Shadows of the Past
(2026)(The third book in the Aurora Gray FBI Mystery Thriller series)
A novel by A J Rivers
Some secrets are buried for a reason.
But the dead always find a way to speak.
FBI agent Aurora Gray cannot shake the feeling that the murders of women who look like her are connected.
No one else sees it.
Not her partner.
Not the chief of police.
But Aurora knows something dark is closing in around her.
When skeletal remains are found deep in the woods, a facial rendering reveals a face Aurora never expected to see again.
Marcus.
A former foster brother tied to a part of her life she has never fully escaped.
Before Aurora can make sense of the discovery, another death shakes the case.
A woman is murdered in prison.
At first, her death appears unrelated.
But as Aurora pulls on the threads, she uncovers a twisted connection linking both victims to a hidden past full of lies, betrayal, and dangerous secrets.
The deeper she digs, the more the truth begins to circle back to her.
To the night her parents disappeared.
To the life she lost.
And to the shadow that has been haunting her for far longer than she ever realized.
Buried secrets, shocking connections, and a killer determined to keep the past hidden.
Aurora is getting closer to the truth.
And the truth is about to destroy everything.
Genre: Mystery
But the dead always find a way to speak.
FBI agent Aurora Gray cannot shake the feeling that the murders of women who look like her are connected.
No one else sees it.
Not her partner.
Not the chief of police.
But Aurora knows something dark is closing in around her.
When skeletal remains are found deep in the woods, a facial rendering reveals a face Aurora never expected to see again.
Marcus.
A former foster brother tied to a part of her life she has never fully escaped.
Before Aurora can make sense of the discovery, another death shakes the case.
A woman is murdered in prison.
At first, her death appears unrelated.
But as Aurora pulls on the threads, she uncovers a twisted connection linking both victims to a hidden past full of lies, betrayal, and dangerous secrets.
The deeper she digs, the more the truth begins to circle back to her.
To the night her parents disappeared.
To the life she lost.
And to the shadow that has been haunting her for far longer than she ever realized.
Buried secrets, shocking connections, and a killer determined to keep the past hidden.
Aurora is getting closer to the truth.
And the truth is about to destroy everything.
Genre: Mystery