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.

Baird Amergin is a successful writer and poet from the prosperous land of Ferange. He lives a life of ease with his beautiful girlfriend and is in want for nothing. But when the notorious Redistribution Force shows up at his house and evicts him, separating him from his girlfriend and deporting him to another land, he learns of a certain outspoken, upstanding political figure who has also been relocated to a dreadful place. He joins a band of bickering, misfitted heroes to go to rescue her. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2019 by @Flamesword01 Cover by @Fennagin [WATTPAD EDITOR'S PICK April 2021] *** Previous Readers Commented: "I loved reading this story! It was so much fun to read! Your author notes were just as entertaining, because your personal writing style matches the comments. Thank you for the journey 🤗" -themaskedwomanrc "Such a fantastic book!! I really enjoyed it, you have a talent for writing and I definitely felt like I could see the characters and the scenes playing out before my eyes!" -Purplejeans "This was awemazing! It got better and better paragraph by paragraph, chapter by chapter.. Thank you so much for a nice read!" -thenovice_j "Took two days to finish XD I was up til 2 reading this, its so good!" -ILoveWriting1516