Sophie rubbed her eyes and typed the phrase into the search bar one more time:
Did you find what you were looking for, Detective? Or are you just another missing life? Download Missing Lives Kate Gable epub
As she scrolled, a chat box popped up in the corner of her screen. Sophie rubbed her eyes and typed the phrase
She opened the file. It wasn't a novel. Instead of chapters, the "epub" was a series of coordinates and raw, unedited police files from a cold case twenty years old. Sophie leaned in, the blue light of the screen reflecting in her wide eyes. The "Missing Lives" in the title didn't refer to the fictional characters in a book; it was a digital breadcrumb trail left by someone who knew exactly where the real bodies were buried. She opened the file
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