The Midnight Lock: A Psychological Thriller: The Darkest Corner of Modern Fear

By James Harvest

In a city that never sleeps, a phantom walks through locked doors.
He leaves no trace. He takes nothing. But he steals everything. He is known only as The Locksmith. A master of intrusion who bypasses the most advanced security systems as if they were made of paper.
His calling card is an ancient lockpick left on the pillows of the powerful-a message of utter domination. For his victims, the violation is not of their homes, but of their minds, leaving them shattered monuments to his art of fear.
The only one who believes he exists is the one person no one believes.
Detective Sarah Kovač, disgraced and exiled to the NYPD's Cold Case unit, is obsessed with the impossible: a series of terrifying breaches where nothing is stolen but sanity is destroyed. Dismissed by her superiors and mocked by the FBI, she alone sees the connection between a reclusive surgeon, a billionaire CEO, and a former national security advisor-all victims of a ghost.
But when the pattern points to a chilling decade-old secret and a failed energy deal with Russia, Kovač is plunged into a shadow war far beyond her badge. She is pitted against Alexei Volkov, a charismatic art dealer with a cold, calculating genius and ties to Russian intelligence, and his terrifyingly silent enforcer, a man who feels no pain and knows no mercy.
As the boundaries between crime and espionage blur, Kovač realizes the ultimate target is not a person, but the very idea of safety. Hunted through the streets of New York and betrayed from within, her own sanctuary becomes the next crime scene.
To stop a monster who weaponizes fear itself, she must form an uneasy alliance with a by-the-book FBI agent and confront a horrifying truth: in the digital age, the most dangerous locks are the ones on the inside of the mind.
The Midnight Lock is a heart-pounding journey into the darkest corners of modern fear-a masterfully crafted thriller where every click of a lock could be the last sound you hear.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FR4LSW92
• ISBN13: 9798265313386
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"