The vanishing book (The Vanishing Point 1)

Some towns have secrets.Ashwood has an agreement.When Detective Evelyn Harper arrives in the quiet town of Ashwood to investigate a string of disappearances, she expects routine work missing persons, bad leads, and small-town lies.What she finds instead is something far worse.No bodies.No witnesses.No explanations.Just people… gone.As Evelyn digs deeper, she uncovers a hidden system built on silence—one that has protected the town for generations. Every missing person is connected. Every answer leads somewhere darker. And at the center of it all is a clock that stopped at 3:17.But Ashwood isn’t the only town.When Evelyn exposes the truth, the rules begin to break—and something begins to spread. Something that doesn’t just take people……it watches.Now, with time running out and the line between reality and the unseen collapsing, Evelyn must uncover the full extent of the agreement before the next name disappears.Because in Ashwood, silence isn’t safety.It’s the cost. Read more