About this book:

In the rain-soaked underbelly of Oakhaven, disgraced detective Elias Thorne has spent three years drowning his past in cheap whiskey. But when a midnight call from a voice-modulated stranger lures him to a child’s abandoned slipper and a booby-trapped doll, he’s pulled back into a game he never wanted to play. The killer calls himself Chronos—and he’s not just taking victims. He’s staging a twisted countdown, each “hour” a clue tied to the night that destroyed Elias’s career. Now, with a missing girl’s life ticking away, Thorne must follow a trail of weeping clocks, cryptic messages, and ghostly echoes from his own shattered past.

This is no ordinary hunt. The killer knows Elias’s every move, leaves taunts in his own apartment, and forces him to relive the trauma that cost him everything. From the decaying docks to a fiery foundry, *The Edge of Shadows* plunges you into a relentless race against time where the detective is both hunter and hunted. Perfect for fans of dark, atmospheric thrillers and complex antiheroes, this debut novel delivers a masterfully woven puzzle of revenge, redemption, and the haunting question: what happens when the clock starts leaking?