# The Shadow Friend

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- Book: [The Shadow Friend](https://www.bookquiver.com/steve-mosby/the-shadow-friend) ([The Shadow Friend.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/steve-mosby/the-shadow-friend.md))
- Authors: [Steve Mosby](https://www.bookquiver.com/steve-mosby)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: audio
- Length: 9 h 6 min
- Narrated by: John Heffernan, Hannah Arterton
- ISBN: 978-14-0594-264-5
- Published: 2020-07-09
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook · 9 h 6 min

## Description

Brought to you by Penguin. If it had happened to you, you would have run away too. Twenty-five years ago, Paul's friend Charlie Crabtree brutally killed their classmate - and then vanished without a trace. Paul's never forgiven himself for his part in what happened. He's never gone back home. Until his elderly mother has a fall. It's finally time to stop running. It's not long before things start to go wrong. His mother claims there's someone in the house. Paul realises someone is following him. And, in a town many miles away, a copycat killer has struck. Which makes him wonder - what really happened to Charlie the day of the murder? And can anyone stop it happening again? Praise for Alex North The best crime novel of the decade - Steve Cavanagh, bestselling author of Thirteen First it's spooky. Then it's scary. Then it's terrifying. And then... well, dear reader, proceed at your own risk. An ambitious, deeply satisfying thriller - a seamless blend of Harlan Coben, Stephen King, and Thomas Harris. My flesh is still crawling - A. J. Finn, no. 1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Window Alex North has achieved the seemingly impossible. The Whisper Man is a thriller that is both terrifying and utterly heartbreaking. Mesmerising and masterful - Mark Billingham A dark, creepy, thriller with a huge amount of heart. Damn, but Alex North can write! - Stuart MacBride © Alex North 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020