Lady of the Shades

Description

In a hotel room in Chile, an assassin washes blood from his clothes as he receives word of a new job. Miles away in the twisting streets of London, American writer Ed is tormented by the ghosts of his brutal past. And unseen, a plot churns into motion that will blur the boundaries between what's real and what's not. Ensnared in an affair with the beautiful wife of a dangerous crime lord, Ed fights to keep a deadly secret hidden. But with each turn, his past is catching up with him. Because in the shadows, nothing is as it seems. . .

Darren Shan is the No.1 bestselling author of the young adult series Cirque du Freak, The Demonata, The Saga of Larten Crepsley and Zom-B, as well as the standalone books THE THIN EXECUTIONER and KOYASAN. For adults he has written PROCESSION OF THE DEAD, HELL'S HORIZON and CITY OF THE SNAKES, collectively known as The City Trilogy. Shan's books are sold in every continent, in 31 languages, and have been bestsellers in countries including America, Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and the UAE. His books have also topped the adult bestseller charts in Hungary, Japan and Taiwan. In total, Shan's books have sold over 25 million copies worldwide. He lives with his girlfriend in Limerick and London. www.darrenshan.com

Shan gives us a tale of multiple deceptions, of human beings haunted by the ghosts of their past and stalked by the consequences of their actions in the present. Absolutely gripping from first page to last -- Peter Millar * TIMES *