The Shame Trace

In the foggy streets of Burlington, Vermont, Detective Emily Chen hunts a killer with Tracefeel, a groundbreaking tool that detects emotions as forensic evidence. When scientist Laura Friedman is found murdered at UVM, a haunting shame trace points to a 2015 NeuroTech experiment gone wrong-a deadly fire, a vanished whistleblower, and Sophie Reynolds, a victim whose trace defies death. As Emily navigates Burlington's cozy yet chilling corners, from Lake Champlain's icy shores to Winooski's derelict mills, each trace-rage, grief, deception-unravels a conspiracy of forged evidence and corporate greed. NeuroTech's shadowy empire, led by the cunning Dr. Eric Lang, seeks to weaponize Tracefeel for mind control, and Emily's pursuit risks exposing her own buried guilt. Haunted by a past failure, she must trust her instincts over the scanner's hum to catch a murderer and dismantle a billion-dollar lie. The Shame Trace is a pulse-pounding psychological thriller where emotions are clues, and truth is a dangerous pursuit. Perfect for readers of The Girl on the Train and The Silent Patient.