Shadows: The gripping new crime thriller from the #1 bestseller

Shadows: The gripping new crime thriller from the #1 bestseller
Paul Finch

‘A fast-paced, terrifying journey.’ RACHEL ABBOTT‘A born storyteller.’ PETER JAMES’Intense action and an enthralling female lead.’ L.A. LARKINThe SUNDAY TIMES bestseller returns with the second book in the PC Lucy Clayburn series – a must for all fans of Happy Valley and M.J. Arlidge.As a female cop walking the mean streets of Manchester, life can be tough for PC Lucy Clayburn. But when one of the North West’s toughest gangsters is your father, things can be particularly difficult.When Lucy's patch is gripped by a spate of murder-robberies, the police are quick to action. Yet when it transpires that the targets are Manchester’s criminal underworld, attitudes change.Lucy is soon faced with one of the toughest cases of her life – and one which will prove once and for all whether blood really is thicker than water…

Copyright (#udd3ad16f-c580-5eae-ba1e-86741ef015c7)

Published by Avon an imprint of

HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2017

Copyright © Paul Finch 2017

Cover photographs © Henry Steadman

Cover design © Henry Steadman 2017

Paul Finch asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9780007551330

Ebook Edition © October 2017 ISBN: 9780007551347

Version: 2017-09-12

PRAISE FOR PAUL FINCH (#udd3ad16f-c580-5eae-ba1e-86741ef015c7)

‘Wonderfully dark and peppered with grim humour. Finch is a born storyteller and writes with the authentic voice of the ex-copper he is.’

PETER JAMES

‘Edge-of-the-seat reading … formidable – a British Alex Cross.’

SUN

‘An ingenious and original plot. Compulsive reading.’

RACHEL ABBOTT

‘As good as I expected from Paul Finch. Relentlessly action-packed, breathless in its finale, Paul expertly weaves a trail through the North’s dark underbelly.’

NEIL WHITE

‘A deliciously twisted and fiendish set of murders and a great pairing of detectives.’

STAV SHEREZ

‘Avon’s big star … part edge-of-the-seat, part hide-behind-the-sofa!’

THE BOOKSELLER

‘An explosive thriller that will leave you completely hooked.’

WE LOVE THIS BOOK

Dedication (#udd3ad16f-c580-5eae-ba1e-86741ef015c7)

For my children, Eleanor and Harry, who, even though they’ve now left home, are always available to bounce around a few ideas.

Table of Contents

Cover (#ua3d5d0f7-0d69-5206-be87-c7dc0cf1ee70)

Title Page (#u992e4b4f-50a4-55bb-b007-a9b2d7354dc4)

Copyright (#ufad34146-e98a-5d5f-bed3-6ef4dd28625e)

Praise for Paul Finch (#ub1f6f5b1-5aa2-5a3d-ba74-ef91c1b8b898)

Dedication (#ua768779e-85f2-5a1e-83fe-cf4474b48bf8)

Chapter 1 (#ufc99e6a8-1568-58ad-89cf-6da5545c5a8a)

Chapter 2 (#u0bddc76b-360b-5381-b4ca-114f0ed9a158)

Chapter 3 (#u6263de2b-7b6f-5b09-8fb0-c7532bfc92b4)

Chapter 4 (#u97826ba2-5f96-5260-9e47-6e19940d33c3)

Chapter 5 (#u30520cc5-7cd3-5517-a2a0-2108d15329b4)

Chapter 6 (#ube9bca0a-a4e9-5637-a46c-6cbae1e035da)

Chapter 7 (#u94f35ecf-ad8e-5630-bdd5-8b17f8606198)

Chapter 8 (#u81741d41-a7d7-5257-b15c-36acf118ad29)