The Curse of Shadow Island 

A Thriller - A Novella

Sandy Macdonald

Sandy Macdonald

The Curse of Shadow Island is a blend of hauntings, humor, and just plain bloody murder.

The Curse of Shadow Island 

During a tropical storm in the summer of 1939, lightkeeper Mark Gordon fell to his death from atop the Shadow Island lighthouse. Most people believed that his fall was due to the gale force winds that were lashing the isolated island. Some disagreed, claiming that the cause of his death was not of this world, but rather a supernatural act of revenge. Regardless, the lighthouse was decommissioned soon after, and Gordon's widow and two children turned the island into a thriving summer resort.

Shadow Island became the home of a world-class training facility for aspiring tennis players and competition boaters. Now, twenty years later, Diane Wentworth and her teenage daughter, Emma, have come to Shadow Island Resort for a week of tennis lessons and relaxation. However, the lighthouse, where they are staying, appears to be haunted by a mystery so frightening they may not leave the resort alive. Like the spiral stairs inside the lighthouse, the twists and turns of the plot will take readers on an edge-of-the-seat journey, where none of the characters are who she or he appears to be, and where some of them will not survive until the end of the story!

A Thriller

Recommended for mature readers.

The Curse of Shadow Island

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