I finally have a new post for you, and it's on an exciting contemporary thriller called
Shadows of the Past that came out last year!
I’m 50/50 with
this genre to be honest, for me it all depends on my mood.
When I’m feeling sad or stressed I don’t like
reading thrillers or anything with a difficult subject matter.
On the flip side, when I feel good, I really
get into them.
For that reason, it took
me a while to read through
Shadows of the
Past as I had a bit of a low point part way through it, but when I was
feeling less morose and picked it up again, I enjoyed finishing it and am happy
to share with you about it now!
For a thriller, the pacing was great. There was a perfect balance of action,
romance, and suspense. Every time you
started to think things were safe, something unexpected would happen. The story follows Taylor Martin, a criminal
profiler & professor who’s being stalked while working to help solve
several murders. I think it was the
stalker thing that really creeped me out.
That and Taylor's dreams about a clown.
Seriously, clowns can sure be creepy… just reading about a character having
nightmares of clowns is enough to give me
nightmares of clowns, lol!
Aside from the murders, the stalkers, and the nightmares,
Taylor picks up on a personal investigation to find her father who’s been
missing since she was a little girl.
As if that wasn't enough stress, Taylor continues to struggle with the feelings of abandonment she's had since his disappearance. Remembering her father as such a
loving man, the reasons for his leaving never really added up.
When Taylor gets a lead on a former student of hers possibly
being connected to one of her cases she crosses paths with his brother, Nick
Sinclair, and the romantic tension begins.
Nick Sinclair is quite a catch. He's a handsome, successful novelist, but
Taylor won’t give him an inch when it comes to the matter of his missing, possibly stalker brother, Scott. Nick is
convinced Scott is innocent of any crimes, but Taylor is much less trusting.
There’s a lot of action that happens as it gets increasingly
dangerous for Taylor to do her job. The
closer she gets to solving the case and finding her father, the farther away
the truth seems. It’s a thoroughly
entertaining journey, if not a bit intense at times! The romance aspect helps a lot for someone
like me who wants a story that’s not only exciting, but heart-felt. Taylor’s fears and doubts about her past make
her a deeply believable character. If you
like a good thriller with murder, mystery, and a touch of romance, definitely
ad this one to your list of books to read!
Thanks for stopping by the blog!
-Monica
