by Erika Jayne
First published 2014
Jason stares at the empty rooms where his wife lived just three weeks before. The official report calls it suicide. She was alone in their home when it happened. Everything points to the same conclusion. But Jason cannot make the pieces fit together in his mind. Gaps appear where memories should be. Questions multiply instead of finding answers. The familiar details of his life now seem foreign and unreliable. Each day brings new doubts about what really occurred in those final moments. This novella follows Jason as he navigates a maze of uncertainty. The investigation may be closed, but his search for truth has just begun. Every clue leads to another mystery. Every answer creates two more questions. Jason must decide whether to accept the official version of events or trust his instincts that something darker lies beneath the surface. His journey reveals how grief can blur the line between reality and suspicion, and how the need for answers can become its own kind of obsession.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
34 pages · Paperback · Lulu.com
Content warnings: suicide