While investigating the chilling deaths of three teenage girls in the remote town of Briarwood, Detective Evan O'Riley is drawn into the unsolved mysteries of a notorious 1960s serial killer. Three sixteen-year-old girls have plunged from the roof of their school. The question lingers: did they jump, or were they pushed? Tasked with uncovering the truth, Evan O'Riley---seasoned by years of crime-solving in Riverton---arrives in Briarwood, determined to discover whether he's facing triple homicide or a heartbreaking suicide. As he delves into the case, Evan uncovers unsettling whispers about the town's infamous SAD Killer, whose string of brutal murders left Briarwood haunted---and whose identity was never discovered. Fifty years later, the ghosts of the past resurface as Evan combs through long-buried evidence, tracks down survivors, and seeks out old investigators tied to the original crimes. Driven to find answers for both the present and the past, Evan is relentless in his pursuit of justice. But as old secrets come to light and the investigation intensifies, Evan realizes the SAD Killer's legacy isn't as distant as he believed---the danger may be closer than anyone imagines.

𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐍 ⎯ When you are young, they assume you know nothing. Criminal Minds. [ S3 ⎯ S8 ] Spencer Reid x Fem!Oc K4REVSREID- / 2021-2022 [ Extreme Slowburn / Eventual ] Book One / Completed

Zoe is a teenage girl convicted of a murder she didn't commit, but that doesn't matter in the Arena of Justice. You either win your fights, or you die. ***** Seventeen-year-old Zoe never expected to find herself on the wrong side of the law, but when she's convicted of a murder she didn't commit, she's sentenced to the Arena of Justice - the home of gladiator matches where murderers fight murderers, and every fight ends with a death. Zoe's plan for surviving is simple: ignore the other inmates and fly under the radar until it's time to fight, but that's easier said than done. As hard as she tries to hate those she must kill, Zoe soon befriends the other inmates and falls in love - a deadly proposition when a moment's hesitation can prove fatal. It's up to Zoe to save her life, no matter how hard the system is trying to kill her. [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]]

⠀ ━━━ ⠀⠀❛ 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 ❜ 〔 S. REID 〕✷ ╱ 犯罪心理 ㅤ. . . while by thee raised, i 𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙣 all my 𝙛𝙤𝙚𝙨. death last, and with his carcass glut the 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆.ᐟ ━━━━━━━━ 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛. . . the daughter of a drug trafficking gang becomes the bau's strongest weapon & greatest 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚. ❪ status : 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆 ❫ 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗦, S9 ━ 11, 13, 17 ❪ 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘥 x 𝗳𝗲𝗺!𝗼𝗰. ❫ ━━━ © CARDIIAC