The Shadows

The name of the book comes from the dark woods near Paul’s house. The boys began practicing lucid dreaming. Paul Adams was young when the first child was killed and was a friend. He grieved over the death and soon after left home. He is back in the area after 25 years visiting his mother Daphne in Hospice. She is receiving palliative care after she fell down a flight of stairs.

Amanda Beck is a detective investigating the murder of a teenage boy. What she doesn’t realize is this killing is very similar to one that occurred years before. The narrators do a wonderful job portraying their characters. The story is fast paced, and the characters are developed. It is written in the third person point of view. The feel of the story is spooky with twists I did not see coming.