The Ninth Witness:
A Gideon Shaw Mystery
By Harlan Voss
Published by North Watch House Publishing
Some truths are buried.
Others are killed for.
When a university professor is found dead inside a locked office, the crime appears impossible. There are no signs of forced entry, no obvious motive, and only one disturbing clue left behind:
A photograph of nine people.
One of them has been crossed out.
Homicide detective Lena Mercer calls in former FBI behavioral analyst Gideon Shaw, and what begins as a baffling murder quickly reaches far beyond the university campus. The photograph leads them into a web of hidden identities, vanished witnesses, destroyed evidence, and secrets that have survived for nearly two decades.
Then the case touches the one investigation Gideon has never been able to leave behind.
Rebecca Holloway.
For the first time, Gideon uncovers evidence revealing that someone deliberately helped construct the false story surrounding Becca's death. But discovering who manipulated the investigation does not answer the question that has haunted him for years.
Who actually killed her?
As Gideon and Lena follow the trail, witnesses begin disappearing and old evidence suddenly becomes deadly. Someone has spent years protecting the truth?and now Gideon is getting close enough to threaten everything.
But the most dangerous discovery may be the simplest:
There were never eight witnesses.
There were nine.
And the ninth witness knows what really happened.
Dark, atmospheric, and packed with psychological suspense, investigative twists, buried conspiracies, and mounting tension between its central characters, The Ninth Witness is the fourth novel in the Gideon Shaw Mystery series.
For readers who enjoy intelligent murder mysteries, cold cases, complex conspiracies, forensic investigation, and stories where every answer reveals an even more dangerous question.
