book cover of Crushing Sands
 

Crushing Sands

(2026)
(The first book in the Sands of Crime series)
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An altar in the sand.
Peace is shattered in a small Rhode Island community when the body of one of The Final Watchmen, a group of modern-day prophets, is discovered on a public beach. Ethical hacker Makenzie Knight knows there's more to it than a random killing and unleashes her hacking skills. Then she finds the website — and realizes the murder is far darker than it seems.

A killer's hourglass.
The website shows the agonizing final hours of the preacher's life as he's buried alive in a massive hourglass. Special Agent Adan Vasquez is sent to investigate, arriving at the beach as a second victim is placed into the hourglass, her fate livestreamed for the world to see. It's a race against time to find her before the sands seal her fate.

Sands count down the seconds.
As Kenz hunts the killer's digital trail and Adan chases down leads on the ground, they close in on a suspect who believes the Watchmen have sinned — and intends to see justice inflicted in blood. Kenz and Adan must employ all their skills to stop the killer… before the sands run out.

Crushing Sands, book 1 in the Sands of Crime series, is a pulse-pounding suspense novel that asks what it costs to follow Jesus when the world turns against you. Dig into the investigation today.


Genre: Mystery



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