Carved In Stone (Vanessa Stone Series Book 1)

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A killer set free. A past resurrected. A truth too terrifying to face.

Carved in Stone is a chilling thriller that explores the darkness of the human mind and the haunting question—can a killer ever truly change?

Thirty years ago, Meghan Newton barely survived a brutal attack that left her scarred for life. Her assailant, Carlton Tubbs, was sentenced to fifteen years behind bars, but good behavior set him free after only nine. Then, he vanished.

Now, Detective Vanessa Stone is hunting a killer who has slaughtered eighteen women, each bearing the same gruesome wounds as Meghan. The evidence screams one name—Carlton Tubbs. But how could a man who disappeared decades ago still be killing?

As Vanessa digs into Tubbs’ past, she uncovers disturbing clues buried within the walls of his childhood trauma and his time in prison. His psychologist held secrets. His victims shared eerie similarities. And hovering over everything is a shadowy figure known only as “Smith,” a name whispered in the recesses of Tubbs’ fractured psyche. Is Tubbs a product of a broken past, shaped into a monster by circumstance? Or was something far more sinister at work—something that never left him?

As Vanessa races against time to find the missing woman who may be the killer’s next victim, she’s forced to confront a terrifying reality: when the mind becomes a prison, the ghosts inside may not be imagined. And if she stares too long into the darkness, she may never escape it herself.

Gripping, atmospheric, and deeply unsettling, Carved in Stone will leave you questioning whether evil is born, made—or something else entirely.

From the author of Barren Waters, the Hollywood Book Festival’s Best Science Fiction Novel of 2017, comes a chilling psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the final page.