The Unapologetic Witness

Eleven witnesses. One phone call at 11:47 PM. And a truth someone will kill to keep buried. Mara Vance hasn't slept in weeks. When her phone lights up at nearly midnight with a number she doesn't recognize, the voice on the other end pulls her into a conspiracy that has already destroyed ten lives. Each witness saw something. Each witness paid for it. Now she's next. Teaming up with her brother Cal Vance , a man with his own buried secrets , and Idris Hollis, an investigative journalist whose last exposé ended in tragedy, Mara begins untangling a case that powerful interests want buried forever. Her list of suspects reads like a map of the city's darkest corners: Sebastian Crane, the charismatic defense attorney; Lena Petrova, the forensic specialist who knows more than she admits; Edwin Hale, the retired detective with a grudge; Theodora Ashby, the grieving mother; Dmitri Volkov, the enforcer; Aurelia Kahn, the socialite with expensive secrets; Yusuf Bey, the informant nobody trusts; and Galen Marsh, the man who claims to have seen nothing. Every conversation reveals another lie. Every clue leads to another body. As the eleventh witness, Mara holds the key to exposing the truth , or becoming the final entry in a list that grows with every unanswered question. With the clock ticking and her allies dropping one by one, Mara must choose: stay silent and survive, or speak up and accept the consequences that claimed everyone before her.