Dead Drop

By W. D. Cypher

She found a dying man. He gave her a USB drive. Her name was already on it.

Sara Malik is a night-shift ER nurse in New York - invisible, underpaid, and holding her world together one double shift at a time. When a nameless man is wheeled into her bay with a stab wound and no ID, she expects another impossible night. What she gets instead is his last breath, a whispered warning, and a USB drive with her name already written on it.

The drive contains a kill list. Twelve names. Seven days. And Sara Malik is number twelve.

Within the hour, two detectives arrive to tell her the man never existed. The hospital records have been wiped. And Sara understands, with cold certainty, that whoever did this is already inside - inside the hospital, inside the police department, inside every system she might turn to for help.

Her only ally is Daniel Reyes, an investigative journalist who has been tracking the same corruption network for two years. He is brilliant, damaged, and the last person she should trust. But with six days until her name comes due and her nine-year-old daughter's safety at stake, trust is not a luxury Sara can afford to refuse.

What Sara doesn't know - yet - is that the dying man chose her for a reason. And the truth about who he was will change everything she thought she knew about herself, her family, and how far a person can fall before they decide to fight back.

A propulsive crime thriller with a layered romance and five major twists, Dead Drop is the story of an ordinary woman who discovers she is capable of extraordinary things - when there is no other choice.

Perfect for fans of Harlan Coben, Lisa Gardner, and The Silent Patient.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6R3MW7G
• ISBN13: 9798184048932
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"