Three months into her new role as a psychiatrist at a clinic in upstate New York, Erin Cartwright is asked to evaluate the case of a man who murdered his mother and sisters at the age of seventeen.
Found not guilty by reason of insanity and held in a maximum-security psychiatric facility for twenty-seven years, Timothy Stern is now eligible for release. Upon learning the crime occurred in the same village she once visited as a child, Erin is on the verge of refusing to take the case, when a startling discovery triggers memories she’d rather keep hidden, and a suspicion the wrong man is behind bars.
“For fans of beautifully written, psychologically probing crime by authors such as Christopher Bollen, Tana French, and Denise Mina, The Shadow Bird is a gripping thriller in which a psychiatrist must overcome her troubled past to free a patient locked up for a brutal crime.”
‘… a little gem… a really accomplished debut novel which kept me intrigued throughout. I’ll be following this new name with interest.’ GJ MINETT
‘An unsettling and beautifully written psychological crime thriller, infused with a sense of menace from the first line. The mystery kept me guessing throughout and didn’t disappoint. I was engrossed!’ ALLIE REYNOLDS
Published by Legend Press, July 15, 2020
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