The Vanishing Stone

Criminology Ph.D. student Theo Chan vowed he'd never get tangled in another murder. But when a cryptic late-night call drags Theo and his shadowy employers, Primrose and Teebin, to a remote island village, he's forced to confront the one thing scarier than a killer: the secrets people will kill to protect.

The case? Find local legend Edmund Stone, who vanished twenty-six years ago, leaving behind nothing but rumors. It seems benign—until they stumble onto a brand-new murder. Now someone has ...