Cipherstalker (NaNoWriMo 2011 Project)
Cramwell "Cram" Fornberg is a reclusive man who keeps mostly to himself, staying in the house when he can, looking no one in the eye on the occasions when he has to go into town.
Cramwell is obsessed with cryptology, deciphering every code he can find. One day, he deciphers a note and is horrified to read, "Beware! Someone will disappear at eight!" At first he thinks nothing of it, but two days later, Cramwell finds an article in the newspaper about a suspected abduction at the exact time at which he had deciphered the note!
Suddenly, the shy Cram must turn from a man who looks in the eyes of nobody, to one who must watch everyone, for fear they might disappear! As he continues receiving more notes, Cramwell becomes more and more agitated. Who is sending the notes? What do they mean by saying someone will disappear? Will a victim eventually be killed? Will someone else begin receiving notes twenty-four hours prior to his own murder?
