The Hollow Ledger
A forgotten ledger names the corrupt, and someone is burning the city down to bury the truth. Reclusive archivist Aria Vance has spent her life buried in old records, but nothing has prepared her for what she finds wedged inside a donated box of county papers: a ledger listing every official bribed, every case buried, and every name traded in decades of quiet corruption. The entries name a respected judge, a powerful crime patriarch, and men in suits who answer to neither. Within hours of her discovery, arson begins tearing through the city, one fire for every page of evidence. Deputy Maren Holt, the only investigator willing to look past the convenient conclusions pushed by her superiors, finds herself chasing a pattern that no one else will acknowledge. As the body count rises and the ledger's names begin to die alongside the flames, Aria realizes the book was never forgotten, it was hidden, and its owners want it back. Caught between a judge who controls the courts, an enforcer who controls the streets, and an arsonist whose signature burns brighter with every reveal, Aria and Maren must decide what they're willing to risk. Expose the conspiracy and become the next name on the list, or walk away and let the ledger of forgotten names turn to ash.