Shadowkin

In the forgotten town of Drelwich, Detective Ezra Mallin returns to the case that derailed his career and nearly consumed his sanity. A girl vanished six years ago without a trace. Her name was Caroline Rowland—and she was only the beginning.

Now, another child is missing. The same signs. The same silence. And beneath the crumbling floorboards of the Rowland home lies a room untouched by time… a room with no shadows.

Ezra isn’t the same man he was when he first stepped into that gray-lit cellar. Haunted by guilt, driven by truth, he must confront an investigation riddled with disappearing evidence, townsfolk who remember nothing, and sketches that reveal memories no one recalls drawing.

As past and present collapse into one another, Ezra is forced to untangle the impossible: how can victims vanish without struggle, names be erased from ledgers, and wounds remain open despite closure?

He’s not alone in the dark. But the closer he gets to the heart of it—the entity some call “The Collector”—the more his own past begins to twist around the case like a noose.

Because in Drelwich, forgetting is survival. And remembering may cost more than his life.

When the light returns, what’s left behind in the room without shadows?

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This novel is part of SHADOWKIN: The Shadow of Death, a chilling series of interconnected standalone paranormal thrillers, where every shadow hides a secret and every story brings you closer to the darkness.

In the dark corners of forgotten towns and the fractured edges of human memory, whispers of the Shadowkin linger. They are not simply monsters, but reflections of guilt, grief, and secrets too heavy to bear. Each story in SHADOWKIN: The Shadow of Death pulls you deeper into a world where shadows walk, homes breathe, and silence screams. What begins as haunting encounters unravels into a terrifying truth: the Shadowkin are not visitors from beyond, but the darkness within us made flesh. Step inside this twisted series of standalone tales—where every revelation cuts deeper, and every ending hides a darker beginning.