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After Closing
She can't leave the dying mall until she learns what happened to her sister. The truth is waiting in the darkness.
My sister Audrie disappeared from Nightfall Commons Mall fifteen years ago. She was eight years old. She vanished from the play area while I was supposed to be watching her.
The police gave up. My parents gave up. Everyone moved on.
Everyone except me.
Now I work in that same dying mall, walking the empty corridors every night, searching for answers in a building that's barely alive. I can't leave. Can't stop looking. Can't let go of the guilt that's been eating me alive since I was seventeen years old.
I have help in the form of a security guard named Jeremy. He finds something in the security footage. Gaps. Missing sections. Maybe an explanation for the strange things I'm seeing.
As we search deeper into the abandoned corridors, we're getting close to the truth. But the killer is watching us. And they've kept their secrets buried this long for a reason.
After Closing is a psychological thriller with plenty of twists and a deeply unsettling ending that will stay with you long after the final page.
Content This book involves the disappearance and deaths of children. While not graphically depicted, these themes are central to the story and may be disturbing to some readers.
My sister Audrie disappeared from Nightfall Commons Mall fifteen years ago. She was eight years old. She vanished from the play area while I was supposed to be watching her.
The police gave up. My parents gave up. Everyone moved on.
Everyone except me.
Now I work in that same dying mall, walking the empty corridors every night, searching for answers in a building that's barely alive. I can't leave. Can't stop looking. Can't let go of the guilt that's been eating me alive since I was seventeen years old.
I have help in the form of a security guard named Jeremy. He finds something in the security footage. Gaps. Missing sections. Maybe an explanation for the strange things I'm seeing.
As we search deeper into the abandoned corridors, we're getting close to the truth. But the killer is watching us. And they've kept their secrets buried this long for a reason.
After Closing is a psychological thriller with plenty of twists and a deeply unsettling ending that will stay with you long after the final page.
Content This book involves the disappearance and deaths of children. While not graphically depicted, these themes are central to the story and may be disturbing to some readers.
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Published October 23, 2025
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October 25, 2025
Although the first quarter , or more, seemed, to me, to be a bit repetitive, and dragged a tad, once the tension started to build, it was gripping!
Terra, at age 17, turned away , for a minute, and her little sister disappeared. She's been torturing herself, ever since. She started working in the mall where Audrie disappeared, 25 years earlier.
Working there, in a dieing store, in a dieing mall, she obsessively searches for answers , for this 15 year old puzzle.
The obsession grows, nearly destroying her, until....
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Terra, at age 17, turned away , for a minute, and her little sister disappeared. She's been torturing herself, ever since. She started working in the mall where Audrie disappeared, 25 years earlier.
Working there, in a dieing store, in a dieing mall, she obsessively searches for answers , for this 15 year old puzzle.
The obsession grows, nearly destroying her, until....
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.a
October 26, 2025
I have never read a book by this author before. this book was a spine tingling eerie type of book. I felt like I was right there along with the Terra. I felt as i feel her heart break as she tries to find closer on her sister disappearance. This book had be almost in tears at the ending of the book. I won't give that part away but I think it is the best part of the book . You won't want to put this book down it is so good.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
May 17, 2026
1.5 ⭐️
Look I’m not saying the story was stellar however this was narrated with virtual voice on Audible and I think it totally destroyed the story. Virtual voice is very robotic has no emotion and the words are all choppy so I’m not gonna lie to you while listening to this it was like background noise. I think if it was a real narrator with some emotions, maybe I could’ve gotten into it a little bit more….
Look I’m not saying the story was stellar however this was narrated with virtual voice on Audible and I think it totally destroyed the story. Virtual voice is very robotic has no emotion and the words are all choppy so I’m not gonna lie to you while listening to this it was like background noise. I think if it was a real narrator with some emotions, maybe I could’ve gotten into it a little bit more….
November 4, 2025
This is a thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat until the very end. Hard to put this one down. I would definitely recommend reading this book!.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
February 9, 2026
I enjoyed the story but the audio narrated by virtual voice was awful!! One of the main character’s names was mostly pronounced with incorrect inflection, as Au-DREE. Virtual voices can ruin a good book!
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