Free Fiction Monday: The Silence

Homicide Detective Spencer Gray knows he should feel grateful for the lack of work due to The Silence—two weeks without a murder in Manhattan. But he misses the action. More, something feels off.
When one of his colleagues suggests a wager to see who can close the strangest case on his or her desk, he knows just the one.
But solving this case might mean uncovering answers he’ll wish he hadn’t found.
“The Silence,” by New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is free on this website for one week only. The story is also available in ebook through various online retailers here and is included in the collection Crimes Collide, Vol. 3, which is available in ebook, trade paperback, and hardcover here.
The Silence
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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