Winner of the Danish Academy of Crime Writers Award for Best Crime Novel.

As darkness falls a little boy stands alone on the steps of an amusement park. The park is closing and all the families have gone home but he continues to wait, not daring to move. He has been told to stay right where he is. Only no one is coming back for him.

Why would a mother do such a thing? The mystery haunts the boy's life. Then the death of a stranger and a mysterious bequest triggers the unraveling of secrets. Shadow is a gripping psychological thriller that takes you deep into the heart of a family and exposes the dark secrets that lie buried within.

'Shadow is a terse, smart and suspenseful psychological novel from one of the leading lights in Scandinavian mystery.' Age