Hush little baby, don’t say a word. On the heels of receiving evidence hinting at the motive behind her father’s murder, Sheriff Rebecca West confronts a horrific crime scene. A pregnant woman has been brutally attacked in her home, her unborn baby ripped from her womb. But this is more than assault. It’s an abduction of the worst kind.

Now, a newborn is in the hands of a monster.

Determined to follow every lead, Rebecca locks down the island, launching an all-out search for the missing infant. But as the mother fights for her life, Rebecca uncovers chilling evidence of a man obsessed with the young mother.

He didn’t want just any baby. He wanted her baby.

As Rebecca races to close in on the baby’s abductor, it seems she’s chasing a ghost. Twenty-four hours later, all she has is more victims and motives she can’t decipher. But the infant’s chance of survival drops with every passing minute. The clock is ticking, and time is running out.

Shadow’s Sacrifice, the eighteenth installment of the Shadow Island Series, is a chilling special delivery from Mary Stone and Lori Rhodes.