Broken Circle

By W.E. Burkett

On Maple Drive, the cul-de-sac has always felt like a safe loop, a circle of small lives stitched together by routine-birthday parties, garden fences, evening dog walks. But when Sam Fletcher, the quiet, reliable neighbor everyone can set their watch by, suddenly disappears, the circle begins to crack.

Eli, who grew up under the watchful calm of Maple Drive, is the first to sense it: the SUV parked in the shadows, the neighbor who never smiles, the silence that feels too heavy to be ordinary. As suspicion spreads and fear takes root, the comfort of routine gives way to dread. Each day pulls Eli deeper into the circle's secrets, where every lawn hides a story and every shadow might be watching.

Taut, atmospheric, and unsettling, Breaking the Circle is a gripping suburban thriller about what happens when the familiar turns dangerous-and how quickly a neighborhood can unravel when one life vanishes without explanation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FRTJVK85
• ISBN13: 9798265922175
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"