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Shadows in the Darkness

by Elaine Cunningham

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ISBN13: 9780765348517
ISBN10: 0765348519
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Gwen "GiGi" Gelman, a ten year veteran of the Providence, Rhode Island vice squad, finds herself unemployed after being blamed for a routine bust that turned into a bloodbath. GiGi is used to being on her own, though, and with the help of a DA who owes her, she's scraped together enough capital to start her own PI business, specializing in"family problems"-in particular runaways who have disappeared into Providence's seamy underside.

With a few custodian kidnapping cases under her belt, as well as a case against a Catholic school teacher/molester, GiGi is doing well for herself --until she takes on the case of a fourteen year old runaway who may or may not have been kidnapped.

As GiGi investigates, she accidentally opens the door to her own mystical past. Now long-hidden family ties threaten her, and the secret of her identity unlocks a conspiracy that reveals the forces of darkness that play in the shadows...

Forces that intend to be the masters of all mortal life.

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 "A fun mystery, an intriguing introduction to a new tough-girl supernatural detective."

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Providence, Rhode Island, vice squad cop Gwen "GiGi" Gelman is fired after being blamed for a routine bust that turned into a bloodbath. As a private eye, GiGi investigates a potential kidnapping, accidentally opening the door to her own mystical past.
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About the Author

A former music and history teacher, Elaine Cunningham has authored numerous books for TSR/WOTC including her bestselling Lirial series. She lives with her family in a coastal New England town.

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kismet, May 26, 2008 (view all comments by kismet)
Cunningham writes extensively in the tie-in genre, but it's here that she really shines. She captures the urban fantasy/detective noir mood in a way that many attempt, but few succeed. Refreshingly light on narrative porn, heavy on both detecting and fae mythology, this novel and it's sequel (Shadows in the Starlight) are not to be missed.
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tami.kat, April 26, 2007 (view all comments by tami.kat)
Gwen - GiGi is her vice cop alter identity - doesn't know that she's a Changeling she's always just looked really young - teenaged to her real age in the early 30s. What she does know is that sometimes she can 'see' things touched by others or pick up things being in their personal space.

Gwen has been forced off of the police force because her boss conveniently lost paperwork that proved she was undercover - when two of her co-workers were killed in the line of duty. Now she's a private investigator in search of a missing teenager.

We find out how that case turns out to be linked to her own previously unknown identity as a member of the Elder Race and one that has an ability that is pretty special.

There's sex, but not graphic like the current Anita Blake. Gwen has some of the same kick ass characteristics that we fell in love with in Anita without all the hang-ups or ardeur.

This should be a fun series! I'll have to check out others from this author.
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ISBN:
9780765348517
Author:
Cunningham, Elaine
Publisher:
Tor Classics
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
Fantasy - Contemporary
Subject:
Rhode island
Subject:
Runaway teenagers
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Fantasy fiction
Publication Date:
January 2006
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Dimensions:
6.82x4.24x.82 in. .44 lbs.
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