The Shadows, Alex North
The Shadows, Alex North
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The Shadows
A Novel

Author: Alex North

Narrator: Hannah Arterton, John Heffernan

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/07/2020


Synopsis

"If you liked The Whisper Man, you’ll love this. Alex North has crafted a second novel which is just as gripping as his first and even scarier. Hugely atmospheric and deliciously creepy, it’s about how the past encroaches on the present, and how dreaming influences reality, until in the frightening world of The Shadows, it becomes harder and harder to tell one from the other... and the nightmare takes over."
– Alex Michaelides, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Silent Patient

The haunting new thriller from Alex North, author of the New York Times bestseller The Whisper Man

You knew a teenager like Charlie Crabtree. A dark imagination, a sinister smile--always on the outside of the group. Some part of you suspected he might be capable of doing something awful. Twenty-five years ago, Crabtree did just that, committing a murder so shocking that it’s attracted that strange kind of infamy that only exists on the darkest corners of the internet--and inspired more than one copycat.

Paul Adams remembers the case all too well: Crabtree--and his victim--were Paul’s friends. Paul has slowly put his life back together. But now his mother, old and suffering from dementia, has taken a turn for the worse. Though every inch of him resists, it is time to come home.

It's not long before things start to go wrong. Paul learns that Detective Amanda Beck is investigating another copycat that has struck in the nearby town of Featherbank. His mother is distressed, insistent that there's something in the house. And someone is following him. Which reminds him of the most unsettling thing about that awful day twenty-five years ago.

It wasn't just the murder.

It was the fact that afterward, Charlie Crabtree was never seen again...

A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books

About Alex North

Alex North is the internationally bestselling author of The Angel Maker, The Whisper Man and The Shadows. He lives in Leeds, England, with his wife and son, and is a British crime writer who has previously published under another name.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy on January 27, 2021

The premise was intriguing at first, but the actual reveal wasn't as creepy or exciting as I'd like. The second POV/storyline (Amanda) felt unnecessary, almost like a way to make the book longer. Overall, I just felt ok about this one.......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on April 26, 2021

Annnd here's my Spring and Summer Book Recommendations! (click the link to check them out!).Was it strange to think of the dead as friends?25 years ago, Paul Adams experienced the worst day of his life. One of his friends wasritualistically murdered by two other "friends". The poli......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on June 02, 2022

And the most unpopular, disgusting, shameful, rotten tomato, (ahem) I mean poor grader reviewer at leading category goes to (ba boom ba boom- at the same time my stupid picture appears on the screen: wearing dirty pajamas, holding my iPad in one hand, clutching the Chardonnay bottle in the other, ey......more

Goodreads review by Mary Beth on May 05, 2020

3.5 stars rounded up! You knew a teenager like Charlie Crabtree. A dark imagination, a sinister smile--always on the outside of the group. Some part of you suspected he might be capable of doing something awful. Twenty-five years ago, Crabtree did just that, committing a murder so shocking that it’s......more

Goodreads review by Farrah on July 28, 2020

All 5 ⭐s for the PERFECT reading experience!! I loved this awesome book! Creepy, dark and suspenseful, with a plot that hooked me from the get-go. The Shadows is a horror story at its core but flirts with other genres and doesn't follow the rules of most books. Some of the twists hit me in a way tha......more