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The Circle is Closing
Paperback
Series: The Silent Circle, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher Price: $19.99
ISBN13: 9781962417501
Publisher: Little Black Book Publishing
Published: Sep 16 2026
Pages: 358
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Some threats arrive loudly. Others smile, remember your name, and wait for you to let your guard down.
Elizabeth Liz Sheriden knows better than most that danger rarely looks the way you expect it to.
A successful St. Louis prosecutor, wife, and mother, Liz has built a life grounded in family, purpose, and control. Years earlier, she learned what it feels like to be watched, doubted, and told there was not enough evidence for anyone to act. She survived that experience, but she never forgot what it taught her: instinct often recognizes danger long before proof catches up.
So when Liz meets Ryan Kessler on a flight to Atlanta, she notices the small things. The questions that probe a little too far. The easy charm that feels practiced. The way he studies people while pretending simply to make conversation.
Then Ryan begins appearing where he shouldn't.
At first, every encounter can be explained away. A conference. Her office. A crowded football game. Each moment is harmless enough on its own, leaving Liz to question whether she is seeing a pattern or creating one.
But Ryan isn't interested in coincidence.
He is learning her routines. Testing her boundaries. Moving closer to the people she loves.
And when his attention shifts from Liz to her family, the rules change.
He believes he is studying her.
He has no idea she is studying him too.
As obsession turns into stalking and the boundaries around Liz's carefully constructed life begin to collapse, she must decide how long she can wait for undeniable proof before taking action herself.
Because Liz knows something Ryan does not.
She has been hunted before.
And she has no intention of being helpless again.
Tense, atmospheric, and driven by psychological manipulation, obsession, stalking, and slow-burning suspense, The Circle is Closing is a psychological thriller about instinct, control, the limits of the justice system, and what happens when a predator chooses the wrong woman.
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