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Dangerous by Default: Raleigh Vance Thriller: Book Three
Paperback
Series: Raleigh Vance Thriller, Book 3
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 12 2026
Pages: 308
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The system never lied. It only removed the reason.
Defense contractor Eric Lawson is found dead at his desk, a pistol in his hand and a concealed risk score of 92 declaring him dangerous.
The scene says suicide. The body says otherwise.
Miami homicide detective Raleigh Vance follows the evidence into Threshold, a predictive-risk platform that recorded everything Eric did-and understood none of it. He carried envelopes into a storage unit. He photographed a car outside his home. Every observation was true. Stripped of context, those truths built the portrait of a threat.
Eric was never proven dangerous. In Threshold's record, he was dangerous by default.
Threshold flags a man. His employer restricts him. He reacts. The reaction is recorded as evidence that the flag was right-and creates another billable event.
Then Raleigh challenges Eric's score.
Threshold starts scoring her.
Now her access is disappearing, her actions are being reclassified, and the investigation itself is becoming evidence that she cannot be trusted. To uncover what happened to Eric, Raleigh must do the hardest thing in a system built on certainty: prove exactly what the record supports-and not one inch more.
Dangerous by Default is a clean, evidence-driven techno-thriller with no profanity, sexual content, or graphic gore. Book Three of the Raleigh Vance Thriller Series. The investigation stands alone; the larger mystery continues.
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