say that she had an epileptic seizure and fell into the lake and drowned.
  
  But the police are ignoring the bruises on her upper arms. And they ignore the well known fact that she was terrified of the water and wouldn't even get near any water.
  
  When he starts investigating, he finds that the young woman had two different sides. One one hand, he was told she was quick-witted and smart, humorous, kind, feisty. On the other hand she's been described as damaged, self contained, taking unnecessary risks and very secretive.
  
  Tyrone is puzzled by the number of people had good reason to want her dead. Then another body turns up and his own life is in danger. Is he getting too close to the truth?
  
  This is 5th in a series, a series I haven't read. Surprisingly, it works easily as a stand-alone, although there are several references to previous adventures of Tyrone Swift.
  
  He's an interesting character as he's been stabbed and his personal life is complex. There are plenty of suspects and I didn't even get close in guessing what the real story was. Several twists and turns kept me turning pages.
  
  Many thanks to the author / Joffe Books / Netgalley for the advanced digital copy of this mystery. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
  
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  Louise Wilson

  Tyrone Swift - Book 5.
  
  An old house by a lake. A suspicious drowning. A suspect that the police let go. What really happened at Low Lake?
  
  PI Tyrone Swift has been approached by the roommate of a friend of his. Still upset after the drowning of his friend,Kim, who was terrified of water. Swift agrees to investigate the case. There are plenty of red herrings and suspects to keep you guessing. I quite like the main character, Tyrone Swift. The story starts slowly then picks up and remains fast paced. A tale of friendships and relationships, but who can you trust. Though this book is part of a series, it can be read as a standalone. But if I was you I would start at the beginning and read the full series. You won't be disappointed!!
  
  I would like to thank Joffe Books and the author Greta Mulrooney for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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  Books 'n' All Promotions

  This is Book 4 in the Tyrone Swift series but the books work perfectly as stand-alone.
  
  A young woman, Kim, with a lifetime fear of water is found drowned. The verdict is accidental death as she suffered from epilepsy and had suffered a seizure. Swift is employed by Kim's friend to find out what happened as he doesn’t believe she would go near the water. Kim had a violent start to life and was brought up by a strange woman with an unusual vision on education and guiding young people to adulthood.
  
  The book moves along at a steady pace and gains momentum as it progresses. There are many twists and turns along the way as the reader is caught up in the intrigue and suspense towards a real jawdropping shocker of an ending nobody will see coming.
  
  I like Swift. He is a complex character that develops well into a well rounded realistic character. His girlfriend, Nora, I don’t like so much. I think she is high maintenance and not a good match for Swift. Bella, on the other hand, I do like she is compassionate and caring and would make a good fit for Swift so I will be watching for further books to see how his relationships pan out.
  
  This is a gripping story and one I easily bought in to. It is unique and interesting and has the ability to keep the adrenaline pumping.
  
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  Denise

  "Dig deep and deeper still. It's not what you FIND, it's what you FIND OUT."
  
  Kim Woodville drowned at Low Lake two years ago. A very close friend, Jack North, hires private investigator (and former Met detective) Tyrone Swift to look into the matter because North doesn't believe it was an accident. Kim has led a very troubled life as a ward to the Ramsays living there at property on the lake and no one seems to be very upset that she has died. Kim suffered from epilepsy and had a horrible fear of water because her drug addled mother had tried to drown her in the bathtub when she was a toddler. As Swift begins his investigation in the the circumstances of Kim's death, he finds lies, secrets and betrayal. "Women, money and power."
  
  This fifth in the Tyrone Swift series is the only one I've read and I'm very sorry about missing out on the others. I usually try to read books in order and hate not knowing the backstory of Tyrone but I was able to follow along as the author provides some of the historical detail. This was, for me, a mystery novel that I found hard to put down. I enjoyed it and thought it very well-written with a plot evolving in layers that slowly revealed the truth of what happened to Kim. The characters were interesting and believeable and I really am looking forward to reading the next installment.
  
