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A review by jmatkinson1
From the Shadows by G.R. Halliday
3.0
When a young boy is found , tortured and murdered with a part of a meteorite pushed down his throat, his social worker, Michael, is concerned. DI Monica Kennedy is assigned to the case and when another boy is found she realises there is a potential serial killer on the loose. Hampered by her superiors Kennedy is trying to juggle catching a killer with her responsibilities as a parent and her guilt over her relationship with a notorious local family. Michael is worried about his client but someone is out to get him.
The setting of this book is great, mixing the wide open and intimidating landscapes of the Highlands with the intensity of the city of Inverness, it really helps to create a contrast that works. Potentially Monica Kennedy is a good lead character with enough of a backstory to keep revisiting. My issue was with the last quarter of the book. It felt rushed and with the crimes solved to a certain extent but still lots of questions unanswered regarding motive etc. It may be that the author wishes to revisit this in a subsequent book but I felt that there wasn't really any closure on the (dead) perpetrator.
The setting of this book is great, mixing the wide open and intimidating landscapes of the Highlands with the intensity of the city of Inverness, it really helps to create a contrast that works. Potentially Monica Kennedy is a good lead character with enough of a backstory to keep revisiting. My issue was with the last quarter of the book. It felt rushed and with the crimes solved to a certain extent but still lots of questions unanswered regarding motive etc. It may be that the author wishes to revisit this in a subsequent book but I felt that there wasn't really any closure on the (dead) perpetrator.