peacefrog's review
4.0
This was not quite a cozy book. Very dark and criminal mindish. The ending was very anticlimactic and a bit disappointing. Will still try the second book in the series.
fictionophile's review
5.0
There is nothing quite like the pleasure of discovering a new series that really grips you from the beginning.
"Into the shadows" did not dwell on the gory side of the forensic details, so it should appeal to those who normally shy away
from forensic novels for that reason. Jill Kennedy has 'retired' from her job as a police forensic criminal profiler. She has
bought a cottage in the country where she intends to write of her past experiences. Of course, her job follows her when the serial killer whose case she had worked on before, continues his evil killing spree. Her ex-lover, Max Trentham is back on the scene as well, working on a double murder case in her new villiage. Jill lives alone with 3 cats for company. However, she realizes the value of becoming part of her new community and attempts to make friends.... but could one of her new 'friends' be a cold-blooded killer? Although the murder case and the serial killer case do play a large part in the novel, it is one that is mainly character driven. Jill, Max and all of the village characters are well rounded and I found I want to visit them again and again.
Well done Shirley Wells!
"Into the shadows" did not dwell on the gory side of the forensic details, so it should appeal to those who normally shy away
from forensic novels for that reason. Jill Kennedy has 'retired' from her job as a police forensic criminal profiler. She has
bought a cottage in the country where she intends to write of her past experiences. Of course, her job follows her when the serial killer whose case she had worked on before, continues his evil killing spree. Her ex-lover, Max Trentham is back on the scene as well, working on a double murder case in her new villiage. Jill lives alone with 3 cats for company. However, she realizes the value of becoming part of her new community and attempts to make friends.... but could one of her new 'friends' be a cold-blooded killer? Although the murder case and the serial killer case do play a large part in the novel, it is one that is mainly character driven. Jill, Max and all of the village characters are well rounded and I found I want to visit them again and again.
Well done Shirley Wells!
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