Shadow man
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There's been a killing in Rancho Santa Elena, CA, with a woman strangled in her home. Called to the scene is Ben Wade, a former LAPD detective who had returned to his hometown to escape hectic city life. It soon becomes apparent that the quaint town, where people know one another by name and leave their doors unlocked, has a serial killer on the loose. A second death, an apparent teen suicide, sends Ben reeling, as the young boy had been a member of the high school swim team that Ben once belonged to. Now Ben must revisit a past that he would rather forget. He also must come to grips with knowing his ex-wife is involved with someone else and his daughter is growing up faster than he would like. Verdict Readers expecting a crime thriller in the tradition of Michael Connelly may be disappointed.