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A psychological thriller exploring grief, dissociation, and the deadly power of therapeutic manipulation.Dr. Sarah Westin is Portland's most respected grief counselor-until Detective Lisa Martinez discovers a pattern: Sarah's clients are dying in ways that precisely match their expressed fantasies about reuniting with deceased loved ones. Frank Morrison drives off a cliff at exactly 3:47 PM. Jake Wheeler overdoses in the same alley where his friend died. Ruth Blackwood navigates impossible hospital security to die in her son's former bed. When Maria Santos survives and her deceased husband's recordings expose the truth, Sarah confronts a horrifying reality: her voice carries a hypnotic rhythm that programs clients toward suicide.Sarah has been killing people without conscious awareness-and she's been doing it as a twisted memorial to her daughter Emma. Two years ago, Sarah failed to recognize Emma's suicidal ideation. After Emma's death fractured Sarah's psyche, her dissociated self began systematically facilitating ""peaceful exits"" for vulnerable clients, believing she was preventing other families from suffering as hers had. She operated during blackouts she attributed to meditation, maintaining sophisticated operational security while her conscious mind remained oblivious. Now Sarah must face the complete scope of her crimes: Ten confirmed deaths. Seventy people programmed over eighteen months. Backup triggers that activate weeks after final sessions. Evidence she recruited other therapists to continue her mission. But integration reveals her most devastating secret: even her confession was programmed. Her unconscious self embedded post-hypnotic suggestions ensuring that if discovered, Sarah's conscious mind would accept maximum consequences-ten consecutive life sentences without possibility of redemption. Perfect for readers who appreciate: Complex psychological narratives Morally ambiguous protagonists, Forensic detail, Literary fiction examining trauma's power to fracture human consciousness. Content warning: Mature themes including suicide grief psychological manipulation. Age 17+

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