In the Shadows: The Journal of Edwin Underhill

by Peter Tonkin

'Equals the best of James Clavell.' The Daily Telegraph

The life of Edwin Underhill will never be the same again...

Following an evening of social embarrassment, the dull life of English teacher Edwin Underhill seems nothing out of the ordinary. However, one drunken fall onto a stake in an open grave radically changes the life-path of the social outcast.

The fateful accident triggers a transformation of both body and mind: from slovenly teacher to a handsome and alluring man.

But this supernatural fantasy comes at a nightmarish cost...

Edwin’s diary brings us in uncomfortable proximity to the true horror of his gradual, yet chillingly certain metamorphosis into a vampire.

Will Edwin surrender to a life of terror? Can the outcast ever exist among humans again?

One thing is for sure: The life of Edwin Underhill will never be the same again...

Praise for Peter Tonkin:

'The Ides is a testosterone-fuelled battle roar in a world of double-dealing and betrayal, where wits must be sharp and recovery time between violent encounters is brief. Peter Tonkin has infused a familiar narrative with excitement, energy and a delicious twist right at the very end.' — Mystery People

‘Riveting tale full of fast action’ – Publishers Weekly

‘Edge-of-the-seat terror’ – Daily Post

‘Good technical detail, plus an exciting climax, makes this entertaining reading’ – Publishing News

Peter Tonkin was born in Ulster, Northern Ireland and was raised in the UK, Holland, Germany, and the Persian Gulf. The son of an RAF officer, Tonkin spent much of his youth travelling the world from one posting to another.

200 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 26, 2019

About the author

Peter Tonkin's first novel, KILLER, was published in 1978. His work has included the acclaimed "Mariner" series that have been critically compared with the best of Alistair MacLean, Desmond Bagley and Hammond Innes.

More recently he has been working on a series of detective thrillers with an Elizabethan background. This series, "The Master of Defense", has been characterised as 'James Bond meets Sherlock Holmes meets William Shakespeare'. Each story is a classic 'whodunit' with all the clues presented to the reader exactly as they are presented to the hero, Tom Musgrave. The Kirkus Review described them as having 'Elizabethan detail, rousing action sequences, sound detection...everything a fan of historical mysteries could hope for."