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Autumn’s phone buzzed, the screen illuminating the dark room. It was a message from an unknown sender: Tick-tock, Autumn. The deadline is closer than you think.

The killer wasn't just playing a game; he was working on a schedule. Every forty-eight hours, a new body appeared, meticulously posed, with a small, rusted clock pinned to their chest—always set to midnight. Download Shadow's Deadline (Shadow Islan Mary Stone epub

As she raced up the winding path, the beam of the lighthouse cut through the fog like a jagged blade. Inside, the air was thick with the smell of machine oil and old parchment. She found him there, standing amidst a sea of ticking gears. He wasn't a monster from her nightmares; he was a man who had lost everything to the island's cold indifference. Autumn’s phone buzzed, the screen illuminating the dark

She knew the history of this place. Shadow Island was a graveyard of secrets, and she was digging them up one by one. Her partner, FBI Special Agent Winter, was already down at the old cannery, following a lead on a suspicious purchase of antique clock parts. But Autumn felt the pull of the lighthouse—the highest point on the island and the only place that hadn't been searched. The killer wasn't just playing a game; he

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