Beneath the Silence

They stole twenty years and called it justice. When Elias Crane walks out of Blackridge Penitentiary, he isn't free-he's a storm. Cleared at last of a murder he didn't commit, Elias discovers that the man who pulled the trigger wasn't the only one responsible. Behind the planted evidence and purchased testimony lies a quiet empire of influence-money, power, and people who never expect to be seen. With Clara Monroe, the law student who believed him when no one else would, Elias begins to unspool the case: a paid witness, a manufactured timeline, and a respectable killer who built a perfect life on someone else's sentence.
But every truth they bring into the light shakes something larger in the dark. Files vanish. Threats arrive. Friends disappear. As headlines turn and the city divides, Elias must decide what justice looks like after two decades of silence-courtrooms and cameras, or the cold, patient work of exposing a machine that survives by making people forget. From prison yard to boardroom, from quiet alleys to rooms where no one speaks aloud, Beneath the Silence is a propulsive thriller about memory, power, and the cost of telling the truth when the lie has friends.
Perfect for readers of relentless legal & conspiracy suspense who like their heroes scarred, sharp, and unwilling to back down.