The Company Of Shadows by Ruth Newman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
After three or four chapters I began to get into this novel by Ruth Newman. I guess it was the transition I had to make in the different style of writing after being engrosed in the previous book that I had been reading that caused my slow start. However, I picked up a feel of mystery that drew me on. I think in those early chapters of The Company of Shadows I sensed that there would be a twist in the tale. There was.
The tension of the story steadily ramps up and leaves one wondering who the protagonist, Kate, can trust. She sees a photograph showing a group of people which includes a man who she swears is the image of her dead husband. She becomes mired in a need to investigate the photograph.
As the story proceeds it becomes obvious that all is not as kate has been led to understand relating to her late husband's death and the book does become a page turner.
I am not a prude, having heard all of the expletives one can imagine during my years working in engineering factories, but I do wonder whether Ruth Newman needed to use as many of the *!^'* words that she has in this novel. For that reason, and for the occasional inclusion of details that I think were used as word padding that could have been excluded, I have given her three stars.
I must add that I will definitely read more of Ruth Newman's Books.
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posted by J.J. Overton on April, 09
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
After three or four chapters I began to get into this novel by Ruth Newman. I guess it was the transition I had to make in the different style of writing after being engrosed in the previous book that I had been reading that caused my slow start. However, I picked up a feel of mystery that drew me on. I think in those early chapters of The Company of Shadows I sensed that there would be a twist in the tale. There was.
The tension of the story steadily ramps up and leaves one wondering who the protagonist, Kate, can trust. She sees a photograph showing a group of people which includes a man who she swears is the image of her dead husband. She becomes mired in a need to investigate the photograph.
As the story proceeds it becomes obvious that all is not as kate has been led to understand relating to her late husband's death and the book does become a page turner.
I am not a prude, having heard all of the expletives one can imagine during my years working in engineering factories, but I do wonder whether Ruth Newman needed to use as many of the *!^'* words that she has in this novel. For that reason, and for the occasional inclusion of details that I think were used as word padding that could have been excluded, I have given her three stars.
I must add that I will definitely read more of Ruth Newman's Books.
View all my reviews
posted by J.J. Overton on April, 09
