Whispers in the Ash

By Richard Harman

In the mist-shrouded Appalachian town of Gray Hollow, a teenage boy is found dead on Widow's Peak-his chest marked by a perfect, spiraling burn that defies forensic logic. Detective Elena Marris, still recovering from her own past, is pulled into the investigation, only to discover that this is no ordinary murder. As more clues surface-an unused match inscribed with her name, a decades-old journal, and a tree that seems to listen-Elena's search for answers brings her into the orbit of Emily Finch, a quiet teenage girl haunted by dreams of fire and whispers in the woods. Emily, descended from a family long tied to the town's buried past, holds the key to understanding the spiral-and the legacy of Elijah Vance, a boy who died in a mysterious house fire in 1978... and may have returned. Teaming up with medical examiner Wren Holt, Elena and Emily uncover a pattern hidden in the town's silence: every generation, a spiral appears, marking a soul for sacrifice. But the force behind it isn't seeking vengeance-it wants remembrance. As the fire stirs beneath Gray Hollow once more, Elena, Emily, and Wren must descend into the roots of the town's darkest secret. Together, they confront the truth: the spiral is not a curse, but a call-to carry pain, to speak memory, and to break the cycle of forgetting. Because what's buried doesn't die. It burns.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F31978W4
• ISBN13: 9798315977117
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"