The Silent Letter: A Gripping Small-Town Thriller

By Daniel Parton

The Silent Letter

A Raven Creek Files Novel

by Daniel Parton

A forgotten letter. A preacher's death. A town built on silence.

When retired postmaster Zeke Hammond discovers a sealed envelope hidden in his attic-addressed to the Raven Creek sheriff in 1987-he expects an old complaint or lost tax form. What he finds is a confession.

"I killed Preacher Grady Wilkes."

- Beatrice Langley

But Wilkes died of natural causes. Or so the town believed.

Now, Sheriff Cole Taggart must reopen the past: a church fire long buried, a girl who stopped speaking, and a woman who may have killed to protect someone no one else would. As Cole, forensic nurse June Taggart, and investigative podcaster Abby Stratton uncover the layers of cover-up, guilt, and faith-warped power, Raven Creek begins to fracture.

Some say Beatrice was a murderer.

Others say she was the only one who ever told the truth.

In a town where silence once protected the powerful, the truth is finally breaking through the soil.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FW53FFM9
• ISBN13: 9798269719023
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"