Deeper Shadows: An Adam Alba Mystery - Softcover

Onesta, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798987254837

Publisher: Integrity HPI, 2026

Synopsis

Adam Alba returns to Pittsburgh for Christmas, expecting a short, quiet visit with the family he left behind. Instead, a phone call from Kelly Griffen pulls him back toward the event that changed the course of his life.

Kelly is the younger sister of Ken Griffen, Adam’s college wrestling opponent, whose death by suicide followed the accident that left Adam in a coma with a traumatic brain injury. She says she just wants to meet the man who has been woven into her family’s history for fifteen years. But their meeting turns into something unexpected. Kelly reveals a second family tragedy, a death everyone accepted, but she secretly questioned.

What begins as a favor becomes an investigation into a closed case tangled with conflicting accounts, hidden motives, money, and power. With the help of his forensic-minded cousin, his insightful ninety-five-year-old grandfather, and his nephew, Adam starts asking questions that someone thinks would best be left unanswered. The deeper he digs into the Griffen family's past, the more he discovers how deeply it is entangled with his own. And the danger, he realizes, has never gone away.

Deeper Shadows is a character-driven mystery about guilt, family, and the enduring consequences of past choices. It asks how much of the past a person can disturb before it wakes and bites back.

Edition details

• Publisher: Integrity HPI
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798987254837
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266