Watching from the Dark: A Novel

Aiden Poole is sitting with his laptop waiting to Skype with his sort-of girlfriend, Zoe. He's waiting for her to get out of the shower, when he's horrified to see that someone is in her apartment. Did she have company? Or is this an intruder? He hears fighting coming from the bathroom ... and then there's silence ... utter silence. . He is desperate to find out if Zoe is okay. But then why is he so hesitant to call the police? DCI Jonah Sheens and his team take the case. The phone call they received was a little sketchy. The caller wasn't sure of her address and he stated he had not seen the intruder's face. He denied knowing if she was hurt.. or dead. It takes some excellent police work to track down her residence .... and find her body. Sheens and his team can find no one who has an unkind thing to say about Zoe. According to family and friends, she was the one they turned to for help, support. Was she privy to something she should not have heard ... or seen? . Has one of her so-called “friends” been driven to murder? Or does Aidan have the biggest secret of them all? Nicely plotted, the story takes the reader from the here and now, following the police investigation, to the backstory of Zoe. Who was she really? What made her tick? Who would want her dead..and why? The suspense starts at the very first page and never lets up until the unexpected ending. Twists and turns will have you forgetting breathe. Many thanks to the author / Random House Publishing Group - Random House / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction/psychological thriller. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.