The Shadowy Horses

With its dark legends and passionate history, the windswept shores of Scotland are an archaeologist’s dream. Verity Grey is thrilled by the challenge of uncovering an ancient Roman campsite in a small village. But as soon as she arrives, she can sense danger in the air.

Her eccentric boss, Peter Quinnell, has spent his whole life searching for the resting place of the lost Ninth Roman Legion and is convinced he’s finally found it – not because of any scientific evidence, but because a local boy has ‘seen’ a Roman soldier walking in the fields, a ghostly sentinel who guards the bodies of his long-dead comrades.

Surprisingly, Verity believes in Peter, and the boy, and even in the Sentinel, who seems determined to become her own protector...but from what?

I eagerly anticipated this novel and was not disappointed. The author did such a great job with the feeling that something eerily was happening. I loved the atmosphere of the novel.  I did feel that when the culprit was revealed it was not as dramatic as I would have wanted it and I also had a relationship figured out early, but all that did not distract me from the story. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will read anything Susanna writes.

Author: Susanna Kearlsley
Published: October 2012 (199)
Pages: 432
Genre: Mystery/Paranormal/Suspense
Source: Sourcebooks
Finished: 9/17/12



This complimentary review copy was received thankfully from Julie and Sourcebooks and in no way influenced my review of this book. These are my personal thoughts and reactions to the reading of the book.