Long Shadows (Baldacci novel)

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Long Shadows is a 2022 American crime thriller written by David Baldacci and published by the Grand Central Publishing. It is the author's 51st crime book and 7th in the Memory Man/Amos Decker series which features an eponymous detective as the central character. The novel was ranked as the New York Times Best Seller in October 2022. [1] [2]

Reviews

The book has received positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews and other independent book reviewers. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. LONG SHADOWS | Kirkus Reviews.
  2. "Round-up: Four new crime fiction to keep you entertained on long winter nights". DurhamRegion.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  3. Palen, Ray. "Long Shadows: A Memory Man Thriller". www.bookreporter.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  4. Zoe (2022-10-17). "#BookReview Long Shadows by David Baldacci @davidbaldacci @HBGCanada @GrandCentralPub #DavidBaldacci #LongShadows #AmosDecker #HBGCanada #GCPInsider". What's Better Than Books?. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  5. Matturri, Julie Graham, Erin Downey Howerton, and Donna. "Read-Alikes for 'Long Shadows' by David Baldacci | LibraryReads". Library Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-24.