Lurk: A Twisted Psychological Thriller

Fifteen years ago, three teenage boys vanished from Copper Valley, Maine. The town whispered about a boogeyman called the Copper Valley Devil. But when the boys were linked to a homicide, it appeared they had run away to avoid prosecution. It was easier to believe they were criminals than victims.

But medical examiner Tempest Wainwright knows better. She confessed to murdering them.

Nobody believed her—not the police, not her family, and certainly not the doctors who spent years convincing her she’d had a psychotic break. No bodies, no evidence, no arrest, just a teenage girl with a history of instability and an inconvenient story nobody wanted to hear. She’s spent the years since almost believing them.

Until the man she loves ends up on her autopsy table. 

He won’t be the last. Though she can’t prove it yet, Tempest knows his death wasn't natural. He was the only one still breathing who knew what happened that summer… except Tempest herself. 

Now, protecting herself and her family means hunting a monster everyone else insists is a myth. And the townspeople already believe she’s insane. 

Maybe it’s time she proved them right.

Lurk is a razor-sharp psychological thriller about the thin, fragile line between reality and madness—and the terrifying cost of not knowing which side you're on. If you like unreliable narrators and twisted family secrets, Lurk is for you. For fans of Gillian Flynn, Alex Michaelides, and Freida McFadden.

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