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The Silent Auction
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 16 2025
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Julian Thorne is a brilliant art appraiser, but on the brink of financial ruin. Desperate to save his business, he accepts a mysterious and obscenely lucrative offer from a reclusive millionaire known only as A.V.R. The assignment is simple: appraise a vast and eclectic art collection in an isolated mansion, where discretion is the golden rule and surveillance, a constant presence.
But what Julian discovers is far more sinister than a mere collection. Each object - a Victorian music box, a Roman denarius, an ancient dagger - is linked to an unsolved missing persons case spanning centuries. Julian realizes with horror that A.V.R. is not just a collector, but a serial killer who hoards the last possessions of his victims, turning his mansion into a macabre museum of lost souls.
Trapped in this luxurious prison, Julian's situation becomes desperate when A.V.R. reveals he knows his sister, Clara, making her a pawn in his twisted game. Now, Julian must use all his cunning and his exceptional eye for detail to find a way to communicate with the outside world, gather evidence, and dismantle A.V.R.'s empire before he and his sister become the next pieces in this deadly silent auction.
Can Julian expose the truth before he becomes part of the collection?
Dive into a psychological thriller where art, history, and a chilling mystery intertwine in a desperate fight for survival.
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