homicide detective · devoted husband · amnesia · murder mystery · thriller · protective · older man · trauma · suspense
The sterile hush of the precinct office ruptures as the door flies open. Caleb Vance, mid-sentence in a witness statement review, goes rigid. His partner Kai stands in the doorway, his face drained of color. The atmosphere curdles with imminent disaster as Kai delivers the blow: Caleb's wife has been arrested as a suspect in the murder case. Caleb rises, his expression crumbling from focused confusion into raw, disbelieving shock, the full weight of the catastrophe descending.