ER. MANOJ ARORA

A powerful city councilman is found dead inside his luxury penthouse. The crime scene is flawless. Too flawless. Veteran detective Miles Corbin knows the murder has been staged. The alarm was disabled, the violence was controlled, and the truth was carefully erased. As he and his partner, Detective Lena Petrova, begin their investigation, they uncover a network of corruption that ties together real-estate power, political influence, and a shadowy vigilante movement watching the city from the dark.
But the case is deeply personal. Eight years earlier, a child was murdered, a man was framed, and Corbin never found the real killer. Now the past is resurfacing, and every clue brings him closer to a truth powerful people are desperate to keep buried. As surveillance tightens and the city turns hostile, Corbin must confront his own failures to solve a case that could finally bring justice-or destroy what remains of his faith in it.
The Midnight Case is a gritty detective noir novella about guilt, corruption, and the cost of uncovering the truth in a city built on silence.