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The Shadow Man

By: Helen Fields
Narrated by: Robin Laing, Cathleen McCarron
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About this listen

The Shadow Man is the first standalone from the bestselling author of the Perfect series, Helen Fields.

Includes a short story, exclusive to the audiobook.

He collects his victims. But he doesn’t keep them safe.

Elspeth, Meggy and Xavier are locked in a flat. They don’t know where they are, and they don’t know why they’re there. They only know that the shadow man has taken them, and he won’t let them go.

Desperate to escape, the three of them must find a way out of their living hell, even if it means uncovering a very dark truth.

Because the shadow man isn’t a nightmare. He’s all too real.

And he’s watching.

Helen Fields is back with a heart-pounding new book, perfect for fans of Cara Hunter and Stuart MacBride.

©2021 Helen Fields (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime Exciting Heartfelt Scary

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Critic reviews

PRAISE FOR THE SHADOW MAN

‘A gripping thriller with one of the creepiest and most fascinating villains I’ve ever read!’ ROZ WATKINS

‘A pulse-pounding, fascinating psychological procedural.’ LOUISE MULLINS

‘Helen Fields knows it out of the park with The Shadow Man. From the creep-you-out opening to the last staggering page, this one just refuses to let go. Simply brilliant.’ NEIL BROADFOOT

The Shadow Man is so chilling. With a dark, compelling plot and brilliantly drawn characters, you will be hooked from the first page…’ DEBBIE HOWELLS

’The Shadow Man is a terrifying police-procedural packed with suspense and a killer from your worst nightmares. A truly unique protagonist pitted against a chilling killer, it was hard to put this book down until the very end. I can't wait to read more from this series.’ VICKI BRADLEY

‘Atmospheric writing, breath-taking pace and fascinating characters. I loved it.’ SUZY K QUINN

PRAISE FOR HELEN FIELDS

‘Watch out Rebus, McRae and Perez there’s a new detective in the running to become Scotland’s fictional top cop…a real cracker of a page-turner that is truly difficult to put down.’ Scotland Correspondent

‘Compelling, breathtaking and a tense ride from that unbelievable opening scene right to the last word. Brilliant!’ Angela Marsons

‘Deliciously dark and gritty, Perfect Silence will glue your fingers to the page and make the hairs stand on the back of your neck. Another winner from the hugely talented Helen Fields.’ Caroline Mitchell

‘A tightly plotted tale of obsession and manipulation.’ Woman

‘Must read! With nail-biting twists at every turn, [Perfect Remains] will have readers gripped from start to finish.’ Closer

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I was a little perturbed initially when Robin Laing started the narration. It felt like cheating on Luc and Ava. However 1 chapter in and it left me full of dark desire to hear more.

Set in the same Edinburgh backdrop as the Perfect books with a few guest appearance this book, hopefully the starter for a whole new series was as magically dark as we can expect from Helen Fields, tense as ever and still maintains a fee comic edges.

Thoroughly loved this. It you like crime, disturbing darkness and create characterisation this is a must.

Loved it

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I absolutely loved this book.
The characters were so well detailed, I had no trouble at all visualising exactly what they looked like, especially Fergus.
The situations the characters found themselves in, gave me nightmares, especially at the end of the book, I could hardly breath.
I thought the narrators, were excellent in bringing the characters to life. The interpretation of Fergus' voice, chilled me to the bone.
Please, please, please let there be a series of books, with the two main characters, getting together to make this world, a safer place.
Fantastic book........more please.

Series Pleeeease

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I have listened to the Perfect Series and absolutely loved it and had high hopes for this stand alone book following this and was pleased to her some of the characters from the perfect series also were written in to this as well, I was however disappointed Robin Laing did not continue to do Overbeck in this story and felt this changed my vision in my head of overbeck in this story. Overall I would recommend this book!

Loved this book as a stand-alone my only issue is

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Absolutely loved this book it was brilliant I couldn't stop listening to it would recommend it if you like suspense

Brilliant

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I was really excited to read the stand alone book from Helen Fields. I've listened to all of the Luc Callanach books in the series and loved the characters, story lines and the narrator.
I thought this book started well but as it got going I found it challenging to keep listening. The story was really out there, I found the characters to be frustrating and didn't like the final chapters in the graveyard. It all seemed very implausible. I finished the book, but wouldn't recommend.

Love Helen Fields, Didn't Enjoy This.

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