
Play of Shadows
by Barbara Nickless
Title:
Play of Shadows
Author:
Barbara Nickless
Series (if any):
Dr. Evan Wilding
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
447 pages
Publisher:
Amazon Publishing
ISBN-13:
9781662509988
EAN:
9781662509988
Publication Date:
14/11/2023
Classifications:
Crime and Mystery
Weight (g):
588
Dimensions (mm):
143 x 209 x 33
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
An ancient creature of Greek mythology drives a killers unspeakable motives in a pulse-pounding thriller by the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Dark of Night.On a stormy Chicago night, renowned semiotician Dr. Evan Wilding and his brother, River, whos back from an archaeological dig, reunite in a mystery. A package addressed to both of them contains a hand-drawn maze, an ancient Cretan coin, and a cryptic greeting: Let the game begin.The opening move is murder.In a downtown alley, a man has been found nearly cleaved in two, a symbol drawn on his forehead and a savage rip in his throat. Given the clues, Evan sees a parallel to a fearsome Greek myth. Which means his friend Detective Addie Bisset is on the trail of a legendary flesh-eating monsterone terrifyingly human and tumbling a panicked city toward chaos.Evan, Addie, and River scramble to discover whos behind the appalling crimes and decipher the baffling motives. The body count is rising. The endgame is nowhere in sight. And the stakes are nothing less than life and death.















