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Silverstone is the kind of town where nothing truly happens. The streets are quiet, the people are familiar, and secrets learn to breathe softly.
Until Hannah Marsh vanishes.
She is the mayor's daughter. Golden, reckless, unforgettable. One night she is home. By morning she is gone, leaving behind a perfectly made bed, a silent house, and a town that suddenly feels like it is being watched from the inside.
Detective Ray Harris is assigned to the case, a man still stitched together from the wreckage of his own past. His partner, Tiffany Grant, stands steady beside him, though the Marsh family is tied to both their histories in ways that make distance impossible. Every question feels personal. Every silence feels heavier than it should.
As days pass with no ransom note and no trace, Silverstone begins to fracture. An ex boyfriend with something to hide. A nervous girl who knows more than she says. A private investigator who appears at the worst possible time. Childhood friends, political pressure, buried resentments. Everyone seems to be protecting something.
The search for Hannah becomes less about where she is and more about who she really was. Because the girl everyone loved may have been planning an escape of her own. And someone may have decided to make sure she never got the chance.
In a town built on reputation, loyalty, and carefully closed doors, the truth is not waiting to be found. It is waiting to be survived.
Some disappearances leave a hole.
This one leaves a shadow.