It's In The Blood: The Complete Anthology (Volume One)

By M Hill

Family isn't a biological accident. It's a closed economic circuit.

For twelve years, forensic accountant Jacob Eden believed his childhood was broken by an unspeakable tragedy: the brutal, unsolved murder of his parents, and the pale girl he swore lived inside the plaster of his bedroom walls. Sent to an institution and told his memories were hallucinations, Jacob fought his way into an ordinary life-steady job, quiet apartment, and a loving partner.

Then a supervisor is murdered, two detectives knock on his door, and the numbers on the balance sheet refuse to add up.

Jacob's entire existence-his college roommate, his career, his relationship, and even his therapist-was never real. It was a sterile, court-sanctioned clinical set piece engineered by a predatory syndicate that stages fatal "domestic accidents" to liquidate wealthy families and siphon multi-million-dollar probate trusts.

From the claustrophobic hollows of Virginia farmhouses to the frozen corridors of a private sanitarium in Altoona, Pennsylvania-where architectural draftswoman Clara Vance-Miller uncovers sixteen feet of unmapped dead space between dormitory suites-It's in the Blood pulls back the wallpaper on an interstate franchise of clinical gaslighting, hidden crawlspaces, and generational horror.

Can an accountant out-calculate the architects who sculpted his mind, or will the ledger claim another generation?

Included in This Anthology:

Cycle One: The Virginia / Ohio Ledger

Part I: It's in the Blood - A routine audit triggers a double-homicide investigation, culminating in the horrifying revelation of a synthetic family.

Part II: The Unbalanced Ledger - The flight into the timber country, the discovery of an off-grid reserve brother, and the destruction of the founder's original bunker.

Part III: The Final Audit - A race across state lines to Oakridge Manor to rescue a twelve-year-old heir before his identity is permanently erased.

Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn (Sharp Objects), Severance, Mindhunter, and The Stepford Wives, It's in the Blood blends forensic accounting precision with claustrophobic, bone-chilling psychological suspense.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMLZVN1F
• ISBN13: 9798161358337
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"