Beneath the Shadows, Sara Foster
Beneath the Shadows, Sara Foster
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Beneath the Shadows

Author: Sara Foster

Narrator: Lorna Bennett

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/03/2019


Synopsis

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 ShadowsWhen 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.

About Sara Foster

Sara Foster was born and raised in England, and moved to Australia in 2004. She has published five other novels: Come Back to Me, Shallow Breath, All That Is Lost between Us, The Hidden Hours, and You Don’t Know Me. She lives near Perth, Western Australia, with her husband and two daughters, and is a doctoral candidate at Curtin University.


Reviews

Adam hat von seinen Großeltern ein Cottage in Yorkshire geerbt. Gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Grace und der kleinen Tochter Millie zieht er von London in ein kleines Dorf im Moor. Doch schon kurz nach dem Einzug verschwindet Adam spurlos. Grace und Millie ziehen nach Frankreich zu Grace´ Eltern, doch na......more

Goodreads review by Sara

Should I be allowed to rate my own books?!! Then again, if I can't send Beneath the Shadows on its way with a farewell hug and one five-star rating then that seems a bit of a shame! I have given it five stars because I am so proud of it and love my heroine Grace, her feisty sister Annabel, and even......more

Goodreads review by Blair

(Review originally published on my blog, June 2012) Beneath the Shadows is positioned as a gothic mystery in which Grace, a young mother, moves to a remote village on the Yorkshire moors after her husband, Adam, inherits a cottage there. However, shortly after their arrival, Adam disappears without......more


Quotes

“A haunting tale…This vividly written novel will leave you breathless and as chilled as the starkly beautiful North Yorkshire moors where this compelling story unfolds.” Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author

“Keeps you guessing right up until the last atmospheric page and establishes Foster as a new master of the psychological suspense genre.” Julia Spencer-Fleming, New York Times bestselling author

“Foster’s second page-turning tale of suspense set on the snow-covered moors has something for everyone: mystery, romance, paranormal activity, and mortal danger.” Kirkus Reviews