Reviews of From The Shadows

it’s a cat’s life….

07/04/2019 – 14:33

A fair debut....

"From the Shadows" is a D.I. Monica Kennedy novel, a new Scottish crime series from debut...

hallrachel

07/04/2019 – 13:24

Mediocre police procedural debut set in the Highlands - unoriginal with a poor man’s Vera investigating.

From The Shadows is a solid police procedural debut set in the scenic surroundings of the...

kath1618

06/04/2019 – 19:57

A good concept

I really enjoy a good police based investigative novel. I have grown up surrounded by many close...

hazel tyson

06/04/2019 – 12:44

More Please!

A gritty, dark, creepy, cold, thriller, that definitely needs to be followed up with more! Based...

agnekovas

05/04/2019 – 20:40

Gripping

This was one of the greater stories I have read this year. It is set in hauntingly cold and dark...

angep1969

05/04/2019 – 17:56

I love a good thriller - I didn't love this though

So I love a good police thriller but this just didn't cut it for me. It's a genre I'd normally...

rebeccaadams95

04/04/2019 – 00:12

Great debut!

This book is the debut police drama series from G R Halliday that will not disappoint. Set in the...

pugs

03/04/2019 – 19:03

An Excellent Read!

This is a major new Scottish crime series and I feel privileged to have read an early copy. The...

escapetothebookshelf

03/04/2019 – 15:24

Good but not amazing

This was a good crime novel and the series seems promising. It is the first in the series set in...

scotreader

03/04/2019 – 13:04

Full of Suspense

GR Halliday joins the ranks of Scottish authors who excel in writing fast-paced, intriguing...

emmawillmer

01/04/2019 – 18:49

Gripping

I really enjoyed this book. I could not put it down and had read it in a matter of days, reading...

roz radmore

01/04/2019 – 13:19

Wow ! So good !

A fantastic debut novel ! Full of tense excitement . Very descriptive , you can see the places in...

law1991

01/04/2019 – 10:51

A really good read

A really good read. Full of suspense and thriller. A book that got me into the story straight...

lizzicyrus

31/03/2019 – 22:06

Liked

I really enjoyed the preview of this book so I couldn't wait to get this book. I was over joyed...

kathryn kelly

31/03/2019 – 19:46

Didn’t hold my interest

I love reading crime and detective thrillers and try to alternate each one with a book of a...

abi642

31/03/2019 – 14:59

Middle of the road...

Although I did enjoy this book, it felt quite middle of the road to me. There were some...

bookread2day

30/03/2019 – 19:48

Some books are impossible to put down

Some books are just impossible to put down and From The Shadows by G. R.Halliday is one of them....

caikie

30/03/2019 – 18:27

This is a debut?

The first few chapters of this were good, introduced you well to the characters, but fairly...

lisa22

30/03/2019 – 10:17

A respectable start to a new Scottish crime fiction series

From the Shadows is the first book in a new crime fiction series set in the Scottish Highlands....

blondevixen1974

29/03/2019 – 18:10

Fantastic novel

Thank you so much to Readers First and Penguin Vintage for allowing me an advanced copy of this...

janet

29/03/2019 – 15:33

I loved this book

This is a debut crime novel set in Scotland.The detective,Monica Kennedy is not the stereotypical...

sara alexandra

26/03/2019 – 17:23

Excellent Read!

Excellent new police procedural series set in Scotland with an intriguing main protagonist in...