Shadow Valley

A Crime Thriller

By: Nik Xandir Wolf

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

From Pushcart-nominated author, Nik Xandir Wolf, comes a #1 best-selling debut suspense thriller.

*A young couple accidentally kills a crooked cop and goes on the run, in Shadow Valley, a bestselling new release that Kirkus Reviews calls, “Consistently fast-paced and entertaining.”

It’s 1988 and Heath Walker, who spent most of his life in group homes, bartends and sells weed to keep the lights on for his ailing foster mom.

When Heath meets and quickly falls for the brazen and beautiful Rori Burke at his bar, he kicks off a series of events that leave both his mother and a cop dead, and Rori’s father—a crooked small-town police chief—on their trail.

As the young couple tears away on their journey from Santa Cruz communes to cartel territory in Baja, Heath carries with him a ring that may hold the answers to what he’s been searching for his whole life: the identity of his real parents: a retired Mercenary and AWOL CIA Agent.

As Heath and Rori’s journey grows ever more perilous, Heath not only has to stay one step ahead of Burke and the cartel, but begins to question why he is so surprisingly good at hurting the dangerous people who cross his path, and whether he is really any different than the men hunting him.

Finally, south of the border, all of Heath and Rori’s past and present demons converge, bringing Heath closer than he’ll ever know to the Angel of Death who wears his same ring.

"Consistently fast-paced and entertaining,"
-Kirkus Reviews

"Shadow Valley is a perfect noir, violent, gritty, and rooted in place...a masterwork."
- Tod Goldberg, NY Times Bestselling Author

"Shadow Valley is one of the best rides I've taken in a long while. Fast, smart, and mesmerizing--this both introduces
and establishes Wolf as a powerful new voice."
- Rob Roberge, Author of Liar, and Cost of Living

"Get ready to hold on to your seat belt...Shadow Valley is definitely a fast-paced crime thriller story with lots and lots of plot twists that you will not see coming! I enjoyed this book and can't wait to read more by Nik Xandir Wolf."
-Goodreads Reviewer

"That vital blend of connection, passion, brutality, and poetry powers the novel...with a pared-down lyricism finding beauty in life without overstating it."
-Publishers Weekly

Nostalgia at its best, with great character development

The story was great, entertaining and provocative, with plenty of twists to keep the reader/listeners attention.

If you like 80/90s California and/or surf culture you will enjoy this book. Has a lot of references that bring up memories to things mostly forgotten today.

The characters are relatable and developed well, intertwining with each other, locations, history, vocations, and emotions to keep the reader engaged and thinking about them past finishing the book itself.