Broken Shadows is Sorrell Pitts second novel.  Admittedly, that was a while back, but this is a well-built, powerful thriller that will keep you guessing.  Tom returns home to Wiltshire to nurse his terminally ill Father.  At the same time, Anna returns home to recover from both an operation and an ailing relationship.  The unanswered question is the murder of Tom’s brother Callum when both he and Anna were children.  

As stated, second novel… but it doesn’t suffer from second novel syndrome.  There is a very definite sense of place for Wiltshire, as much as there is Adelaide and Istanbul.  The characters are well-sketched, but there is the definite tang of middle-aged sadness - plus the unsolved mystery of what actually happened to Callum.  It’s an English thriller with a hint of the existential.  

It’s published by and my thanks go to for Grace Pilkington and Bloodhound Books for a preview copy.