Copyright © 2023 by Declan James Books Chapter One She was dead the moment the killer reached for the doorknob and turned it. He knew. This was going to be the hardest part. The unknown. If he’d had to break one of the panes of glass to get to the lock, she might have heard…
Copyright © 2023 by Declan James Books Chapter One Pain is a song most cannot play. Most cannot hear. But make no mistake, there is a melody to it. A harmony. There is beauty of form. Each person is different. Like each instrument. No two notes sound exactly the same, if you know how to…
Copyright © 2023 by Declan James Books Chapter One Echo Lake Twenty-five years ago… She wasn’t the first to die here. In 1973, a boy had gone fishing with his father, waded in too deep, his foot stuck in the muck, he had panicked. For him, it felt just like going to sleep, after the…
Copyright © 2022 by Declan James Books All Rights Reserved Twenty pairs of disapproving eyes settled on Detective Jake Cashen during the morning roll call. Then half of them turned to grins as they got the full effect of Jake’s ringtone. He’d broken a rule. “Phone’s on silent, Detective,” Lieutenant John Beverly said, peering at…