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Absence of Reflection
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 25 2026
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A quiet life depends on careful boundaries.
Some boundaries exist for a reason.
Adrian Hale believes in order-controlled routines, measured silence, and a past kept firmly at rest. When a file that should no longer exist surfaces without explanation, it unsettles more than his work. It threatens the structure of a life built on restraint.
What begins as a discreet inquiry slowly reveals a pattern marked by omissions, coincidences, and unease. As Adrian is drawn deeper, the line between investigation and responsibility begins to blur, forcing him to confront how much truth a controlled life can endure-and what it costs to keep balance intact.
Tense, atmospheric, and psychologically gripping, Absence of Reflection is a slow-burn thriller that explores identity, memory, and the unseen systems people construct to survive themselves. Following the success of Shattered Mirrors, Karen Wayne returns with a darker, more interior novel-one that replaces spectacle with silence and leaves the deepest questions deliberately unanswered.
Perfect for readers who enjoy psychological thrillers that linger long after the final page.
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