UNSEEN MURDER
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Last published Tue, Jul 8, 2025
When a string of high-profile murders shakes the city, Detective Maddox Hale is forced to chase shadows with more questions than answers. The victims all powerful, all hiding secrets are linked by an invisible thread no one can find. Enter Sloane Voss, a notorious thief with a silver tongue and a knack for slipping through cracks, who claims to have stolen something that could solve the case or destroy it.
Bound by a fragile truce, the righteous detective and the reckless thief dive into a dangerous underworld of deception, betrayal, and dark desires. As they close in on the killer, sparks ignite between them, blurring the line between trust and temptation. But in a game where every move could be their last, can they outwit a murderer who always seems one step ahead or will their unlikely partnership end in blood?
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