The Shadows Behind Her Smile : A Paranormal Corporate Thriller - Karen Millie-James

The Shadows Behind Her Smile : A Paranormal Corporate Thriller - Karen Millie-James

Karen Millie-James

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Published 22 October 2026

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  • Pages · 368 pages
  • Publication Date · 22/10/2026
  • Genre · Thriller / suspense
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When her husband is killed in action, psychic medium Cydney Granger finds herself cut off from the one voice she needs to hear most. Four years after her husband, Captain Steve Granger, was killed while serving in Afghanistan, Cydney Granger has learned how to conceal her feelings from the outside world. She is a successful corporate forensics investigator and a devoted mother to teenage twins. Inside, she is still waiting to hear Steve's voice. Cydney is a spiritual medium, yet Steve remains unreachable. No goodbye. No reassurance. Just silence. When the spirit of a recently deceased businessman appears and offers his help in exchange for exposing corruption and fraud within his family, Cydney accepts. What begins as a bargain born of grief, draws her into a dangerous investigation of blackmail, corporate crime, and a web of secrets powerful men will kill to protect. As the stakes rise to attempted murder and kidnapping, Cydney must uncover the truth before everything she loves is destroyed. From the heart of Cydney's corporate world in London and the financial machinations of America, to the ruins of war-torn Damascus, men will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. Faced with secrets, fraud, attempted murder, and blackmail, can Cydney come out of this unscathed? And, after four years, is she ready to let Steve go. The Blacklist meets Medium, The Shadows Behind Her Smile is an emotionally driven paranormal corporate thriller about grief, corruption, and the hope that love does not end with death. ___________________________________________________________________Praise for the Cydney Granger Thriller Series:? ? ? ? ? I was hooked within the first 2 chapters. ? ? ? ? ? Gripped from beginning to end. ? ? ? ? ? The emotions I felt whilst reading were so intense that I felt like I was there. ? ? ? ? ? Thrilling, chilling, heart-warming and even tear provoking. ? ? ? ? ? A paranormal thriller. truly gripping. �

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