The Shadow Year The Shadow Year

The Shadow Year

    • 4.5 • 24 Ratings
    • £2.99

Publisher Description

A spellbinding tale of grief, jealousy and betrayal, from the author of the Richard & Judy Book Club selected SECRETS OF THE TIDES.

1980. On a hot summer's day five friends stumble upon an abandoned cottage hidden deep in the English countryside. Isolated and run-down, it offers a retreat, somewhere they can escape from the world. But as the seasons change, tensions begin to rise...

Three decades later, Lila arrives at the remote cottage. Bruised from a tragic accident and with her marriage in crisis, she finds renovating the tumbledown house gives her a renewed sense of purpose. But why did the cottage's previous inhabitants leave their belongings behind? And why can't she shake the feeling that someone is watching her?

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2013
20 June
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
360
Pages
PUBLISHER
Orion
SIZE
2.2
MB

Customer Reviews

jane 72 ,

Hooked

Fantastic book. The start was a bit slow, but when it got going it was really hard to put it down. The characters were endearing and I found myself willing things to happen. Really emotional, just a brilliant book, probably the best one I've read this year. An author to look out for :)

Magnele ,

The shadow year

I really enjoyed this book - it has given me many late nights as I couldn't put it down!

Loulou8* ,

Glad I persevered

I initially struggled to get into this book but I'm glad I persevered as it was a gripping read

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