Shadow Image (ePub)

From within the labyrinth of Alzheimer's, an old woman remembers a long-buried equestrian secret that could topple a dynasty. And only memory expert Jim Christensen understands what shes trying to say.Praise for SHADOW IMAGEMartin J. Smith writes a damned good whodunit. Shadow Image hooks you right through to the last page.New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, author of Blood Work and The Lincoln LawyerPowerful figures tread a dangerous path through dementia, pity, and murder in Martin J. Smiths compelling new novel. No reader will walk away untouched.Taylor Smith, author of Random Acts and Liars MarketOne of the best books of the year. Martin J. Smith is a master of suspense.Harriet KlausnerMartin J. Smith is a veteran journalist and magazine editor who has won more than fifty newspaper and magazine writing awards. His Anthony Award-nominated first novel, Time Release, features memory expert Jim Christensen and examines the volatile issue of repressed memories against the backdrop of a sensational product-tampering case. In Shadow Image, a sequel inspired both by the plight of former President Ronald Reagan and the JonBenet Ramsey murder case in Colorado, Christensen is drawn into the labyrinth of Alzheimers disease and a complex web of lies created by one of Pennsylvanias wealthiest and most powerful political families. Straw Men, the third book in Smiths Memory Series and a finalist for both the 2002 Edgar Award and the 2002 Barry Award, begins when DNA evidence frees an unpredictable and disfigured young man known as the Scarecrow eight years after he was convicted of a vicious sexual attack. The new evidence forces the woman whose testimony put him behind bars to confront memories that are violent, vividand apparently wrong. Smith also is the co-author, with Patrick J. Kiger, of Oops: 20 Life Lessons From the Fiascoes That Shaped America, which Publishers Weekly called as informative as it is entertaining, and Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore That Shaped Modern America, about which PW concluded: All history should be this much fun. A former senior editor of the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Smith currently is editor-in-chief of Orange Coast, the market-leading monthly magazine of Orange County, Calif. Bloomsbury will release his latest book, The Wild Duck Chase, about the Federal Duck Stamp Contest and the strange and wonderful world of competitive duck painting, in September 2012.