In this thrilling gothic suspense debut by Sara Foster in the tradition of Rosamund Lupton and Sophie Hannah, a young mother searches Yorkshire’s windswept moors for the truth behind her husband’s mysterious disappearance.
The answers are hiding Beneath the Shadows
When Grace’s husband, Adam, inherits an isolated North Yorkshire cottage, they leave the bustle of London behind to try a new life. A week later, Adam vanishes without a trace, leaving their baby daughter, Millie, in her stroller on the doorstep.
The following year, Grace returns to the tiny village on the untamed heath. Everyone―the police, her parents, even her best friend and younger sister―is convinced that Adam left her. But Grace, unable to let go of her memories of their love and life together, cannot accept this explanation. She is desperate for answers, but the slumbering, deeply superstitious hamlet is unwilling to give up its secrets.
As Grace hunts through forgotten corners of the cottage searching for clues and digs deeper into the lives of the locals, strange dreams begin to haunt her. Are the villagers hiding something, or is she becoming increasingly paranoid? Only as snowfall threatens to cut her and Millie off from the rest of the world does Grace make a terrible discovery. She has been looking in the wrong place for answers all along, and she and her daughter will be in terrible danger if she cannot get them away in time.
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“A haunting tale…This vividly written novel will leave you breathless and as chilled as the starkly beautiful North Yorkshire moors where this compelling story unfolds.”
— Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author
“Keeps you guessing right up until the last atmospheric page and establishes Foster as a new master of the psychological suspense genre.”
— Julia Spencer-Fleming, New York Times bestselling author“Foster’s second page-turning tale of suspense set on the snow-covered moors has something for everyone: mystery, romance, paranormal activity, and mortal danger.”
— Kirkus ReviewsSara Foster is the author of acclaimed dystopian thriller The Hush and seven bestselling psychological suspense novels: You Don’t Know Me, The Hidden Hours, All That Is Lost Between Us, The Deceit, Shallow Breath, Beneath the Shadows, and Come Back to Me. Two of her novels have been optioned for television, and You Don’t Know Me was adapted into a chart-topping drama podcast series by LiSTNR. Sara has a PhD in creative writing (studying maternal representations in fiction) and lives in Perth, Western Australia, with her husband, two daughters, three cats, Luna the cavoodle, and Sunny the bearded dragon.
Find out more at www.SaraFoster.com.au or follow Sara on her Substack, The Resilient Author (www.substack.com/@sarafosterauthor)
Lorna Bennett is a voice talent and audiobook narrator.