Sunday, June 12, 2022

Review Tour: The Shadow of the Mole by Bob Van Laerhoven


Congratulations to tour winner John and to host winners Enchanting Reviews and Candlelight Reading

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual REVIEW ONLY Tour for The Shadow of the Mole by Bob Van Laerhoven, a 382 page historical mystery fiction available now from Next Chapter. The tour will run every Thursday for 4 weeks beginning on August 25. The book is available in PDF formats.

The author will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $15 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host. In addition, GFP will award a randomly drawn host a $5 Amazon GC.

1916, Bois de Bolante, France. The battles in the trenches are raging fiercer than ever. In a deserted mineshaft, French sappers discover an unconscious man and nickname him The Mole.

Claiming he has lost his memory, The Mole is convinced that he's dead and that an Other has taken his place. The military brass considers him a deserter, but front physician and psychiatrist-in-training Michel Denis suspects that his patient's odd behavior is stemming from shellshock and tries to save him from the firing squad.

The mystery deepens when The Mole begins to write a story in écriture automatique that takes place in Vienna, with Dr. Josef Breuer, Freud's teacher, in a leading role. Traumatized by the recent loss of an arm, Denis becomes obsessed with his patient and is prepared to do everything he can to unravel his secret.

Set against the staggering backdrop of the First World War, The Shadow Of The Mole is a thrilling tableau of loss, frustration, anger, madness, secrets, and budding love. The most urgent question in this extraordinary story is: when, how, and why does reality shift into delusion?




August 25: The Faerie Review
September 1: Westveil Publishing
September 1: Candlelight Reading
September 8: Gina Mitchell
September 15: Enchanting Reviews
September 15: The Avid Reader