  Thank you to NetGalley and Joffe Books for the e-book ARC to read and review.
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  Misfits farm

  Low Lake- Gretta Mulrooney 4*
  Two years ago a woman drowned after suffering an epileptic fit whilst at a lake side. She had been close to drowning as a child and hence had a fear and stayed away from water. Her close friend Jack doesn't believe that it was an accident although the police came up with very little at the time. Tyrone Swift is a private investigator and finds out more than the police ever did. This is a book with wonderful descriptions- of people and places and scenes. Of a complex family structure with a web in amongst it of secrets. A tale of murder and intrigue, of friendships and relationships. Whom you can trust and whom you can’t. A good length novel , a good value read. Number five in the Tyrone Swift series(but happily stands alone)
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  Hannelore Cheney

  Thank you Netgalley and Joffe Books for the eARC.
  This is the 5th in the PI Tyrone Swift series and the best yet. I absolutely loved it and had a hard time putting it down. The mystery is a puzzler, the characters feel real and the writing excellent. Gretta Mulrooney should be up there with the best of them...she's that good.
  Tyrone is approached by the roommate of an old friend of his. The young man is still terribly upset about the drowning death of his good and close friend, Kim, who drowned a couple of years ago. She suffered from grand mal seizures, but was also terrified of water. Her boyfriend was investigated, but let go. Tyrone agrees to look into the case, and while interviewing her extended family and friends, he realizes Kim was a very troubled young woman who was not that popular.
  Her mother, an addict, tried to drown her at age three and she was taken in by a family member, who already had 3 children, an estranged husband and a nasty cantankerous aunt - all living on the same grounds. The family is dysfunctional, to say the least and Kim was the cuckoo in the nest. Tyrone dislikes all of them except for the young son, Ben, still living at home and very child-like, who is fascinated with Tyrone's job and volunteers to be his helper. Thinking the boy needs something to keep him busy, Tyrone basically says 'why not' and regrets it bitterly when the boy is found murdered in his apartment. Unbeknownst to him, the boy had been stuffed into a cupboard on the second floor and been there for a few days. The police want him to stop investigating, but Tyrone can't let it go.
  Apparently Kim had been in contact with her mother and her aunt, something she kept to herself. The mother is a pathetic creature, full of self pity and always looking for a handout. Even after being told of Kim's death, it doesn't seem to affect her, unless she can get a cash for any information she has to offer Tyrone.
  I was blown away by the ending, really didn't see it coming, very thrilling. Tyrone is very sympathetic, not very lucky when it comes to love, but he loves his little daughter to bits and spends as much time with her as he can. His relationship with her mother is cordial, but I did not like his current girlfriend, Nora, she felt like too much hard work. Hopefully things in the romance department will be better in the next book!
  This book could easily be read as a standalone, but I think the series is excellent and well worth starting at book 1.
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  Joanna Larum

  This is book 4 in the Tyrone Swift series but it is perfectly possible to read it as a standalone. I haven't read any of the earlier books in the series and I found no difficulty in following the story.
  I was intrigued right from the first page reading about a girl who falls into a lake and her 'eyes close forever'. I found that so poignant and sad - that she should die in such beautiful surroundings. Then the reader discovers that that event was nearly two years previously and the police have treated it as an accidental death. The girl, Kim, had epilepsy and must have fallen into the lake as she was suffering an attack. One of Kim's friends, Jack North, isn't satisfied with this outcome and he enlists the help of a private detective, Tyrone Swift.
  The storyline is full of twists and turns with believable, well-rounded characters which drew me in so that I was lost in it. I didn't want to put it down until I had reached the end which is so unexpected that I had to stop and re-read that part of it. It has left me with a desire to find out more about Tyrone Swift so I am going back to the beginning and have started with the first novel in the series. In my opinion, this is a 'must read' book which I would recommend to all lovers of crime mystery.
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  Bonnye Reed

  GNA Gretta Mulrooney brings us an old fashioned British PI series set in modern times with a male private investigator, Tyrone Swift, a man with a complicated life. I found all the characters in this novel entertaining. Some of the bad guys (and gals) are not completely all bad, some are bad as bad can be, and the good guys and gals all have glaring flaws, bringing to us a realistic mystery with mostly empathetic characters. And poor Tyrone - every time his love life seems to be improving the scene is ripped apart by either one of his exs, his baby daughter, an old friend, or the ringing phone with another stiff being reported. In retrospect the solution is glaringly obvious but I was kept so busy trying to keep up that I didn't see it till it was over. Looking forward to more by this author - this was fifth in the series so I have four to catch up on. By then I hope #6 is waiting....
  
  I received a free electronic copy of this novel from Netgalley. Gretta Mulrooney, and Joffe Books in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me.
  pub date Mar 22, 2018
  rec Mar 20 2018
  Joffe Books
  
  Not available at B&N
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  Eva Cox

  Spoiler free review 🤗
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  Joyce

  4 stars
  
  I read the Kindle edition.
  
  Private Detective Tyrone Swift receives a telephone call from a former girlfriend. She wants him to talk to her roommate about a two year-old death, for he is certain that it was murder.
  
