title: Shadowchase: A Novel of Murder
author:  Martin Blank 
description: Blank's first novel is an uneven blend of police procedural and psychological suspense. The murders of a middle-aged brother and sister are seemingly without motives, but recluse Paul Lazzeri knows who the killer is: Dr. Owen Anderson. Twelve years earlier, Paul boarded with the Andersons and learned that their pefect family facade hid a secret that they would protect at all costs. Two mismatched Chicago cops, John Lamp and Sam Hutchinson, are soon on Anderson's trail, although they can't discover what links him to the victims. Racing to gather evidence, they engage in a cat-and-mouse game with the arrogantly clever Anderson. The pathologically shy Paul is an unusual character whose relationship with the Andersons is revealed in engrossing flashbacks. A sudden and totally uncharacteristic change in him ends the tale on a discordant note. <BR>Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  SHADOW OVER THE FENS
  
  
  A gripping crime thriller full of suspense
  
  
  
  
  
  (DI NIKKI GALENA BOOK 2)
  
  
  
  
  
  JOY ELLIS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  First published 2016
  
  
  Joffe Books, London
  
  
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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations,
  places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are
  used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events
  or locales is entirely coincidental. The spelling used is British English
  except where fidelity to the author’s rendering of accent or dialect
  supersedes this.
  
  
  First published as “Shadowbreaker” by Robert Hale.
  
  
  ©Joy Ellis
  
  
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