Intense, harrowing, and profoundly gripping.
Ana Manwaring and Fernando León Torrens deliver a taut, hard-hitting thriller that drops one man into a world where trust is dangerous and survival is never guaranteed. What should have been a simple visit home turns hostile for Alex Deltoro. A staged hit-and-run warns him off, and the secrets he uncovers point straight to old wounds and his brother’s death. But as the circle tightens, he’s forced to ask: Who’s willing to kill to keep him from finding out more?
Manwaring and Torrens write domestic tension with almost forensic precision, capturing the claustrophobic world of a fragile elderly woman trapped between incompetence, manipulation, and abuse. The detour to Mexico City at the pandemic’s peak adds substantial narrative weight. With unflinching clarity, the authors draw overwhelmed hospitals and exhausted doctors, grounding the story in a stark national moment. As the conspiracy widens, the novel moves from psychological tension to full-throttle thriller. Alex’s emotional unraveling—his guilt, his determination, his need for truth—drives the narrative as much as the threats closing in on him. The villains register as disturbingly plausible, products of institutional dysfunction and slow, corrosive decay rather than stock thriller stereotypes. The novel distinguishes itself by avoiding easy resolutions. Every revelation rises from Mexico’s social and political pressures, revealing how systems meant to shield the population can turn exploitative, trapping those least able to escape. It’s not just a family drama but a portrait of larger institutional decay. By the time Alex sees the true scope of the threat, the reader is completely in his corner.
A lean, razor-sharp medical thriller about systemic betrayal, human resilience, and the deadly price of exposing corruption.
Coming soon
First Edition January 2026
Publisher Indies United Publishing House, LLC
ISBN: 978-1-64456-875-0 [Paperback]
ISBN: 978-1-64456-876-7 [Kindle]
ISBN: 978-1-64456-877-4 [ePub]
ISBN: 978-1-64456-878-1 [Audiobook]
