the SMILE IN ATTIC: Every night, someone smiled down at me from darkness.

Mara Voss thought inheriting an old Victorian house would give her a fresh start after the collapse of her marriage.Instead, every night at exactly 3:17 a.m., a hidden attic hatch slowly opens-and a pale smiling face watches her from the darkness.The police find no intruder.The attic appears empty.Yet the smile returns night after night.As Mara uncovers forgotten architectural plans, hidden passageways, and decades-old disappearances, she realizes the terrifying secret above her ceiling was never supernatural-it was carefully engineered by someone willing to protect a horrifying truth for generations.The Smile in the Attic is a chilling psychological thriller blending gothic suspense, haunting mysteries, hidden architecture, and shocking revelations into a page-turning novel that will keep readers awake long after the final page.