The Disappearing Truth

When Elena Drake returns to the fog-laced coastal town of Clearwater Bay for her father’s funeral, she expects grief and uneasy memories. What she does not expect is the quiet resistance of a town that seems determined to forget how, and why, her father died.

Johnathan Drake was a journalist who believed truth mattered, even when it made people uncomfortable. His death, ruled an accident, leaves behind unanswered questions Elena cannot ignore. As she begins sorting through his final notes, recordings, and forgotten files, Elena uncovers traces of a decades-old disappearance, a powerful local benefactor, and a secret buried beneath generosity and silence.

With the help of an aging librarian, a reluctant sheriff, and fragments of her mother’s fading memory, Elena pulls at threads the town would rather leave untouched. Each discovery tightens the web of suspicion, drawing her closer to a truth that threatens powerful families and redefines her own past.

As danger escalates and old loyalties fracture, Elena must decide how much truth can be carried without destroying everyone she loves. In Clearwater Bay, the past never truly disappears. It waits.

“The Disappearing Truth” is a gripping mystery and suspense novel about buried secrets, moral courage, and the cost of uncovering what was never meant to be found.