‘Steeped with action, suspense, and psychological chills, Fields proves that she is a force to be reckoned with…Helen Fields does a stunning job and keeps her readers locked in until the final page turn.’ ‘Atmospheric writing, breath-taking pace and fascinating characters. With a dark, compelling plot and brilliantly drawn characters, you will be hooked from the first page…’ DEBBIE HOWELLS ‘A captivating crime thriller from one of the best in the business.’ OK! ‘SO CREEPY, so good!’ Jackie Kabler, author of The Perfect Couple From the creep-you-out opening to the last staggering page, this one just refuses to let go. ‘Helen Fields knows it out of the park with The Shadow Man. ‘A pulse-pounding, fascinating psychological procedural.’ LOUISE MULLINS ‘A gripping thriller with one of the creepiest and most fascinating villains I’ve ever read!’ ROZ WATKINS Helen Fields is back with a heart-pounding new book, perfect for fans of Cara Hunter and Stuart MacBride. They only know that the shadow man has taken them, and he won’t let them go.ĭesperate to escape, the three of them must find a way out of their living hell, even if it means uncovering a very dark truth.īecause the shadow man isn’t a nightmare. They don’t know where they are, and they don’t know why they’re there. But he doesn’t keep them safe…Įlspeth, Meggy and Xavier are locked in a flat. The first standalone from the bestselling author of the Perfect series, Helen Fields. The Shadow Man is a twisty thriller that will leave you gasping for more. Coming in March 2023 and available to pre-order now! His name cleared, Luigi walks off with Barbara.Don’t miss the new, claustrophobic crime thriller that will keep you up at night, The Institution. Later, at the saloon, Johnstone recreates the circumstances of the murder with Barbara impersonating Angele and Limpy breaks down and confesses that he killed Angele. Limpy, who is obsessed with Barbara, goes to her bedroom and attempts to blackmail her into caring for him, but a phone call from Johnstone stating that he is sending a car for her, interrupts him. After Luigi gives Limpy a glove that Barbara had dropped at the murder scene and asks him to return it to her, he goes to Limpy's room and discovers the walls plastered with photos of both Angele and Barbara. Later, Johnstone phones Limpy and asks him to come to the saloon late at night. However, he escapes from the police and goes into hiding. After Limpy informs police inspector Johnstone that Luigi and Angele were together for a year until Luigi discovered that she was seeing other men, Luigi then becomes the principal suspect. Afraid of being charged with Angele's murder, Luigi, with Limpy's help, attempts to dispose of the body, but they are both arrested. Later that day, when Luigi returns to the saloon, he sees Barbara running out of the back door, but is unable to catch her. He then tells Barbara that he loves her and she agrees to leave her husband. When Luigi returns to the Gale house to pick up the machine, Gerald invites him to join a card game, which Luigi almost immediately recognizes as being crooked. Meanwhile, Luigi's right-hand man Limpy, who has a club-foot and is inexperienced with women, has made a date with Angele, but she stands him up. When he delivers the machine, he invites Barbara to dinner at his apartment in the saloon and makes it clear that he is interested in her romantically. After Luigi, the operator of a pin-table saloon in London, comes to the aid of former girl friend Angele Abbé, who is resisting a sailor's advances, he arranges to rent one of his arcade's machines to Gerald and Barbara Gale for a party.
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