New York, N.Y., August 25, 2026. Author C.L. Bennett has released The Wrong Passenger, the third book in the Shadow Shift series. The book went live on Amazon on August 24, 2026, and is priced at $3.99. It is available now on Kindle, including Kindle Unlimited, and in ePub and downloadable audiobook editions.

Shadow Shift follows Mara Sinclair, a twenty-five-year-old detective in the fictional town of Ashcroft, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia. By day, Mara works murder and vice cases inside a police department where a group of corrupt officers takes payoffs to look the other way on certain crimes. She cannot report what she knows through the system, because she does not know how far the corruption reaches. So she built a second life. At night, she becomes Roxy, a woman who gets close to criminals, learns what they are hiding, and passes the information to a real detective who can make an arrest, without that detective ever knowing where the tip came from.

In The Wrong Passenger, a trafficking ring is using a rideshare and delivery service to move victims without drawing attention. Mara works the case on her own time, piecing together who is behind it. As she gets closer to the people running the operation, she learns that the payoffs inside her own department reach further than she thought, and the risk to her secret grows with every step.

"Mara never carries a weapon into these situations," said C.L. Bennett, author of the Shadow Shift series. "She carries patience and the ability to get people talking. That is what makes her dangerous to the people trying to hide."

Each book in the Shadow Shift series is a complete case that stands on its own, written in plain language for readers who want a fast, honest story. One thread runs underneath all six books: Mara keeps almost getting caught, and the risk grows with every book. Every book ends on a cliffhanger.

The Wrong Passenger is available now for $3.99 at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HGBHXHY6

C.L. Bennett has spent years writing for stage and screen, crafting stories that pull readers into tense, emotional situations. After decades in screenwriting, Bennett turned to a new challenge, writing flash fiction and Amazon Kindle short reads, and brought the same feel for pacing and tension to these shorter books. Bennett is known for writing stories that are gripping, honest, and easy to fall into, whether the story is a dark detective case or a quiet look at love and loss.

About Shadow Shift

Shadow Shift is a six book vigilante fiction series written for Kindle Unlimited readers. Each book is a standalone case following Detective Mara Sinclair, who becomes the vigilante Roxy by night to expose crimes her own department will not touch.

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