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Sewing the Shadows Together: A Compelling Psychological Suspense Thriller Kindle Edition

by Alison Baillie (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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When a gruesome cold case is reopened in a coastal Scottish town, dark secrets threaten those closest to the victim in this psychological thriller.

It was a little more than three decades ago that thirteen-year-old Shona McIver was raped and murdered in Portobello, Scotland, a quiet seaside town just outside Edinburgh. To this day, the crime casts a shadow over the lives of her brother Tom and best friend Sarah. But when modern DNA evidence reveals that the wrong man was convicted, the case—and its terrible history—are reopened.

Soon Sarah and Tom find themselves caught up in the search for the real culprit. And with everyone falling under suspicion, Sarah begins to realize that nothing in her seemingly perfect life is as it appears. But will the killer strike again before the truth is revealed?
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    March 12, 2019
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08B7NJ6DF
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloodhound Books (March 12, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 12, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2858 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
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Alison Baillie

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ALISON BAILLIE was brought up in Ilkley, Yorkshire by Scottish parents. She studied English at the University of St Andrews, before teaching English in Edinburgh secondary schools and EFL in Finland and Switzerland. Now she spends her time reading, writing, travelling, spending time with her grandchildren and attending crime writing festivals.

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David Liscio
5.0 out of 5 stars An intelligent and well written whodunnit that you won't want to put down.
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2016
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From the outside looking in, they appear the perfect family. There's the famous TV personality dad, the smart and caring stay-at-home mom, the successful son and daughter, and even a pushy grandmother in the mix. But there are secrets that create tension. With that in mind, it's easy to imagine how the slightest disruption might bring things tumbling down. And that's precisely what happens when a DNA test finds that a local man has spent three decades behind bars for a ghoulish murder he didn't commit. Instead, he's being freed and will return home to where the crime occurred, which makes some folks -- including the oh-so-perfect family -- uneasy. It also means the real killer is still out there.
The author is truly skilled at developing these and other characters, and at moving the storyline forward. It's a believable and exciting whodunnit. And readers are likely to get a hoot out of Flora, the self-obsessed grandmother, whose mannerisms and words are a highlight. Sewing the Shadows Together is highly recommended.
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AKangel
4.0 out of 5 stars I found this to be a fascinating read...
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2016
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I found it to be a truly fascinating read. From the moment I started reading, I felt the author did an amazing job of intruding the characters and as the story evolved, they developed into that specific place and time where they best suited the plot. I thoroughly became one with each and every character. The storyline started out good and continued to grow in all the right places with the right strengths. I highly recommended this book.
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the cat
3.0 out of 5 stars Holds your interest
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2019
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This was a good story that for the most part kept me interested. I felt that the ending was too pat and a bit of a let-down.
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StephanieM
5.0 out of 5 stars A thoroughly good read and
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016
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Alison Baillie is a competent writer who knows her craft. The story flowed, the characters were believable and the story remains with you long after the last page is turned. A thoroughly good read and, as someone who was born in South Africa, the places that were mentioned were perfectly described. I look forward to reading more of her books.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Book
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2019
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I enjoyed reading this book as love a good mystery. The characters were so interesting that I went from one to the other trying to work out the murderer but, to no avail. The ending was rather abrupt but not surprising seeing as the actual perpetrator was, like the rest of them seemingly above such a crime. In all, a well written story .
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Alexander Huwyler
5.0 out of 5 stars smart and very gripping read
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2015
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A fresh, smart and very gripping read. It hooked me from the first chapter and never let me go. The book has a great sense of place, after reading it I want to visit Scotland again.

