Silence of the Missing: A gripping psychological crime thriller novel

The story revolves around the mysterious reappearance of Jeb Kleber, who vanished in 1986 during a Fourth of July celebration, leaving his first love, Sammy Blake, heartbroken. Now a middle-aged man in Chicago, Sammy's life is disrupted when a stranger claims to be Jeb, revealing intimate knowledge of their past and wearing an amethyst pendant from their youth. This encounter forces Sammy to confront buried secrets, identity crises, and the possibility of murder, as he questions the stranger's true intentions after thirty-seven years.