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The Marsh Keeps Its Secrets. Until It Doesn't
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Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction
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ISBN13: 9798257670053
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 17 2026
Pages: 484
Weight: 1.28
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 17 2026
Pages: 484
Weight: 1.28
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The marshlands of coastal Georgia keep their own counsel. They swallow evidence, muffle screams, and hold on to the past long after the living have tried to forget it. Eli Mercer, retired Glynn County Police Detective, has spent years trying to outrun the ghosts of cases that never closed cleanly. He's traded the badge for a quieter life on the edge of the tidal flats-until the marsh decides it's time to speak again.
When a body surfaces in a place Eli knows too well, the discovery rips open a pattern he thought he'd buried decades ago. The Sheriff's Office wants him nowhere near the investigation. The county brass wants the whole thing handled quickly and quietly. But the evidence-what little the marsh hasn't reclaimed-points straight back to an old wound Eli never managed to cauterize.
As he digs, the past and present begin to braid together: a long-forgotten witness, a string of accidents that were never accidents, and a network of influence that has shaped Glynn County from the shadows. Every answer Eli uncovers pulls him deeper into a truth someone has spent forty-five years trying to drown.
Storms rise. Old loyalties fracture. And the marsh, patient as ever, waits to see who will survive the secrets it's finally letting go.
When the last piece surfaces, Eli must decide whether exposing the truth is worth becoming the next thing the marsh pulls under.
As he digs, the past and present begin to braid together: a long-forgotten witness, a string of accidents that were never accidents, and a network of influence that has shaped Glynn County from the shadows. Every answer Eli uncovers pulls him deeper into a truth someone has spent forty-five years trying to drown.
Storms rise. Old loyalties fracture. And the marsh, patient as ever, waits to see who will survive the secrets it's finally letting go.
When the last piece surfaces, Eli must decide whether exposing the truth is worth becoming the next thing the marsh pulls under.
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