Documented

By Kurt Dawson

A police report doesn't have to accuse anyone to do damage.
It just has to exist.

Lily takes a last-minute overnight babysitting job in a quiet, affluent neighborhood. The pay is generous. The parents are polite. The rules are simple-especially one:

If anything feels off, don't call the police.

At first, nothing is wrong. The child sleeps. The house is clean. The night is quiet.

Then small things stop lining up.
A locked room no one will explain.
Notes that appear without anyone entering the house.
Security footage that skips time.
A welfare check that arrives before any call is made.

When Lily finally does what she's been quietly discouraged from doing-documenting what happened-she discovers the truth is more disturbing than any crime: the system was already watching her. Anticipating her. Classifying her.

And now it remembers.

DOCUMENTED is a slow-burn psychological thriller about risk assessment, quiet control, and what happens when institutional systems decide you are the problem-not because of what you did, but because of what you might do.

There are no villains shouting in the dark.
No dramatic arrests.
No clear lines between protection and punishment.

Just records. Procedures. And consequences that arrive calmly, efficiently, and without appeal.

If you believe safety always protects the innocent, this book will make you uncomfortable.
If you believe documentation is neutral, it will change your mind.

And once the report exists, it never stops speaking.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G77PVNMG
• ISBN13: 9798278830955
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"