The Blood Of Truth And Traitors
A dead judge. A confession written in blood. And a note on the back with your name on it.
Document examiner Thessaly Quillon helped send an innocent man to prison nineteen years ago. She has never told anyone how well she slept afterward.
Now Judge Corbinian Ashdown is dead, and he has left behind a bloody confession that clears the man she helped convict. On the back, in the same rust-brown ink, are five words: To Thessaly Quillon, who knew.
She has seventy-two hours before Hurricane Odalys cuts Vesperine Island off from the mainland. Seventy-two hours to prove the confession is real, find out who wanted the truth buried, and survive the people who would still kill to keep it that way.
Her only ally is Detective Idris Vandemere, a man who tells small lies beautifully and is hiding a secret that could destroy them both. He called her to the island. He just never said why. As the water rises and the causeway disappears, the pull between them gets harder to ignore, and harder to trust.
Every chapter ticks down the hours. Every answer opens a worse question. And on an island where everyone has a reason to stay quiet, the person closest to you may be the one holding the knife.
If you love:
Slow-burn romance wrapped around a twisty, page-turning mystery
Storm-trapped settings where nobody can leave and nobody can be trusted
Flawed heroes, buried guilt, and secrets that refuse to stay dead
A ticking clock that keeps you up past midnight
...then you'll want to start this one tonight.
Some lies are told for a good reason. The trouble is what happens when the reason stays and the lie grows old.
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