CELTICLADY'S REVIEWS: Shadow Of the Gypsy by Shelly Frome Book Tour and Giveaway!

13 July 2022

Shadow Of the Gypsy by Shelly Frome Book Tour and Giveaway!

Publisher: Boutique of Quality Books (May 3, 2022)
Category: Amateur Sleuths, Crime Thriller, Love Story
Tour dates: June 9-July 15, 2022
ISBN: 978-1952782572
Available in Print and ebook, 330 pages

Description Shadow Of the Gypsy by Shelly Frome

A nemesis out of the past suddenly returns, forcing Josh Bartlett to come to terms with his true identity.

Josh Bartlett had figured all the angles, changed his name, holed up as a small-town features writer in the seclusion of the Blue Ridge. Only a few weeks more and he’d begin anew, return to the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut and Molly (if she’d have him) and, at long last, live a normal life. After all, it was a matter of record that Zharko had been deported well over a year ago.

The shadowy form Josh had glimpsed yesterday at the lake was only that—a hazy shadow under the eaves of the activities building. It stood to reason his old nemesis was still ensconced overseas in Bucharest or thereabouts well out of the way. And no matter where he was, he wouldn’t travel thousands of miles to track Josh down. Surely that couldn’t be, not now, not after all this.

Review Shadow Of the Gypsy by Shelly Frome

Guest Review by Laura

The story of 'Shadow of the Gypsy,' begins with a murder that was witnessed by a young boy, and ends in a way that the reader will never expect.

Josh Barlett is only a small boy when he witnesses something that he shouldn't have had to see. And after being sent away to a boarding school a thousand miles away, Josh spends the next 20 years of his life avoiding the flashbacks to that event.

The murder was committed by a man named Zharko, who is also a prominent member of the Romany community that Josh's family is part of. Every day for the time that he lives in hiding, Josh worries that Zharko will find him and kill him, too. But when Zharko does eventually find Josh, what he does to the boy-- now a grown man, is even worse than being killed.

Zharko asks Josh for a favor. And by 'asks,' I mean that he intimidates him into it. Zharko has an IOU that Josh signed when he was a boy and he intends to collect on this promise right now. With no choice, Josh must follow through with the debt, return to the hometown that he has not been back to in 20 years and see the woman whom he has been in love with all this time.

Josh is not sure what Zharko actually wants him to do, but after arriving in Connecticut, he finds out all too soon, and it is up to him to decide exactly how far he's willing to go to protect himself and his family.

With Frome's compelling atmosphere and tense plotting, fans of mysteries and crime thrillers will not want to miss this captivating read! I highly recommend 'Shadow of the Gypsy,' and am giving it five stars for keeping me guessing the whole way through!

About Shelly Frome

Award winning author, Shelly Frome is a member of Mystery Writers of America, a professor of dramatic arts emeritus at the University of Connecticut, a former professional actor, a writer of crime novels, cozy mystery novels, and books on theater and film. He is also a features writer for Gannett Media’s Black Mountain News. His fiction includes Sun Dance for Andy Horn, Lilac Moon, Twilight of the Drifter, Tinseltown Riff, Murder Run, Moon Games and The Secluded Village Murders.

Among his works of non-fiction are The Actors Studio and texts on the art and craft of screenwriting and writing for the stage. Miranda and the D-Day Caper was his last foray into the world of crime and the amateur sleuth, until now. He lives in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

Website: http://www.shellyfrome.com/
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