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Threefold Dread
Paperback
Publisher: Eloquent Muse Press
Published: May 27 2025
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Nineteen years ago, something unspeakable shattered the lives of Giselle, Ruby, and CJ, a boy from a neighboring town whose name still carries a shadow. What remained were broken families, buried secrets, and a murder that was never solved. The truth was fractured, hidden beneath fear, lies, and a silence designed to protect the guilty, which proved more dangerous than any confession.
Giselle grew up trapped inside a house that was anything but a home. Her childhood was defined by cruelty, and ruled by fear. Only Ruby-along with Ruby's mother Kassie and a few kindly neighbors-offered brief refuge from the torment she endured Giselle endured. But even safety had its limits, and kindness hid its own secrets.
In 1986, nearly two decades later, in the heat-soaked streets of Miami, Florida, Giselle, Ruby, and CJ are drawn into a deadly game of deception, where loyalty is currency, and the truth is more dangerous than a lie. They are led into a world far more dangerous than they ever imagined, only to discover that the truth has been hiding in plain sight all along.
Giselle has rebuilt herself piece by fragile piece. Living a quiet life as an interior decorator, she believes the chaos of her past is finally over. However, Miami is a city where nothing stays buried for long. Peace, she learns, is fleeting. Someone has been watching. Someone knows what really happened all those years ago. And someone is determined to make sure the past doesn't stay buried. And someone intends to make her pay for it with plans that stretch far beyond revenge.
As danger closes in, Giselle and Ruby are forced to confront a horrifying possibility: the nightmare they survived may not be over. When new threats emerge-and another death raises chilling questions-their carefully constructed lives begin to unravel. Trust becomes a weapon. Silence becomes deadly. And every familiar face turns suspicious.
In another town, CJ is trying-and failing to rebuild his life. The dreams of a football scholarship have long since faded away, replaced by empty days and a future that feels predestined. He trudges through the same small town he was born in, carrying the weight of choices he can't undo, and memories he can't escape. The past refuses to stay quiet. Corrupt deals, and old vendettas reach CJ unbidden, dragging him back toward a night he would rather forget-or finally remember. A long-ago party. A single decision. And the moment that destroyed his life, leaving consequences that still bleed into the present. Haunted by guilt, CJ clings to the hope of atoning to the one person who never stopped believing in him-and dreams of a reconciliation that may already be too late.
Told through multiple points of view, this dark, suspense-driven mystery weaves a web of deception where nothing is accidental and no one is innocent.
Whispers of powerful drug lords, corrupt alliances, sociopaths, the supernatural, ruthless criminals thriving in the shadows, and long-standing vendettas seep into their world, blurring the line between criminal ambition and personal vengeance.
Friends are pulled into a deadly web of deception, where loyalty is a liability and the truth is the most dangerous thing of all.
Because in Miami, some people don't just bury the past. They bury the truth.
And when the lies finally surface the final questions remain...
Who will be exposed as the killer?
Who has been killing to keep the truth buried?
Who will be the next to die?
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