In the Shadow of Evil
A young woman’s murder leads DCI Neil Paget and his team deep into the shadow’s of one family’s hidden past—where a killer lies in wait.
It would the height of British understatement to say retired surgeon Charles Bromley and his step-daughter Toni Halliday did not have the rosiest of relationships. Afterall, she did accuse him of botching her father’s surgery to marry his rich widow. So it is somewhat understandable that Charles isn’t quite stricken with grief when Toni is found murdered on the grounds of Bromley Manor. He’s even less thrilled by the disruptions caused by the ongoing efforts of DCI Neil Paget and his team. Warned to tread lightly by his superiors, Paget forges on with the investigation, doggedly getting to the bottom of a perplexing case—before a killer returns to tie up loose ends.
It would the height of British understatement to say retired surgeon Charles Bromley and his step-daughter Toni Halliday did not have the rosiest of relationships. Afterall, she did accuse him of botching her father’s surgery to marry his rich widow. So it is somewhat understandable that Charles isn’t quite stricken with grief when Toni is found murdered on the grounds of Bromley Manor. He’s even less thrilled by the disruptions caused by the ongoing efforts of DCI Neil Paget and his team. Warned to tread lightly by his superiors, Paget forges on with the investigation, doggedly getting to the bottom of a perplexing case—before a killer returns to tie up loose ends.
