Beneath the Shadows

Sara Foster

Bantam, $32.95

Grace, Adam and baby Millie move from London to a cottage Adam has inherited in a remote, insular village.

Twelve months after Adam mysteriously disappears, Grace returns to deal with unfinished business. Beneath the Shadows is a tense, suspenseful story of loss, secrets and ghostly presences. Its characters are convincing and engaging - from the outsiders, Grace, her sister Annabel and friend James, to the inhabitants of Roseby village drawn together by the twisted threads of family and community.

The physical setting of the North Yorkshire moors emerges as a character in its own right, threatening and beautiful in equal measure.