The old hall where the infamous and cruel judge had once lived, had long gone. The old bridge where his ghost was supposed to have appeared, had been pulled down years ago. The lake was still there, however, and the ancient looking Druid-like stones still breathed an atmosphere of mystery and dark deeds from the past. Rumours still persisted of ghostly sightings of the seventeenth century murderous judge. But that was ridiculous wasnt it? Bondy thought so. But what had Harry seen? What was the meaning of the strange reports of missing youths? Why did the four friends feel that they were being watched from the shadows? Why was THE THIN MAN searching for an ancient manuscript? Who was the mysterious SHADOW? What devilish purpose drove him to such lengths of brutality and evil? Bondy had never faced such terror before, yet he was drawn relentlessly into conflict with darkness and......the NIGHT OF THE SHADOW.