by Stacey Ernest (Author)
The city doesn't breathe.
It watches.
Every streetlight, every camera lens, every window - an unblinking eye. It remembers who walks its streets, who disappears, and who dares to ask why.
Detective Jonas Hale once believed the city could be saved. Then a councilman turned up dead - a man who'd promised to expose a quiet empire of forged contracts and missing millions. The evidence vanished. The truth was edited. And now Hale's name bleeds across the headlines he used to trust.
A brass key left at his door.
A voice on a tape recorder.
A clock that stopped at 12:47 - the moment everything changed.
As Hale follows the trail through rain-slick alleys and glass offices, he finds himself chasing ghosts - his father's, his own, and one that moves inside the machinery of power itself. Every answer opens another door, and every door leads deeper into the city's hunger.
Because in a place built on secrets, truth isn't freedom.
It's bait.
The City That Watches is a haunting noir thriller about corruption, guilt, and the price of remembering what others choose to forget. In this city, silence is survival - and every confession has an audience.
Number of Pages: 282
Dimensions: 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: December 12, 2025
