The Other Side of Fear (audiobook)

 The Other Side of Fear 

By Eoghan Egan 

Review:

This is the second book in the series and picks up right where Hiding In Plain Sight leaves off. 

Having found themselves safe from Adam Styne ; Huw, Ruth and Sharona are now finding themselves in new battles. 

Ruth is facing the wrath of her boss for finding herself in the middle of a front page news story, Huw is battling his mother’s Alzheimer’s  and Sharona is staring a new investigation in to loan shark Dessie Dolan. 

Ferdia is not in the clear after warning off Dessie’s men and his actions bring a whole new heap of trouble. 

The book doesn’t take long to build into all this action and it keeps going from there on in. It is fast paced and builds really well on the previous book. 

For anyone who is adverse to gore and violence then as there are a few moments that you might want to skim over.

There is definitely a high level of suspense and drama within the story. It covers everything from drugs, gambling addiction, loan sharks and people trafficking. The level of realism in the events make the book more gripping. 

Like the first book this one follows the stories of several characters - there’s a lot to keep up with but I found it easier to follow. Possibly because I felt like the characters were familiar to me having listened to the first book. 

I found myself particularly liking Ferdia in this book. He’s a no nonsense kind of guy who is determined to do right by those whom he feels have been wronged. Sharona is as ever a very likeable character who holds her own. I definitely want more from her in the future. 

The narrator is brilliant - they are easy to listen to: the speech is clear and heart felt. 

Book Blurb

Nothing will ever be the same again

Sharona Waters is determined to dig into loan shark Dessie Dolan's business and see him brought to justice. But when a young woman she's only briefly met goes missing, a much darker story emerges.

Pulled into the ruthless world of people trafficking - a world built on violent brutality and sudden death - Sharona finds herself caught between crime and conscience, pursued by powerful and ruthless criminals, and just one bad decision away from having her whole world crash down.

Sometimes, the only way forward is to risk everything, no matter the cost.

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Author 

A native of Co. Roscommon, Ireland, Eoghan wrote his first story aged nine.

At college, he studied Computer Programming, works in Sales Management & Marketing, but his passion for reading and writing remains.

Eoghan’s work got shortlisted for the 2018 Bridport Short Story Prize, and Listowel’s 2019 Bryan McMahon Short Story Award Competition. His novel was a contender in literary agent David Headley’s opening chapter Pitch Competition, and during March 2019 and April 2021, Eoghan’s entries won Litopia’s prestigious Pop-Up Submissions.

A graduate of Maynooth University’s Creative Writing Curriculum, and Curtis Brown’s Edit & Pitch Your Novel Course, Eoghan divides his time between Roscommon, Dublin and Southern Italy.

The first in his trilogy of crime fiction novels, Hiding in Plain Sight was released in 2020. Book two, The Other Side of Fear was published in 2022. Book three is due for publication in January 2024.

When he’s not writing, Eoghan can be found at literary festivals or headbanging at heavy metal gigs.

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