The release date for the English version of 'The Shadows' by
Alex North is Sep 2021. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
This is a take on traditional horror with a unique ingenuity that makes for captivating, riveting reading. Like all the finest illusions, this one leaves you feeling astounded rather than duped."— New York Times
Author of the New York Times bestseller The Whisper Man, Alex North, has released a disturbing new thriller titled The Shadows.
You had known Charlie Crabtree, the adolescent. A menacing grin and a gloomy fantasy—always outside the group. You had a sneaking suspicion that he was capable of something terrible. That's exactly what Crabtree did 25 years ago when he committed a murder so horrifying that it garnered the type of peculiar notoriety seen only in the most obscure corners of the internet and spawned several imitators.
Paul Adams was acquainted with both Crabtree and his victim, so he recalls the situation all too well. Paul has gradually rebuilt his life. However, his mother's condition has deteriorated recently due to her advanced age and dementia. It's time to return home, despite his reluctance on every part.
Things don't take long to start going awry. Paul finds out that Featherbank, a neighbouring town, has seen another copycat attack. Detective Amanda Beck is looking into this one as well. There is something in the home, according to his worried mother. And he's being followed by someone. Which brings to mind the most frightening aspect of that terrible day that occurred twenty-five years ago.
Not only was there a murder.
It was the fact that Charlie Crabtree vanished from sight thereafter.