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Oakhaven Burns
Paperback
Series: Will Anderson & Casey Murphy Detective Thriller, Book 4
Publisher: W Mark Harrington / Dead End Ink
Published: Jul 23 2026
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Oakhaven Burns is a relentless crime thriller about leverage, loyalty, and what happens when the systems meant to protect people are weaponized against them.
When convicted trafficker Steve Creegan is found dead in his jail cell-his murder hidden inside a precisely timed surveillance blackout-Detectives Will Anderson and Casey Murphy know the death wasn't justice. It was maintenance. Whoever silenced Creegan didn't want revenge. They wanted his secrets buried.
Before the investigation can take shape, the cost becomes brutally personal. A coordinated attack burns Will's home to the ground, and his daughter Emily vanishes in the chaos. No struggle. No witnesses. Just a missing nineteen-year-old and a message that makes the motive unmistakable: compliance buys safety.
As federal authorities descend on Oakhaven, the case is stripped from local control. Evidence disappears. Access is cut. And Casey Murphy is publicly framed for corruption and taken off the board-isolated, discredited, and silenced by a narrative designed to look airtight. What remains is a hidden logistics network known as Hollow Line: a covert pipeline built to move people through timed blackouts, false authority, and institutional blind spots.
With the family under siege and every official channel compromised, Will is forced to operate in the margins-where allies are uncertain, enemies wear badges, and survival depends on knowing when to stand still and when to burn everything down. A ghost from the past offers guidance from the shadows, but even help comes with consequences.
As the truth surfaces piece by piece, it becomes clear this isn't about a single crime or a single victim. It's about control-who wields it, who profits from it, and who gets erased when they refuse to submit.
Oakhaven Burns is a dark, emotionally charged thriller about family under fire, institutional corruption, and the thin line between justice and obedience-where saving the people you love may mean setting the whole system ablaze.
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