Shadowed Witness by Angela Carlisle Review

 

Shadowed Witness is the second book in the Secrets of Kincaid series by Angela Carlisle. I absolutely loved this book, just as much as, or more than, the first one. The suspense was great, not ultra intense, but it was definitely there and drew me into the book and held me there. There was danger and quite a bit of mystery. 

The book started out with Allye witnessing a brutal murder and being attacked herself. However, when she comes to, there are those who don't believe her testimony. And she starts to doubt her own memories. It doesn't help that she has been having health issues that make her brain foggy. If it wasn't for the fact that the reader is "along for the ride" when she witnesses said murder and is attacked, I would have been doubting her as well. It helps that there is physical evidence that she was attacked. 

However, then there are other events that did make me wonder how reliable of a narrator she was. She definitely had a hard time convincing the police that she was telling the truth and not losing her mind. And I think she started to doubt herself. She was struggling so hard with some mysterious health issues, and keeping things secret from her friends and family so as to not worry them, that she had no one to lean on. 

At the same time there were drug overdoses leading to deaths in the community that the police were dealing with. Plus a missing teen. Eric Thornton is the over worked, lone detective on all these cases, plus others. He believes Allye's testimony more than the officer who was originally called to the scene. However, even he isn't quite sure what to think when things become almost unbelievable. 

So many questions. How much were all the cases connected and who exactly WAS the killer? And who was the person who was in the shadows when the guy was being murdered? There was one person who seemed to be connected, but the question was, exactly how much? And was the missing teen involved at all? And what exactly was wrong with Allye?

There were some instances of calm and time for a relationship to develop between Allye and Eric, which I loved by the way, but these times were shattered by different kinds of peril. That's one of the things that keeps me on edge. Just WHEN is something going to happen next? 

So, yeah, this book was awesome. I enjoyed getting to know Allye better, as she was Corina's friend in the first book. And we got to get a peek at how life was going for other characters from the first book as well. So, yes, the books connect, but they are stand alone stories. As I tend to say in my reviews, if you don't want relationship spoilers, you will definitely want to read the books in order. 

And yes, faith and the importance of forgiveness are central to the story as well. 

I can't wait to read book three, which is releasing soon!