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Terms of Silence: A Cook Investigations Novel
Paperback
Series: A Cook Investigations Novel, Book 13
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 20 2025
Pages: 478
Weight: 1.26
Height: 1.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In a coastal town where everything looks calm on the surface, private investigator Ellie Cook uncovers a truth no one wants named: consent can be manufactured.
When a young man enters a voluntary residential program and slowly disappears behind flawless paperwork and soothing language, Ellie is drawn into a case that isn't criminal-but feels deeply wrong. Every signature is legal. Every form is approved. And every choice has already been decided.
As Ellie navigates institutional power, political protection, and the quiet violence of compliance, she must confront her own history with systems that confuse care with control. Terms of Silence is a slow-burn coastal noir about autonomy, trauma, chronic pain, and the dangerous spaces where help becomes coercion.
For readers who love character-driven mysteries, morally complex investigations, and noir that lingers long after the final page.
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