  As Jack, Kim’s friend tells her story, the reader learns that she had epilepsy and was deathly afraid of water. She wouldn’t even take a bath; it was always a quick shower. This was because years before her own mother had tried to drown her. After her mother was incarcerated, Kim went to live with relatives on Low Lake. They didn’t care for her much and tended to ignore her. Kim often acted out; pushing the limits of what she could get away with. Her best friend was Jack.
  
  When Swift goes to Kim’s childhood home, he meets a plethora of odd people. They don’t really seem to have cared about Kim. They are a bunch of aging hippie-like wannabes. He does, however, like the youngest son who takes a great interest in Swift’s work. He learns that Kim’s boyfriend was questioned in the mysterious death, but was let go.
  
  As Swift follows clues and interviews more people, he realizes that danger is closer to him than he knew.
  
  I liked the relationship that Swift has with his hearing impaired daughter. It is precious. His current girlfriend is a washout. Kim’s mother is a major loser who feels sorry for herself and only wants to profit from Kim’s death.
  
  This is a well written and plotted novel. While it begins rather slowly with the telling of Kim’s life by Jack, it picks up the pace after that. I liked the tortured Tyrone Swift and his care for his daughter was touching. He has had a series of tragedies in his love life. There was sufficient background information given on the major characters to flesh them out, but not so much that it intruded on the story. All in all, it was a good story and I truly enjoyed reading it.
  
  I want to thank NetGalley and Joffe Books for forwarding to me a copy of this good book to read and enjoy.
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  Donna Maguire

  
  https://donnasbookblog.wordpress.com/...
  
  This is the fifth book in the Tyrone Swift series.
  
  I enjoyed the plot for this one and the setting was great. The writing style made it tense and I was trying to second guess the outcome as the book progressed. The characters are great and they work really well within the story.
  
  I would say that I think this is fine to be read as a stand alone. Four stars from me for this one, I really enjoyed it!
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  Amanda

  I have been a fan of Gretta’s books for a little while now. As each one is released, I eagerly pick it up and devour it. ‘Low Lake’ is no exception. I absolutely loved it but more about that in a bit.
  It took me a little while to fathom out Tyrone Swift, who is the lead character of ‘Low Lake’. Swift used to work for the police but a few years ago, he left and is now a private detective, although he does retain some useful police contacts. Swift hasn’t lost his detective instincts though and when he is asked to investigate the suspected drowning of Kim Woodville. There’s something about the case that triggers his interest and when he looks into the case a little more, he realises that not everything is as it at first appears. Swift takes the case on and it isn’t too long before he makes more progress in his private investigation than the police have since their case was opened. Swift doesn’t shy away from asking some difficult questions of those who knew Kim best and at times he rubs people up the wrong way. Swift soon learns that Kim was not that popular at all and the list of potential suspects grows. Swift has a bit of a complicated personal life and it took me a little while to unravel it. He lives in the same house as his very good friend Cedric and intervenes when a dispute between Cedric and his son turns nasty. I got the impression that Cedric and Swift had a father/ son relationship. Swift certainly has a history with the ladies. He is father to a young girl, who has hearing loss and he is trying to help her learn sign language. He is seeing somebody else but I got the impression that the relationship was more casual than anything else. Will Swift manage to solve the case? Will he survive the threats to his own personal safety? Well for the answers to those questions and more you are just going to have to read the book for yourselves to find out.
  It’s fair to say that ‘Low Lake’ is more of a slow burn type of book and it took me a little while to get into it. There are a lot of characters introduced within a short space of time and I had to keep flipping back in the story to remind myself of who was who. That’s got more to do with my shocking memory than anything else. However, once I got into the story I became addicted to reading ‘Low Lake’ and the time & page numbers seemed to fly by. I was sucked in by the story and because I wanted to know the truth behind Kim’s sad passing, I just had to keep reading on and on and on and well you get the picture. The characters were so well described that they seemed almost real. I can honestly say that Kim doesn’t seem a very likeable character. I loved the interaction between Swift and his daughter. It was lovely to see people with a disability represented so positively. There are several twists and turns in ‘Low Lake’ and certain parts of the story came as something of a surprise as I hadn’t seen them coming.
  In short I did enjoy reading ‘Low Lake’ and I would definitely recommend it to other readers. I can’t wait to read what comes next from Gretta Mulrooney. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a well deserved 4* out of 5*.
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  Linda

  I found this book very slow to start and felt I was too bogged down with detail, which as it happens was necessary background information but at the time just made me wonder whether I had made the right decision to read it. However, I had read the previous book by Gretta Mulrooney in this Tyrone Swift series and remember I felt the same way about that one to begin with so I decided to stick with it and see where it was going. I was a good 25% of the way into the book before it all started to come together and become interesting. Once I got past that point I begin to enjoy the book and the further into it I went the more enthralling it became so I am pleased I persevered all the way to the end.
  
