Simon & Schuster Audioworks, New York, 1990.  ISBN 0-671-04463-X.  2 cassette tapes with approximate playing time of 3 hours.  Both tapes have been tested and play well.  Comes in original box, which shows some edge and cover wear.  Read by James Woods.  ‘On a lush Caribbean island, ten-year-old Tom Pasmore is almost killed in a tragic traffic accident.  As he grows up, Tom develops an obsession with death and plunges into an investigation of two murders, one in the present, and one committed years ago and thousands of miles away.  From his insular world of wealth and privilege, Tom is drawn into a realm of questions without answers, clues without suspects, aided only by an eccentric detective known as “The Shadow,” a man with motives of his own.  To solve one mystery, Tom must solve two.  To solve two, he must unravel the most astounding mystery of all – the mystery of life and death …’ (from rear box)