A missing name. A sealed wall. A case that refused to stay closed.
When retired detective Sam Rourke breaks open his apartment wall and discovers a metal box, he finds a photograph, a tape fragment, and a name the official record insists never existed.
When Sam Rourke knocks through a wall in his apartment, he expects dust and old wiring. Instead, he finds a sealed metal box containing a photograph, a tape fragment, and a name the official record insists never existed.
Every file tied to that name is missing. Witnesses claim to remember nothing. Families shut their doors. The deeper Sam digs into archived reports, vanished witnesses, and altered logs, the clearer it becomes that this isn't a forgotten case — it's a story someone is still protecting.
As warnings turn into threats, Sam must decide how much he is willing to lose to bring one erased life back into the light. Some secrets are buried in paperwork. Others are buried in walls. This one is buried in both.
A hidden wall. A sealed box. A name the record says never existed.
When Sam Rourke breaks open his apartment wall and finds a sealed metal box, he uncovers a photograph, a tape fragment, and a name every official file has carefully erased. The deeper he digs into missing logs and altered reports, the clearer it becomes that this isn't a forgotten crime—it's a story someone is still protecting.
Numbers don't lie—until someone is paid to rewrite them.
A grieving sister asks why her brother's death is listed as an accounting error. Following small midnight "corrections" in the city's books, Sam uncovers a pattern of disappearances, dirty contracts, and an auditor who vanished before he could sign his name.
Some names are erased. Others are locked away and never spoken again.
When a true-crime podcast uncovers old police training tapes that reference witnesses who were never supposed to be named, people connected to those identities start vanishing. To stop the pattern, Sam must work with the storytellers who turned his worst case into entertainment.