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Dead Reckoning
Every house keeps secrets. This one keeps bodies.Among the aging brownstones of Macy Street stands a house the neighbors avoid.
Its crumbling Victorian towers cast long shadows over the Bronx, and behind its stained windows, one family has spent years hiding secrets no one was ever meant to uncover.
When a young woman named Sammy vanishes without a trace, Detectives Roth and Hersch are called to the house.
Sammy's mother, Stella, insists her daughter has been abducted and murdered.
The problem?
There's no body.
Inside the house, everyone has a story—but none of them match.
An elderly matriarch who guards the family's past with ruthless determination.
A reclusive young man who rarely leaves his room.
A privileged Ivy League student who may have been the last person to see Sammy alive.
Every interview raises new questions.
Every answer uncovers another lie.
As Roth and Hersch dig deeper into the Babic family, they discover that the greatest danger isn't finding a killer.
It's uncovering what really happened inside the house on Macy Street.
Because some families will do anything to keep the truth buried.
Its crumbling Victorian towers cast long shadows over the Bronx, and behind its stained windows, one family has spent years hiding secrets no one was ever meant to uncover.
When a young woman named Sammy vanishes without a trace, Detectives Roth and Hersch are called to the house.
Sammy's mother, Stella, insists her daughter has been abducted and murdered.
The problem?
There's no body.
Inside the house, everyone has a story—but none of them match.
An elderly matriarch who guards the family's past with ruthless determination.
A reclusive young man who rarely leaves his room.
A privileged Ivy League student who may have been the last person to see Sammy alive.
Every interview raises new questions.
Every answer uncovers another lie.
As Roth and Hersch dig deeper into the Babic family, they discover that the greatest danger isn't finding a killer.
It's uncovering what really happened inside the house on Macy Street.
Because some families will do anything to keep the truth buried.
231 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 13, 2026
About the author
Blake Banner
195 books425 followersUSA TODAY and Amazon #1 bestselling author of the OMEGA and DEAD COLD MYSTERY series. Learn more about Blake Banner at his website: www.blakebanner.com
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October 25, 2026
I reckon this to be a great story!
A great story and rapid paced. Well developed characters and neat, bizarre storyline. It kept my attention and moved right along.
A great story and rapid paced. Well developed characters and neat, bizarre storyline. It kept my attention and moved right along.
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