What the Ashes Remember
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Last published Mon, Sep 29, 2025
Rain-soaked streets. Shattered glass. A quiet town full of secrets and hidden stories. Detective Tess Calder follows the clues others overlook--but the deeper she digs, the more she realizes that someone has been planning this all along. In Crestwood, every detail matters... because someone is already watching.
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