Back before Dark blog tour stop.. review & giveaway ~ '

Praise for Code of Silence: 'Deliberate, plausible, and gritty whodunit.' --Booklist Starred Review. Taken!

A detour through the park leads Cooper, Gordy, Hiro, and Lunk straight into a trap, and Gordy is abducted! For the kidnapper, it's all a game, a way to settle an old score, with no one getting hurt. But evil has a way of escalating, and once his identity is discovered, the rules change. Despite the best of police efforts, the hours tick by without a clue or a ransom call, leaving everyone to their own fears. Gordy is gone. Cooper descends deeper into a living nightmare, imagining the worst for his best friend and cousin. Hours stretch into days, and talks of a memorial service begin to surface. But Cooper still feels his cousin is alive and develops a reckless plan, changing all the rules. Now the one
who set out to rescue his friend needs to be rescued himself. Sometimes rescuing a friend from darkness means going in after them.

My review of Back Before Dark:

Cooper and Gordy, cousins and best friends, are on a bike ride in the park with their friends Hiro and Lunk when the unthinkable happens. Gordy is kidnapped. Back Before Dark follows this decidedly different group of friends as they embark on a journey to bring their missing friend home safe.

Cooper is desperate to find Gordy and will stop at nothing to ensure his task. He’s reckless and considers his actions to be justified, even when he himself breaks the law. After all, the kidnapper broke the law by taking Gordy, so breaking the rules to get Gordy back is alright; right? Along for the ride are Lunk, the friend that trails along behind you with a baseball bat singing “somebodies gonna get it!” and Hiro, the proverbial voice of reason who tries to stop Cooper from crossing the wrong lines.

Back Before Dark is an action packed, fast paced novel that will keep you guessing until the end. Shoemaker definitely takes the reader on a roller coaster ride of twists and turns as you rack your brain trying to figure out what will happen to this unlikely trio next on their journey. Written in the third person, the story is told through the eyes of each character individually to bring even more life to the book. I anxiously await the third book in this series.

Check out book 1 Code of Silence:
Telling the Truth Could Get Them Killed. Remaining Silent Could Be Worse.When Cooper, Hiro, and Gordy witness a robbery that leaves a man in a coma, they find themselves tangled in a web of mystery and deceit that threatens their lives. After being seen by the criminals---who may also be cops---Cooper makes everyone promise never to reveal what they have seen. Telling the truth could kill them. But remaining silent means an innocent man takes the fall and a friend never receives justice. Is there ever a time to lie? And what happens when the truth is dangerous? The three friends, trapped in a code of silence, must face the consequences of choosing right or wrong when both options have their price.

Happily married for more than thirty years to Cheryl, the love of my life.

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