The Shadow of Seth
The Shadow of Seth: A Seth Anomundy Murder Mystery (Seth Anomundy Murder Mysteries)
The Shadow of Seth
Tom Llewellyn
Sixteen-year-old Seth Anomundy is a product of his environment: in this case, Tacoma, Washington. What L.A. was to Chandler, Tacoma - a working-class port city now undergoing urban renewal - is to author Tom Llewellyn. Seth has grown up in Tacoma's tough neighborhoods, where he's perfectly at home in Choo-Choo's boxing gym and Miss Irene's soul food palace, the Shotgun Shack. With his mom working nights as a cleaner, Seth goes to high school, gets decent grades, and makes money where he can: filling in as cook at the Shotgun Shack, working as a sparring partner, and running errands for Nadel, the clock repairman. Life is hand-to-mouth, but okay - until he gets the news that his mother has been killed. The police don't care about the death of just another drug addict, so a bewildered Seth takes it upon himself to find the killer. On a clock delivery run, he meets a beautiful rich girl named Azura Lear, who encourages Seth and tries to help track down the killer. But instead of finding answers, Seth finds only trouble. He faces down a gang of baseball-bat-wielding high school jocks and deals with the contempt of Azura's suspicious father. And then there's King George - a teenage thug Seth has previously managed to avoid - who has for some reason let it be known that he wants Seth dead. Right now.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Adventure
  • Fiction
  • Mystery

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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Sixteen year old Seth Amonundy is a sweet and caring boy who works part time at the Shotgun Shack for Mrs. Irene to earn money. His mom works for people in need, so that she can earn money for Seth, whose father passed away before Seth was born. Seth really hasn't been seeing much of his mom due to the fact that she works most of the time. One day while Seth is going to go check his mail, three ex-boyfriends of Azura, Seth's current girlfriend, come to get revenge due to jealousy. Seth finds himself injured, because the three guys had beaten him with a bat.....

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