About the Book

Book: The Silver Shadow

Author: Liz Tolsma

Genre: Christian Historical/Suspense

Release date: May 2021

A Shadowy Figure Is Intent on Harming Denver’s Women

Book 11 in the True Colors series—Fiction Based on Strange-But True History

Denver of 1900 is still a dangerous place to be following the silver crash of 1893. And of out of the dark comes a shadow intent on harming women. Ambitious young Denver newspaper reporter Polly Blythe is searching for the big story that’s going to launch her career. On Friday evening, August 24, 1900, she gets her break when two women are cracked over the head within a two-minute walk of each other. But policeman Edwin Timmer thwarts Polly’s ideas of a serial criminal. . .until the shadowy figure strikes again. Will the reporter and the policeman team up to find the culprit before he strikes too close for comfort?

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My Thoughts:

Another interesting book in the True Colors series centered on Historical Stories of American Crimes. Each book is a standalone book. These true crime stories are captivating. Some liberty is added more so to fictionalize this story due to the lack of source materials. This book is the most fictionalized version in the True Colors Series.

Polly Blythe is a journalist in a male dominate field in Denver. She is determined and is more interested in reporting on the news and not society events. She goes against her boss in many ways as her position in the society events. In reality her motivation is trying to make her father proud of her. She is brave and sometimes a bit too much in my opinion. With her friend being attacked it becomes a bit more personal to her. The Silver Shadow starts sending her threats.

Edwin Timmer is a detective with the police department. Him and Polly become acquainted from this case and team up to solve the mystery. He isn’t sure all the cases are related at first. It becomes personal and he teams up with Polly.

The other character is the Silver Shadow who is murdering women on the streets of Denver. In his delusion he feels that by him doing this he is doing the works of the Lord and teaching the residents of Denver a lesson. He thinks women should be at home taking care of the family and not working. Not too farfetched considering most men at that time felt that way.

The story is in Denver, Colorado in the 1900s. The author describes the crimes but doesn’t go into the gruesome details or glorify the crime at all. This is a Christian based book and the faith of Polly and Edwin is very realistic as they are both at different levels in their walk. On the other end you see that the Silver Shadow is using faith to kill women.

The romance between Edwin and Polly is realistic and sweet. The story is intriguing and I had a hard time putting it down. This might be my favorite one out of the series.

Disclosure: I received this complimentary product through Celebrate Lit Bloggers in exchange for my honest thoughts.

About the Author

Liz Tolsma is the author of several WWII novels, romantic suspense novels, prairie romance novellas, and an Amish romance. She is a popular speaker and an editor and resides next to a Wisconsin farm field with her husband and their youngest daughter. Her son is a US Marine, and her oldest daughter is a college student. Liz enjoys reading, walking, working in her large perennial garden, kayaking, and camping. Please visit her website at www.liztolsma.com and follow her on Facebook, Twitter (@LizTolsma), Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest. She is also the host of the Christian Historical Fiction Talk podcast.