THE DEAD MAN CALLED TWICE

A dead man leaves one warning.Then his phone calls twice.Before sunrise, forensic audio expert Elias Voss sends Detective Mara Vale a disturbing voicemail containing his address, a private entry code, and a warning about a murder that has not yet happened.When Mara reaches his office, Elias is alive.He also insists he never called her.Hours later, Elias is dead, and his phone rings again.As impossible messages continue arriving in the victim's voice, Mara uncovers a hidden archive of stolen conversations, reconstructed speech, and altered evidence capable of making almost anyone confess. Each recording points toward a different suspect. Each background sound suggests a different location. Every new version of the truth has been designed to manipulate the investigation.To expose the killer, Mara must determine which calls Elias created, which ones were changed, and the exact moment someone else began speaking for him.But the recordings lead far beyond one murder. They connect to a wrongful conviction, a murdered studio owner, missing court evidence, and a secret operation that has been turning fabricated conversations into believable evidence for years.The voice is flawless.The evidence is convincing.And the dead man refuses to remain silent.The Dead Man Called Twice is Book Four in  The Mara Vale Files, a twist-filled psychological detective thriller for readers who enjoy impossible crimes, female detectives, forensic mysteries, police procedurals, hidden conspiracies, and investigations in which every sound may be a lie.Each book in the series features a complete mystery and can be read as a standalone.