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The Girl They Said Ran Away: A Hidden Crimes Unit Christian Crime Suspense Novel
Paperback
Series: The Hidden Crimes Unit, Book 2
Mystery & ThrillerChristian Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 7 2026
Pages: 254
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Everyone called her a runaway. Someone made sure they would.
Sixteen-year-old Alina Cruz was never supposed to photograph Mateo Calderon.
At a Miami campaign fundraiser, Alina captures a violent assault on camera-eleven frames that could destroy one of the city's most powerful political families. Two days before she is scheduled to identify the attacker, she disappears from her foster home.
By morning, her social media says she left on purpose.
The police call her a runaway.
The city begins to stop looking.
But FDLE agent Jonah Reyes sees what others are too willing to ignore. Alina's phone was left behind. Her packed bag never moved. Her camera stayed in her room. And the posts written in her name do not sound like the girl who took the photograph.
With forensic psychologist Tessa Monroe and prosecutor Celia Noguera, Jonah follows the digital trail into a world of campaign money, crisis consultants, sealed schedules, and powerful people who know exactly how to turn a missing child into a headline no one wants to question.
Alina is out there somewhere.
So is the proof.
And if the Hidden Crimes Unit cannot find her before the lie becomes permanent, a frightened girl will disappear beneath the one word chosen to bury her:
Runaway.
The Girl They Said Ran Away is Book Two in The Hidden Crimes Unit, a clean Christian crime suspense series about buried crimes, powerful lies, and the investigators willing to risk everything for victims the world has already dismissed.
Perfect for readers who love faith-based suspense, clean crime fiction, missing-person investigations, moral courage, hidden corruption, and justice for the unheard.
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