Night Shadow
by:
Nora Roberts (author)
Fear casts a long shadow.... IN A CITY RULED BY FEAR... ...a solitary figure shrouded in black walked the night, determined to awaken a terrified metropolis from the nightmare of crime. There was nothing -- no bullets, and certainly not legal technicalities -- that could deter the man they...
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Fear casts a long shadow....
IN A CITY RULED BY FEAR...
...a solitary figure shrouded in black walked the night, determined to awaken a terrified metropolis from the nightmare of crime. There was nothing -- no bullets, and certainly not legal technicalities -- that could deter the man they called Nemesis from his mission.
Deborah O'Roarke, an idealistic young prosecutor waging her own war against crime, owed Nemesis her very life. She shared his passion for justice, yet she could not accept his lawless methods. Still, though she fought her unwelcome desire for this disturbing stranger, she was unable to deny her longing to share the shadows that were his home....
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780373073733 (0373073739)
Publish date: 1991-03-01
Publisher: Silhouette
Pages no: 250
Edition language: English
Series: Night Tales (#2)
Enjoyed this apart from the weirdness
Masked superhero (he can turn invisible) with a fortune (shades of batman) meets beautiful DA, falls madly in love at first sight and then finds himself embroiled in an adventure that solves the mystery of who betrayed him and who is trying to kill her. It's fun. The invisibility thing could have ...
This book was kind of weird, with a hero who led a double life, as an ex-cop turned businessman and a super-hero of sorts, working at night in a mask protecting people and having the power of invisibility, then he meets ethical ADA Deborah( the sister of the heroine from Night Shift) and falls for h...
Yet another great NR work in the Night Tales series. Intense, dark, brooding, angsty, dramatic, and slightly paranormal. This last angle could've worked against the story, but it somehow made perfect sense, adding to the plot, instead of making it sound ridiculous and pretentious.Loved the character...
I kept expecting the hero of this book to mutter, "I'm Batman." Millionaire Bruce Wa... er, Gage Guthrie is a playboy by day, a vigilante by night. He even has a Batcave. AND superpowers. This has to be Robert's wackiest book. I prefer her stories minus the woo-woo.Although second in the series, thi...