The Beachcomber – Kobo eBook

With twelve bestselling thrillers behind her, Claire Montgomery knows exactly how to manipulate readers, plant suspicion, and bury the truth beneath carefully curated twists. But when her ex-husband and his mistress flee after a mistrial tied to financial fraud, the whispers surrounding Claire become impossible to ignore. Suddenly, she isn’t writing the mystery anymore. She’s trapped inside one.

Desperate to disappear, Claire escapes to a remote cabin along the shores of Lake Superior, where the cold water and endless woods promise anonymity. Instead, she finds herself pulled into the orbit of two dangerous men: Eli, a carpenter haunted by his past, and Gabriel, a ruthless manipulator who collects secrets the way other men collect money.

Gabriel has plans for Claire. He wants her to write one final story: a confession detailing her crimes, her betrayals, and the truth behind the people who vanished. And when the last page is finished, Claire’s life will end with it.

As Claire is forced across borders and deeper into a web of false identities, surveillance, and psychological control, she realizes the most dangerous stories are the ones people tell themselves. Because someone is always writing the ending.

And by the time the waves crash against the rocky shores of Lake Superior once more, one version of the truth will survive.