The Blood Shadow: Prequel 2 to The Manny Barlow Series (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798277358641)

The Blood Shadow (Prequel 2 in the Manny Barlow Series- Book 5)

When a staged body is found in a downtown Indianapolis alley, Lieutenant Laura Kim recognizes the signs of something she was never meant to remember. The pose. The tokens. The chalk. A pattern buried in old training materials and colder case files. Someone is recreating forgotten murders across the city, and whoever they are, they want her attention.

Fresh from the Mercer case and the public praise she never asked for, Laura is pushed right back into a world of political pressure, buried history, and the growing influence of Whisperglass, the corporation tightening its grip on City Hall. Every new murder edges closer to a truth the city would rather erase, and every step Laura takes brings resistance from people who should be on her side.

As tensions rise, her partnership with Josh Thompson deepens, while her complicated past with Manny Barlow resurfaces in ways she isn't ready to face. Old failures, new enemies, and a killer with a purpose converge in a case that threatens not only Laura's career, but everything she's fought for.

When the copycat finally reaches out, the message is unmistakable: the city's forgotten dead are not finished speaking.

In a second Prequel to The Manny Barlow Detective Series, Laura must decide how much she's willing to risk when the truth becomes more dangerous than the lie. And in the end, the price of doing the right thing may be the badge she's always held onto.

A gritty, character-driven crime noir set in the heart of Indianapolis, Laura: The Prequel 2 bridges the explosive aftermath of the Mercer case and the storm waiting in The Kill Shadow (book 1 of the Manny Barlow Detective Series) where the fight for the city is only beginning.

The Manny Barlow Series:

• Book 1: The Kill Pattern
• Book 2: The Silence Merchant
• Book 3: The Bone Harvester
• Book 4: The Pain Killer - Prequel 1 to The Kill Pattern
• Book 5: The Blood Shadow - Prequel 2 to The Kill Pattern

Author: Jason Dozier
ISBN-13: 9798277358641
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 01/22/2026
Pages: 322
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d