Triple Word Heart V: The Empty Chair

A psychological suspense thriller

Prologue — The Letter

Three years have passed since the collapse of The Circle.

The headlines are gone.

The documentaries have faded.

Most people have moved on.

Clara Whitmore has spent those years rebuilding a life she never thought she would have.

She owns her own bookstore now.

She sleeps through the night.

Most nights.

The nightmares still come occasionally.

But they no longer control her.

One autumn morning, a letter arrives without a return address.

Inside is a single sheet of paper.

No threats.

No cryptic messages.

No Scrabble tiles.

Only a photograph.

A recent photograph.

Naomi is sitting alone in prison.

Looking directly at the camera.

Written underneath:

THE WRONG WOMAN PAID.