{"product_id":"the-circle-of-solace-scott-p-hicks-9798311054829","title":"The Circle of Solace: A Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNovella \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis fiancée is dead. Then she appears beneath a streetlamp in the rain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen messages begin to reach him from the other side, Ethan Shaw has to decide whether he is being haunted, hunted, or driven out of his mind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eEthan Shaw has spent months trying to survive the loss of Chloe, one ordinary day at a time. Then, on a wet city street, he sees her. Not a stranger who looks like her. Chloe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the next night, words are appearing in his bathroom mirror. Her voice is turning up on recordings. And someone has been inside his apartment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a private breakdown turns into something far worse when Detective Chen starts pulling at the loose threads around Chloe's death and uncovers signs of a hidden ritual network moving through the city. Old symbols. Missing evidence. A stolen locket. A circle of believers who do not worship the dead so much as use them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Ethan is pulled deeper into the mystery, every clue points toward an impossible truth: his grief is not just making him vulnerable. It may be the key to opening something that should never be opened at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Ethan and Chen are racing against a secretive occult group that knows exactly how to turn love, memory, and guilt into a weapon. If they fail, Ethan will lose more than his sanity. He may become the final piece in a ritual built to feed on the living and wear the faces of the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Circle of Solace\u003c\/b\u003e is a fast, atmospheric supernatural suspense novella filled with ghostly encounters, occult dread, and a tense emotional mystery at its core.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA grieving protagonist pulled into a terrifying paranormal mystery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA relentless detective chasing a hidden ritual circle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhostly apparitions, mirrors, recordings, and stolen relics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOccult suspense with emotional stakes and a strong final payoff\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott P. Hicks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798311054829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Scott P. Hicks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851141951743,"sku":"9798311054829","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-circle-of-solace-scott-p-hicks-9798311054829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}