  As you would expect, there is quite a bit of detail about Swift’s personal life and his ongoing struggle to maintain a relationship with his ex-wife and baby daughter, solve his case and keep his latest lady-friend happy – something that he doesn’t necessarily always manage.
  
  The case itself was interesting once it really got going and the ending was totally nothing like I had expected – none of what I read earlier on really gave me any idea as to what had happened to Kim Woodville, how she ended up dead and what motivated her killer or any of the other characters involved. All in all it was a good read and I am grateful to Joffe Books for sending me this ARC for my honest review. I am sure that next time I read a Tyrone Swift novel I will remember that once you get into it, it is well worth it.
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  Jen

  Low Lake is the most recent book in the series featuring PI Tyrone Swift.
  
  Ty is asked to investigate a drowning death from two years earlier. Did the young woman--who had an overwhelming fear of water--have an epileptic seizure and drown accidentally? Or was there more to the situation?
  
  Kim was a complicated young woman with a traumatic past. Few people seem to have truly liked her and a few actively hated her. Her recent interest in archaeology had given her long-range goals and an enthusiastic interest in all elements of archaeology--from the digs, to the historical aspects, to conservation and museum exhibits.
  
  Ty feels some empathy with the dead woman in spite of her many flaws. As the case proceeds, a young man is murdered, and Ty feels his own responsibility for the young man's involvement in the case. Other aspects of Ty's life are fraught with grief and complications. The case takes a few unexpected turns as possible reasons for Kim's death emerge.
  
  NetGalley/Joffe Books
  
  Mystery/Detectiv. March 22, 2018.
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  Bev

  Detective Tyrone Swift takes on cold cases that the police have given up on. He is hired to investigate the death of Kim Woodville. She drowned at the family home, but she had all kinds of bruises on her arm. She was afraid of water due to almost being drowned by her mother when she was younger. Who would want her dead? Her boyfriend was questioned and released. Swift has his hands full with this case. This story has wonderfully written characters and the story has things happen in it I wasn't expecting. I would like to thank Joffe Books for a copy of this story. The review is my own opinion and done voluntarily.
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  Marion

  This is the fifth book in the P I Tyrone Swift series. Tyrone has been asked to look into the death of Kim Woodville by her friend, Jack North.
  She drowned in a lake near her home but he feels her death is still unexplained.
  Tyrones enquiries reveal Kim to be a very complicated young woman actively unliked by many, even hated by a few.
  This is a complex tale with disappearances, deaths and suspects aplenty. The characters come to life and make for an interesting read, certainly the ending wasn`t the one I was expecting.
  Thank you to Joffe books for the opportunity to read this as an ARC, look forward to the next outing of Tyrone Swift.
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  Black Butterfly

  
  FAMILY SECRETS, EVERYONE HAS THEM BUT THE PEOPLE IN THIS BOOK SEEM TO HAVE AN OVERLOAD OF THEM. THEY’RE ALL KIND OF PERCULAR, EVEN IF FROM OUTWARD APPERANCES THEY SEEM NORMAL BUT LOOKS CAN BE DECIEVING. THE CHARACTERS IN THIS BOOK HAD SO MANY PERSONAL PROBLEMS, MENTAL & PSYSICAL. I WONDERED IS THERE ANYONE REALLY HAPPY, SATISFIED OR EVEN SANE IN THE WORLD. IT SEEMED EVERYONE IN THIS BOOK NEEDS THERAPY, IT REALLY GOT SORT OF TIRESOME. I LIKED TY BUT HE SHOULD STOP TRYING TO GET INTO RELATIONSHIPS, IT WAS CLEAR HE DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT WOMAN. I DID FIGURE OUT PART OF THE MYSTERY EARLY ON. YAY ME!;0
  
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  Tracey

  Ty's most complex case yet.
  
  Jack North asks Tyrone Swift to investigate the death of Kin Woodville. Jack cannot accept she died by drowning following an epileptic seizure.
  As well as having the case to work on Tyrone's private life is as complicated as ever. And he has to deal with the death of a close friend.
  Low Lake is absolutely brilliant. Gretta Mulrooney has written a book with outstanding characters and a gripping storyline.
  Highly recommended.
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  Louise Child

  It was ok
  
  Too complex a case for the police ,apparently .Lots of red herrings .Lots of moneyed people .Outrageous back stories The constant use of " feds " by various ,English characters was irritating .
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  Shannon Goolsby

  Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy of this book in turn for an honest review....this book got Better the further you get into it... the first is kind of slow getting to know the characters and jumping around but in the end I would say that I enjoyed this book