The Fifteenth Record

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Some records are never meant to be found.

Daniel Mercer left the bar at 9:47.

He never made it home.

When Mercer is found dead, the case appears simple-until a file is discovered in his car. It is the same file he pulled from the municipal records room days earlier, and buried inside it is a discrepancy that should not exist.

Detective Arun Vale starts with a dead man, a file, and one line that doesn't match.

But the deeper he investigates, the stranger the case becomes.

Records disappear. Old connections resurface. People who should have nothing to hide suddenly have reasons to stay silent. And the closer Vale gets to understanding what happened to Daniel Mercer, the clearer it becomes that the file was never just paperwork.

Someone wanted the truth buried.

Someone may still be protecting it.

And at the center of the investigation is a record that should not exist at all.

The Fifteenth Record is a gripping crime mystery and investigative thriller about hidden records, buried secrets, and an investigation that begins with one impossible discrepancy-and leads somewhere far more dangerous.

The case is only the beginning.

A Veyra Investigation - Book One