During the 1920s, Letitia Hawking rents a small apartment in Los Angeles having emigrated from England. Letitia is gifted with visions and the ability to reach out to the dead, seeing their final moments of life and providing closure for their families. However, when her services are sought by Alisdair Driscoll, a lawyer with a strong and stern presentation who desperately wants to help his niece with her terrifying visions and nightmares, Letitia is pulled into a frightening and dangerous search for a diabolical killer who preys on young women.

Behind the Veil is a very atmospheric and haunting read, drawing the reader into Letitia's world of dark visions and mysterious shadows. The work of helping families depletes and exhausts Letitia, and we learn that she does this to atone for past actions and errors of judgement. She is a fascinating character, as is her client and love interest, Alisdair Driscoll. At 252 pages, it is a quick read, told from Letitia's perspective with periodic monologues from the killer. These are incredibly dark, alluding to some very grim themes including abduction, rape and murder of young girls. It is definitely a page-turner which held my interest to the very end. However, the novel concludes a little abruptly, with everything too neatly resolved for such a dark tale. I would also have appreciated seeing some of the iconic and evocative noir setting incorporated into the novel. Los Angeles in the 1920s is a perfect setting for noir, and it was a missed opportunity not to utilize it in the story.

I would like to thank Blackthorn Book Tours for introducing me to this book and hosting the book tour. Behind the Veil is recommended for fans of gothic supernatural fiction and noir.