X Marks the Spot
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Last published Fri, Dec 27, 2024
A ruthless serial killer stalks the streets, leaving behind a trail of victims with a chilling signature: a single stab wound, crossed by a bloody X. As the body count rises, prosecutors Autumn, Fadel, Style, and June race against time to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again.
But the case takes a devastating turn when one of their own, June, falls victim to the same gruesome fate. The hunt grows desperate, and all clues lead to a name that doesn't seem to exist: Xandra.
As Autumn spirals deeper into the case, strange things begin to happen-lost time, blank memories, waking up in places she can't explain. Her journal becomes a battleground between two identities, one of them sinister and unfamiliar.
"Yes, you are. XO, Xandra."
With reality unraveling around her, Autumn must face a horrifying question: is the killer they're hunting closer than anyone ever imagined?
"X Marks the Spot" is a chilling psychological thriller about the monsters we fear-and the ones that live within us.
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