Tiffany Vale vanished without a trace. But not without a reason.
Tiffany Vale vanished without a trace. But not without a reason.
When a demolition crew begins tearing down the remains of Black Hollow Academy—a once-elite prep school buried by scandal—they uncover a sealed room in the basement.
Inside is a skeleton hidden behind a false wall. Small. Forgotten. The ultimate cold case.
DNA quickly confirms the truth: the bones belong to Tiffany Vale, a fifteen-year-old girl who vanished twenty years ago. At the time, they called her a runaway. Now, it’s clear someone murdered her.
Hired by Tiffany’s brother to investigate a case no one else will touch, Silas West begins digging into the past. But Black Hollow’s alumni are a who’s who of America’s wealthy and powerful—including senators, CEOs, even a former president.
And the deeper he looks, the clearer it becomes: this case wasn’t just forgotten. It was buried on purpose.
As Silas unearths the truth, he’s forced to confront ghosts of his own—an old city, an old love, and a question he’s never fully answered: How far will someone go to protect the one thing they can’t bear to lose?
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If the marshlands could speak, whose name would they whisper?
Sometimes the past is better left buried.
In the city where he lost everything, he'll stop at nothing to learn the truth.
Across the Pacific Northwest, a twisted killer stalks victims representing ancient archetypes: The Ruler. The Warrior. The Scholar. The Priest.
Lights. Camera. Murder.
In the fragments of a failing mind lie clues to a forgotten evil. Can FBI Task Force S.W.O.R.D. uncover the truth before it disappears forever?
Twenty years ago Brandon Penny was a criminal prodigy. Today, he’s a broken-hearted movie buff working a dead-end job. But everything is about to change.
How much would you sacrifice to be free of your past?
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