# The Shadow Friend

**THE GRIPPING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK _THE WHISPER MAN_**

**'Hugely atmospheric and deliciously creepy'** Alex Michaelides, bestselling author of _The Silent Patient_  
**'A surprising and moving finale that will live long in the memory'** _Daily Express_  
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**THE VICTIM WAS YOUR FRIEND**

It was just a silly game to start with. Paul never really believed in it.

He never dreamed Charlie would take it so far.

**SO WAS THE MURDERER**

For twenty years, Paul's tried to put his past behind him, but now his mother is dying, and he can't run any longer.

But home isn't just full of bad memories. It's also the last place anyone saw Charlie alive.

**And Paul starts to wonder if Charlie might come back to finish what he started . . .**  
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**'Alex North has outdone himself. _The Shadow Friend_ is the work of a writer who is an absolute master of his craft'** Jane Casey

**'Absorbing,** **headlong reading . . . As with all the best illusions, you are left feeling not tricked, but full of wonder'** _New York Times_

**'Echoes of the chilling Slender Man myth'** _Crime Monthly_

**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

## Details

- **Price:** 0.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** Penguin Books, Limited
- **Type:** Alex North

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