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Denial Creek
Paperback
Series: The Twisted Waters Trilogy, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher Price: $23.99
Publisher: Metal Prairie Publishing
Published: Jun 13 2026
Pages: 406
Weight: 0.93
Height: 1.01 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This is one of those rare books that teaches you as much as it moves you. -- NetGalley Reviewer
Welcome to Denial Creek, where the mosquitos are bad but the mothers are worse.
In the sweltering marshland of southeast Texas, the past refuses to be ignored when Zerlene Edge, a psych major nursing a hangover from a dysfunctional childhood, finds a cryptic photo hidden in her estranged mother's lockbox. She becomes obsessed with unraveling its mystery, unaware she's about to expose a family legacy more toxic than refinery fumes.
Meanwhile, Royal Wesley Shivers is coming undone. Raised under the iron grip of a domineering mother and haunted by fractured formative years, he's on a mission to reclaim what was stolen from him-no matter the cost.
As floodwaters rise, Zerlene's search collides with Royal's compulsion. With a spineless, lovesick neighbor carrying a dark secret, a botched kidnapping, and out-of-control psychiatry, the residents of Hessey must finally face the truth, or do what they do best: deny everything.
Darkly funny, razor-sharp, and uncomfortably human, Denial Creek is psychological fiction that peels back the rot beneath the foundation of coping mechanisms-where avoidance passes for resilience, deception hardens into reality, and facts are treated like a liability.
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