3: 17 A.M

By Mohamed Adel

At 3:17 a.m., Adrian Vale wakes up on his kitchen floor with blood on his sleeve, a cracked phone in his hand, and a voice note recorded in his own voice:

If you're hearing this, don't go to the police. She's dead because of you.

He doesn't remember the night. He does remember Mara Rowan - the woman he hasn't seen in four years, the woman tied to the worst mistake of his life, and the one person who should never have come back.

Before sunrise, Adrian is pulled into a chain of blood, lies, buried evidence, and old loyalties that should have stayed dead. A missing woman. A motel room. A corrupt detective. A powerful family. And a bridge where one man fell and everyone else learned how expensive survival could be.

The deeper Adrian digs, the uglier the truth becomes. Maybe he didn't kill the man he thought he killed. Maybe Mara didn't betray him the way he believed she did. Maybe the worst thing about the past isn't what happened, but who profited from the wrong version of it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GTWJ8P4Y
• ISBN13: 9798233972201
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Moad
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"