This is a fantastic book and I am looking forward to read more by Alison Baillie
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DoinWhatComesNaturally
3.0 out of 5 stars Just okay
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2018
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I didn’t care much for this. It seemed quite predictable, and I was bothered by the lack of fidelity in Sarah’s marriage ( on both sides). I thought the injustice revealed at the end was tragic. The book also makes me think that marriage is no longer meaningful.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2016
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This was an engaging read. A mystery that goes back many years, a bit of romance, and it all turns out well in the end. Lots of red herrings, too. It could go forward as a series as well.
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Peter McLoughlin
5.0 out of 5 stars TOPS 1 +++++++++++
Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2016
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This is a 5 Star +++++++++++ One of the top novels on my Kindle !
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pollyanna
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Reviewed in Australia on January 10, 2017
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This story was a very enjoyable read. It kept me guessing until the last few pages which is a bit unusual. Recommended
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Jeff
3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 stars
Reviewed in India on October 12, 2016
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This is a wonderful debut book. The prose wasn't all that great but the story more than made up for it. Some romance, some crime, the story was gripping and engrossing. The characters were fairly well defined too. They were well placed throughout the book. In the end you will get answers to your whys, which is more than enough. Baillie also did well not to misuse characters to confuse her readers. And if you're attentive enough, you'll find out who the murderer is before everything starts to go topsy-turvy. But then again, the story does continue to keep you on your toes because you can never be all that sure, can you?

All in all, a wonderful weekend read.
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e.r.thaler
5.0 out of 5 stars Sehr schön ...
Reviewed in Germany on June 19, 2016
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Geschriebener Krimi. Ich war total begeistert.
Mir gefiel besonders der Schreibstil, so ein schönes Englisch habe ich schon lange nicht mehr gelesen, schon das hat mich sehr beekndruckt.
Die Geschichte ist super aufgebaut und bis zum Schluss war es nicht offensichtlich, wer der wirkliche Mörder war. Von allen Seiten wurden die Fäden zusammengeführt, bis sie sich im Finale trafen.
Für alle, die sich nicht scheuen auch ein englisches Buch zu lesen, kann ich diesen schönen, teilweise sogar poetischen Krimi, nur empfehlen.
Danke für das Lesevergnügen.
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Cleopatra
4.0 out of 5 stars A mystery stretching back in time
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2017
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I like my crime fiction to feature past crimes which are bought into the present, that feeling of past and present becoming so tightly linked is really appealing and so the premise to Sewing the Shadows Together called to me from the moment I read the synopsis.

Shona McIver was raped and murdered over thirty years ago, she was just thirteen years old Her brother Tom and her family moved to South Africa following the shocking crime in in Portobello, the seaside suburb of Edinburgh. Her best friend Sarah remained in Portobello but what happened left a long shadow over both of their lives.

In the present day it is announced that the once young man, committed to hospital after being convicted of her murder, is to be released. Worse still it has been proved that he wasn’t the murderer. Tom is in Portobello at the time the police re-open their investigation having travelled over on family business and to attend a school reunion. What better background can you conjure up than a reunion organised by just the sort of woman who always organise such events, pushy and shallow with a conviction that everyone must have fun! The question is, is the real killer someone Tom and Sarah know; will the murderer be unmasked?

The emotions are so perfectly drawn in this novel. There is a bit of everything on the entire spectrum and because I was so drawn into the tale, I really felt the highs along with the lows. With a fast-moving plot with a surprising number of potential suspects who could have been part of the secret that Shona mentioned on the evening she disappeared. The result for the reader is many theories built and swiftly dashed to smithereens as another smidgen of information is revealed; just the kind of plotting I most enjoy. Although there was one moment when the coincidence seemed a little too convenient, on the whole I was convinced by the plot, in other words the clues were there.

And then there is the setting, which is nothing but evocative. I have never been to Edinburgh and yet the seaside suburb of Portobello lends itself perfectly to the scene of the murder.  Don’t you think a murder committed in beautiful surroundings, seems so much more horrific? It is also presented as a fairly close-knit community back in the 1970s with enough key items from the time as markers but not so many that it feels like a trip into nostalgia. Not that all the action takes place in this setting, we journey to the Outer Hebrides to visit some of Tom’s scary relations and back to South Africa when he returns to visit his beloved aunt for one last time. There is no doubt in my mind that Alison Baillie is not only able to weave a convincing story but is able to make you feel as if you’ve visited the places themselves. Amazing as I have no first-hand knowledge of any of these settings.

There are a wide range of characters in the book, and as there are quite a few the author has managed to keep them distinct and interesting, although in some cases far from likeable and at times I couldn’t help wonder why this beautiful seaside setting hadn’t seen more murders over the years!
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