Whispers at Midnight
Some mysteries aren't solved—they're survived.
A key witness in a high-profile federal case vanishes from a government safehouse just hours before testifying, leaving behind no sign of forced entry, no clear escape route, and only one cryptic word scrawled across a windowpane:
Midnight.
FBI Agent Claire Anderson is tasked with investigating the disappearance off the books. The press can’t find out. The Bureau can’t afford a scandal. And her team—S.W.O.R.D., the Special-Washington-Oregon-Regional-Detachment—has just days to uncover what really happened before the entire case unravels.
Meanwhile, Claire must navigate growing tension inside her own unit, where blurred lines and hidden relationships threaten to erode the trust they need to survive what’s coming.
As the trail leads to a powerful surveillance technology firm, the clues grow darker and the pressure more intense. The silence surrounding the witness starts to feel carefully constructed.
What was the witness about to expose?
What is Midnight?
And how deep does the deception go?
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D.D. Black is the author of the Thomas Austin Crime Thrillers and other Pacific Northwest crime novels. When he's not writing, he can be found strolling the beaches of the Pacific Northwest, cooking dinner for his wife, and throwing a ball for his corgi over and over and over. To learn more, check out ddblackauthor.com, where you can join the VIP Reader Club for discounts, news, and more corgi photos than you ever knew you needed.
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