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From The Shadows by G.R Halliday From The Shadows by G.R. Halliday  is soon to be  an ITV series "The Dark". My thanks to the author and publisher  for sending me a copy to review and to  Random Things Tours for inviting me to take part on the tour. Synopsis 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. As paranoia rises and secrets are forced into the light, the local community becomes aware that there is a serial killer in their midst. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Nichol Morgan has been missing for days, sending a last, enigmatic text message to his social worker Michael Bach, who can’t quite shake the suspicion that something is terribly wrong. Soon DI Monica Kennedy finds herself entangled with a cunning ...

  Three Summers  by Karen Swan My thanks to the author and publisher for sending me a copy of Three Summers to review and to  Random Things Resources for inviting me onto the tour. Synopsis Set against the sun-drenched shores of Puglia in the late 1950s and early 1960s, this sweeping, atmospheric story follows three childhood friends whose lives become irrevocably entwined by love, jealousy, and a tragedy that will reverberate for years to come. At the heart of the novel is Rafaella Parisi, an unassuming yet magnetic young woman who spends ten long months each year waiting for the noble Franchetti family to return to their grand summer villa – and most of all, for their son Cosimo. Though she is dating her gentle childhood neighbour, Fon Giannelli, Rafa’s heart belongs elsewhere. As passions ignite and tensions rise, one devastating night changes the course of their lives forever. Told across the span of three unforgettable summers, Three Summers is a deeply evocative tal...

Me Too by Katherine Light My thanks to Katharine for sending me a copy of Me Too to review and to  Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me onto the tour. Synopsis Nearly forty, Anna has a successful career, a long-term relationship, and a carefully maintained sense of independence. But as time begins to run out, one question becomes impossible to ignore. What if she’s left it too late for the one thing she truly wants—a baby? Divorced journalist Rob keeps his life free from complications. But when he runs into Anna at a friend’s wedding, he’s caught off guard. The girl he remembers is gone, replaced by a woman who is impossible to ignore. When Anna makes him an offer, it’s one he can’t quite believe. No strings. No expectations. Just one simple arrangement. It should be straightforward. But the closer they become, the harder it is to stay detached. What begins as a practical plan deepens into something far more tender and much more dangerous. If Anna allows herself to hope,...