Shadow Falls

by Claire Lorrimer

One time teenage sweethearts Samantha and Greg decide to marry. But mysteriously, Greg postpones the wedding, disappearing for days at a time and refusing to offer any reason for his disconcerting behaviour. Gradually a disturbing picture of Greg begins to emerge. Although he eventually agrees to the marriage, he is seen with a mystifying woman soon afterwards. And then a stranger turns up asking questions. Samantha realises something very alarming is happening. Not only does she fear for her marriage – she fears for her life too.

Genres: Gothic, Fiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1974

About the author

Claire Lorrimer began writing at the age of ten, encouraged by her mother who was the author Denise Robins. Her post as a sub editor on a woman's magazine gave her a close insight into the world of publishing, but it was during the Second World War that her writing career became established. She subsequently turned to historical fiction. These novels on an epic scale feature the lives of passionate and striking heroines set against a strongly drawn historical background, often highlighting the situation of women. Claire Lorrimer lives in rural Kent, and is currently busy writing her latest historical novel.

Reviews

[Adrian Griffiths · Rating 1 out of 5]

A young woman marries her childhood sweetheart/crush. Soon afterwards he goes away on military service and comes back a changed man: moody, secretive and mysterious. But why?

That set-up takes up roughly the first 30 pages of the book. From this point onwards, the rest of the story plays out as 160 pages of bickering, with the wife begging her husband to tell her what he's hiding, and him refusing. That's it, that's the whole plot.

Boring and pointless, with an ending "reveal" that is almost laughably disappointing. Don't waste your time

[Vickie Taylor-Edwards · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awful. Clunky with unrealistic, cliched and completely out dated characters and storylines. I wanted to shake Samantha for being so pathetic. The blurb made it sound a lot better than it actually was.

[ANGELIA · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't care what kind of undercover work you're doing for your government, or what role you have to play, DO NOT KEEP SECRETS FROM YOUR WIFE!!! I don't care how valid the reasons, and how can you expect blind loyalty when your behavior is apparently giving her the impression you don't care that much, not to mention your casually telling her you cheated on her!

And I don't care how nice and sympathetic the OM is, DO NOT USE HIM TO TRY AND FORGET THE HUSBAND YOU THINK HAS BETRAYED YOU!!! While I can understand turning to someone else, and having no reason to feel you owed your husband any fidelity, still, give the nice OM a break (especially since he was a lonely widower who was heartbroken when he lost his wife) and be sure you're over your marriage before getting involved, instead of leading him on and being (though unintentional) selfish and cruel.

Enough said.