Paint The Town Red
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MatureComplete Sun, Nov 30, 20255h 3m
They took Everything.
They left me for dead.
Now it's time for revenge and you know what they say Revenge is best severed cold.
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In a town where secrets fester beneath smiling faces, someone has begun to bleed the truth from its walls.
Detective Nathaniel Carter comes to Hawthorne Hollow searching for answers, but the case before him feels more like a haunting than a crime scene. Every lead pulls him closer to something-or someone-the town buried years ago.
And in the shadows, a woman long thought dead walks again. She's not looking for forgiveness. She's come to finish what the town started.
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This book contains graphic violence psychological trauma torture, arson and dark themes that may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised.
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