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Review – Shadows on the River

January 8, 2011 By Michael

Fourteen-year-old Ally Roarke witnessed a horrific murder. When she came forward to tell others that Larry Fremont, one of the most popular and wealthy boys in the town pushed her best friend off a bridge, no one would believe her story and Larry was never tried for his crime. Many years later, Ally discovers that Larry may have killed again. But Ally is not fourteen any longer and she can’t let Larry get away with murder again.

Ally, though wanting to do the right thing, is fearful of facing the powerful Fremont family after all this time. She might be a successful and respected boat designer as well as a mother of a ten-year-old daughter, but Ally finds herself dreading the confrontation. Enter fellow designer, Mark Bishop, who is more than willing to help Ally face her past and face her reasons for turning her back on God.

Linda Hall’s books hold such wonderful characters and Shadows on the River is no exception. They are emotionally scarred, yet so real and vivid you invest all your energy and emotions into their lives and want them to succeed. She also paints such intense scenes with her descriptions that you feel like you are present. She combines all of this with suspense plots that are creative, not easy to solve and keep you turning the pages.

Hall’s books have the power to grab you from the first page and keep you reading regardless of what’s going on in the world around you. The only thing I do not like about Hall’s books is that I find myself at the end of the book long before I want to get there. The good news is she keeps writing more of them so I can delve into the pages and get wrapped up in her characters again.

Shadows on the River (Shadows Series #3) (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense #146)
Shadows on the River (Shadows Series #3) (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense #146)
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Review – Shadows on the River
Reviewed by Susan Sleeman
If you have never read a book by Linda Hall, you are missing one of the best Christian suspense writers out there.
Fourteen-year-old Ally Roarke witnessed a horrific murder. When she came forward to tell others that Larry Fremont, one of the most popular and wealthy boys in the town pushed her best friend off a bridge, no one would believe her story and Larry was never tried for his crime. Many years later, Ally discovers that Larry may have killed again. But Ally is not fourteen any longer and she can’t let Larry get away with murder again.

Ally, though wanting to do the right thing, is fearful of facing the powerful Fremont family after all this time. She might be a successful and respected boat designer as well as a mother of a ten-year-old daughter, but Ally finds herself dreading the confrontation. Enter fellow designer, Mark Bishop, who is more than willing to help Ally face her past and face her reasons for turning her back on God.

Linda Hall’s books hold such wonderful characters and Shadows on the River is no exception. They are emotionally scarred, yet so real and vivid you invest all your energy and emotions into their lives and want them to succeed. She also paints such intense scenes with her descriptions that you feel like you are present. She combines all of this with suspense plots that are creative, not easy to solve and keep you turning the pages.

Hall’s books have the power to grab you from the first page and keep you reading regardless of what’s going on in the world around you. The only thing I do not like about Hall’s books is that I find myself at the end of the book long before I want to get there. The good news is she keeps writing more of them so I can delve into the pages and get wrapped up in her characters again.

 

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Susan Sleeman
SUSAN SLEEMAN is a bestselling and award-winning author of more than 25 inspirational/Christian and clean read romantic suspense books.
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About Linda Hall

Linda Hall
LINDA HALL is the award-winning author of fifteen mysteries and romantic suspense novels and many short stories. Her 2007 suspense novel Black Ice was recently awarded Book of the Year by the American Christian Fiction Writers. …

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Sadie’s Song (Coast of Maine series Book 4)
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Katheryn’s Secret (Coast of Maine Series Book 3)
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Critical Impact (Whisper Lake)
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On Thin Ice (Whisper Lake)
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Storm Warning (Whisper Lake)
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Shadows on the River (Shadows Series #3) (Steeple …
Release date: 04/14/2009

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Shadows at the Window (Shadows Series #2) (Steeple …
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Shadows in the Mirror (Shadows Series #1) (Steeple …
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Black Ice (Fog Point Series #2)
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Steal Away (Teri Blake-Addison Mystery Series #1)
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