Tuesday, July 1, 2025

SHADOWED WITNESS (Secrets of Kincaid #2) by Angela Carlisle, Reviewed by Rebecca Maney #ReleaseDay

The Secrets of Kincaid Series #2:
A Christian Romantic Suspense Novel with a Detective Love Interest


REBECCA'S REVIEW:

"So where had everyone gone? And why was she still alive? None of it made sense."

Photographer Allye Jessup had eye-witnessed a brutal attack seconds before the perpetrator turned his attention towards her, attacking with the viciousness and brutality of one with deadly intentions . . . or at least that was what she thought had happened. Her neck bore the marks of a bruising choke hold and her muddled thinking? . . . well, she was experiencing a lot of that lately, but having her head banged up against a brick wall was not something that she could have imagined. Unfortunately, without any physical evidence left at the scene, even the police were questioning her validity. If only she could remember more about the man in the shadows.

Detective Eric Thornton didn't know what to think. He definitely believed that Allye believed she had seen what she saw, and the bruising around her neck was hardly a fabrication, but after a supposed home invasion the following night, her story turned incredibly odd . . . a "green glow"? Yet, that wasn't the end of the story by any means, for when her recollection and one of his cases began to intersect, the case took on a rather ominous path of its own.

May we have a round of applause for originality! . . . along with creativity! . . . and original characters! Allye and Eric were so relatable that their casual banter coupled with several incredibly brutal conversations made it so easy to fall head over heels into their story, which by the way, was incredibly hard to put down! All the dangling, tangling plot threads seemed impossibly knotted together  . . . until a very satisfying (loud sigh!) end.

I really liked the first book in this series, I absolutely loved this one!
*I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book from Baker Publishing Group and purchased a copy. I was under no obligation to provide a positive review. 4.5 stars

BackCover Blurb:

A haunting attack. A killer in the shadows. A protective love.

Murder--that's what photographer Allye Jessup knows she witnessed as she departed her studio one evening. Waking with bruises on her neck and a foggy memory, she believes she survived an attack, but everyone seems to think she simply sustained a head injury from falling down the stairs outside her studio. Plagued by an undiagnosed health condition, she is torn between the haunting reality of what she may have seen and the possibility that her mind is playing tricks on her.

Without proof the other victim ever existed, Detective Eric Thornton can hardly declare the area a murder scene. Still, he adds Allye's report to his already full caseload. But when new evidence surfaces to support her claims, Eric must stay one step ahead of a ruthless killer and uncover the truth before the suspect closes in on Allye again. 

Bethany House Publishing, July, 2025
Available in digital ebook, paperback, hardcover, and audiobook

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