Some secrets don't stay buried. In 1954, a year after the events in Luka's Escape, the Adriatic town of Zadar is still haunted by the unsolved disappearance of a young girl … until her broken necklace washes ashore. Drawn out of retirement from his quiet life on a Šibenik fishing boat, former police officer Matej is pulled back into the case. Teaming up with his loyal friends Zlatko and Dinko, Matej's search for the truth leads him into the path of Inspector Dragan – a powerful and deeply feared figure in the police. Behind Dragan's authority lies a past of childhood brutality, a manipulative rise to power, violence, corruption and vengeance. As the girl's mother, Mara, turns to the mystical for closure, Matej uncovers a dark web of lies stretching deep in Yugoslavia's shadowy underworld. Some men will do anything to keep the past buried. And as the truth closes in, Matej may be risking far more than justice. A gripping historical crime thriller set in post-war Yugoslavia. In Dragan's Shadow is the second book in The Zadar Escape and Pursuit Series.