Today I’m joining the blog tour for From The Shadows. My review is written with thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me on the blog tour and to the publisher for my copy of the book.

Blurb:

Seven days. Four deaths. One chance to catch a killer.

Sixteen-year-old Robert arrives home late. Without a word to his dad, he goes up to his bedroom. Robert is never seen alive again.

The discovery of a body on the coast of the Scottish Highlands plunges Detective Inspector Monica Kennedy into a murder investigation that won’t begin and end with one death.

Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Nichol has been missing for seven days. His last message was to social worker Michael, who can’t quite shake the suspicion that something is terribly wrong.

As Monica is faced with catching a murderer who has been meticulously watching and waiting, Michael keeps searching for Nichol, desperate to find him before the killer claims another victim.

Review:

I’ve had this book on TBR for a while so I’m delighted to finally get around to reading it as part of the blog tour. I love meeting a new detective and DI Monica Kennedy is no different. She’s a detective with a keen instinct who is determined to find answers, but she struggles to balance her life as a detective with her life as a mother to a young child. GR Halliday has developed her character well, but we still have more to learn about her, especially about her past and I am looking forward to finding out more. She is assisted in her investigation by a social worker, Michael Bach. He also has a colourful past which gives him a vulnerable edge and makes him an interesting character – one who I was never completely sure I could trust. 

From The Shadows is set in the highlands of Scotland and I love the sense of place that GR Halliday has created. I became completely immersed in the surroundings and foreboding atmosphere, which kept me engaged throughout the whole story. 

It takes Monica and her team to find the suspects in the investigation and this means the story feels quite slow burning. Despite this, the tension is palpable and the long list of suspects means that it’s impossible to know who to trust and this maintains a high level of intrigue. As the novel reaches its conclusion, there is more danger and a higher sense of urgency which had me racing through the final chapters. 

I understand that From The Shadows is due to be made into a television series and I’m looking forward to seeing how it looks on the screen. 

From The Shadows is available from Amazon.

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