"For twenty years, she’d had nightmares, almost nightly. None of them—not a single one—could prepare her for the horrifying scene she woke up to." Secrets kill. Lies dig deep graves. And the Tindles are swimming in both. Jael Tindle—a protective mother with a chilling secret—thinks she's kept her son safe from her past... ...Until a long-lived lie exposes him to a killer. Terrified and desperate, she enlists the help of a stranger. And quickly learns she's not the only Tindle keeping secrets. When two women go missing, and the police start sniffing around Jael's family for answers, she must find the courage to confront her nightmarish past before she loses her son forever. What happens when a stubborn mother, a jaded ex-cop, and a disturbed teenager play a deadly game of hide-and-seek with a psychopath? And when all their lives are at stake, can the three of them untangle each other's lies before becoming the killer's next victims? With a shocking twist you won't see coming, Where the Shadow Lies is a complex, twisted tale of suspense that'll keep you guessing until the end.