What the Shadows Hide

To love and to cherish, till death did them part...
'A brilliant thriller' The Sun
Two desiccated bodies are found in each other's arms in the bricked up room of a derelict Victorian warehouse. After six months of work, the police have nothing and Ridpath is finally called in to investigate. Dubbed the Romeo and Juliet murders by the press, so many questions remain unanswered.
Who are they? Why were they there? Who killed them? And why was the coroner so keen for him to work on this particular case?
Ridpath is plunged into his most difficult investigation yet, in a race against time to discover the truth. Has an unknown serial killer been operating in Manchester for the last twenty years?
Fast-paced, vicious and utterly compelling, the latest Ridpath novel is perfect for fans of Mark Billingham and Damien Boyd.

About the author

M J Lee has worked as a university researcher in history, a social worker with Vietnamese refugees, and as the creative director of an advertising agency. He has spent 25 years of his life working outside the north of England, in London, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok and Shanghai.

Product details

• Authors: M J Lee
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.03.2023
• EAN: 9781800329324
• ISBN: 978-1-80032-932-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 436 g
• Series: DI Ridpath Crime Thriller
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / City Life, True Crime, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology, FICTION / Noir, FICTION / Thrillers / Legal, TRUE CRIME / Forensics, Thriller / suspense, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Psychological thriller, Organized crime, Criminal or forensic psychology, Criminal investigation & detection, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, c 2010 to c 2020, North West England, FICTION / World Literature / England / 21st Century, FICTION / Urban & Street Lit, Street crime, Corruption in politics, government and society, Street Crime / Gun Crime, c 2020 to c 2029, Victimology and victims of crime, Violent crimes, Street fiction / urban fiction, Adventure / action fiction, Thriller: serial killers, Thriller: organised crime / gangland crime