This is the sixth book in The Shadow of Daddy Serial Thriller. A serial is a collection of books intended to be read in order. Each book is a sequential instalment of a larger story presented in bite size pieces, like a mini-series on TV.
Shadow Prisoners continues the story in the eight-book serial of the heroine’s determination to protect her children. Based on a true story, it was cases like this criminal thriller that shaped significant legal changes. Actual court transcripts and exhibits of the legal proceedings were used.
Throughout this serial, the reader follows not only the development of the criminal case but the personal transformation of the family members, their parenting and relationship styles, and the slow unravelling of their secret lives. Digging deeper, the book emphasises the delusional psychological state of Brian and the impact on others.
Julie and her young children find they have come full circle. Once again, Julie is faced with the seemingly impenetrable wall of the legal system. The brief reprieve from the child abuse has ended as Brian regained complete control over the lives of the children. For Nathan and Elizabeth, their increased ability to act in their own defense leads their father to resort to more damaging, cruel choices to hide his crimes.
Although the FBI informs Julie that parental abduction cases involving the protection of their abused children would no longer be pursued starting in three months, Julie is out of the funds she once had to even consider disappearing again.
Backed into a corner legally, most parents regretfully move on with their lives. Although not facing any legal consequences, Julie arrives at an astonishing plan to liberate Nathan and Elizabeth from their father’s prison.