The breakout novel from Karin Alvtegen - shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger 2009. Gerda Persson has lain dead for three days. Her life seems to have been quite ordinary - until the freezer in her home is opened. It is full of books, neatly stacked and wrapped in clingfilm, a thick layer of ice covering them - all by the same prize-winning author, all with handwritten dedications to Gerda. What story do these books have to tell? And what is their connection to a young boy found abandoned in an amusement park? 'Shadow' is a psychological thriller that takes you deep into the heart of a family, and the dark secrets that lie buried within.