THE WIDOW'S TEAR
A widow with secrets. A cursed diamond. A city that never forgets.
When Delilah Vale walks into Frank Mercer’s office asking him to recover a stolen black diamond, the case seems simple enough.
But The Widow’s Tear is no ordinary stone.
It carries a history of murder, betrayal, and blood-soaked superstition. And in a city where desperate people believe in curses, Frank learns the hard way that some legends survive because someone keeps feeding them bodies.
THE CASE FILE
Frank Mercer thought he was being hired to recover a jewel.
Instead, he walked into a citywide trail of bodies, lies, and old superstition.
Delilah Vale says the black diamond known as The Widow’s Tear has been stolen from her collection. It is worth a fortune, wrapped in myth, and tied to a curse that has followed it across generations.
The last man connected to the stone is Harland Vex.
By the time Frank finds him, Vex is already dead.
What starts as a missing diamond becomes something much darker: pawn shops, hotel rooms, hired muscle, a European collector, a murdered informant, and a woman whose tears may be just another part of the act.
In this city, curses do not need magic.
They just need desperate people willing to believe.
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INTRODUCES DELILAH VALE
Meet the woman in silk and smoke who's lies are as dangerous as her beauty.
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A COMPLETE STANDALONE MYSTERY
No prior reading required. A full case of theft, murderal and betrayal. Prequal to The Man Who Smiles Too Wide.
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EXPANDS THE ARCHIVE
The second file in the Mercer archive, Deeps the city, the players and its shadows.
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