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The Last Civility
Paperback
Series: The Last Civility
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 7 2026
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Chilling, intelligent, and relentlessly suspenseful. A forensic procedural turned inside out.
In Hampton City, a new kind of killer is at work. The victims are the rude, the cruel, the obnoxious-those who abuse their power and spread misery without consequence. Each is dispatched with a single, contact-range shot from a silenced .22. Each crime scene is unnervingly, impeccably clean.
For Detective Anya Rossi, the investigation is a descent into a looking-glass world. The killer's precision is professional. His knowledge of evidence is absolute. He's not just avoiding detection; he's demonstrating the flaws in the system meant to catch him. He's a ghost who leaves only a stark, moralistic message behind.
When a taunting piece of evidence points to a specific, hated figure from the city's past, Anya realizes the killer is no random vigilante. He's targeting with purpose. He's correcting what he sees as social pathologies. And his methodology points to a terrifying profile: someone who knows police work from the inside.
As Anya closes in, the killer escalates, turning his mission into a public, philosophical challenge. He's not hiding anymore; he's teaching. And his final lesson will force Anya to confront a horrifying question: In a world that often protects the wicked, is he a monster...
Or a dark, logical cure?
A razor-sharp blend of forensic thriller and psychological suspense, The Last Civility is a relentless exploration of justice, vengeance, and the terrifying price of a polite society.
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