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    From The Shadows
    From The Shadows
    From The Shadows
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    From The Shadows

    By JW Downing

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    Jake Elliot is a private investigator that is a bit different, His cases involve the paranormal. In this first installment, Jake is tormented by his nightmares of a serial killer. Will he save the new love in his life?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJW Downing
    Release dateFeb 2, 2018
    ISBN9781370061686
    From The Shadows
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    JW Downing

    I'm Joseph W. Strycharz III, aka JW Downing. I'm an award winning poet and I have been writing poetry for over three decades. I wanted to try something new so I decided to try my hand at writing a short story to start. I do plan on writing a series in the future.

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      From The Shadows - JW Downing

       FROM THE SHADOWS

      Chronicles of The Paranormal Book 1

      Writer by Joseph W. Strycharz III

      My name is Jake Elliot and I’m not one that believes in love nor do I believe in destiny.  For me, love is a joke that is played by fools.  Love to me is like tossing a hand grenade into a tornado.  I guess that’s why I prefer being alone.  I guess being alone actually makes one a tad bit careless in life.   I’d never thought that I would be one of those fools, but it happened.  

      It was one of those bitter and cold winter days.  I’ve had a severe headache and I felt as though I was maybe getting a flu bug or something.  I later found out that this headache was nothing normal or had anything to do with the flu. This headache was

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