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Beneath the Shadows

By: Sara Foster
Narrated by: Lorna Bennett
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In this thrilling gothic suspense debut by Sara Foster in the tradition of Rosamund Lupton and Sophie Hannah, a young mother searches Yorkshire’s windswept moors for the truth behind her husband’s mysterious disappearance.

The answers are hiding Beneath the Shadows

When Grace’s husband, Adam, inherits an isolated North Yorkshire cottage, they leave the bustle of London behind to try a new life. A week later, Adam vanishes without a trace, leaving their baby daughter, Millie, in her stroller on the doorstep. The following year, Grace returns to the tiny village on the untamed heath. Everyone - the police, her parents, even her best friend and younger sister - is convinced that Adam left her. But Grace, unable to let go of her memories of their love and life together, cannot accept this explanation. She is desperate for answers, but the slumbering, deeply superstitious hamlet is unwilling to give up its secrets.

As Grace hunts through forgotten corners of the cottage searching for clues and digs deeper into the lives of the locals, strange dreams begin to haunt her. Are the villagers hiding something, or is she becoming increasingly paranoid? Only as snowfall threatens to cut her and Millie off from the rest of the world does Grace make a terrible discovery. She has been looking in the wrong place for answers all along, and she and her daughter will be in terrible danger if she cannot get them away in time.

©2011 by Sara Foster (P)2019 by Blackstone Publishing
Fiction Psychological Women's Fiction England Village Suspense Exciting Thriller Fiction

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Special story, dysfunctional family but good character development

Enjoyed this book, such a great story which kept me interested from the first 5 pages.
Not an author I had heard of , but will definitely seek out more of her work.

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Keeps you guessing

I normally get the ending well before the finish , but not in this case A very good listen

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Engrossing mystery set amidstt the Yorkshire moors

A new mother investigates her husband's sudden disppearance, a mystery that isn't easily resolved.

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interesting read

Lots of twists and turns kept me listening. Loved hearing about the Yorkshire Moors in winter.

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Excellent.

Great book. Well written with no unnecessary story lines. Loved it, and would recommend it for anyone who likes to keep guessing.

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Atmospheric thriller set on the moors, just in time for Christmas.

Fantastic story, well paced and with a handful of decent (if slightly obvious) plot twists. Thoroughly enjoyed. Narrator’s accent added to the story. A great atmospheric read for the Christmas break.

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Tangled family secrets

I found the book interesting but, once the answers were revealed I still wondered why the baby had been left in its pram on the porch, given the father's fate. The narrator was easy to listen to but occasionally a female voice sounded a little male causing a brief confusion as to who was talking when in a crowd.
Overall a good read/ listen.

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So good to hear a story that doesn’t go into all the intimate life’s.

Tile says it all. Also the story line was entertaining and holding.
Lots of aspects to keep up your interest

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Good mystery

I enjoyed the mysterious disappearance of Adam from a tiny hamlet. There is absolutely no soft porn in this story. It had its small menacing moments and a tiny tough of goth but overall nothing too scary. I liked the ending

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Awful

I don’t believe I actually listened to the whole thing. My gut told me to stop after the awful Yorkshire accents started. Coming from Yorkshire myself ……. Story was sooooooo boring.

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