Witness to a murder, Naomi Happleburn is a withdrawn graphic designer whose acute hearing and quiet life make her an unlikely key to the case. But Naomi saw something she wasn’t meant to see. Now she’s being watched—and hunted.
Assigned to protect her, Diana finds herself drawn into a dangerous investigation where trust is fragile, motives are murky, and getting too close could cost them both everything.
Julie Verne is a queer, disabled author that lives with a rose-breasted cockatoo. She grew up in rural Australia and learned electronics and communications in her youth in order to watch Xena with limited television reception. She still spends most of her time tinkering, although with access to the internet the focus has shifted from rooftops to words.