The Things I Buried: Confessions of Elias Vane

For years, Elias Vane was the perfect husband, the devoted father, and the quiet man everyone trusted.Then the police discovered what he had hidden beneath the floor.Twelve missing people. Twelve stolen lives. Twelve names buried beneath decades of lies.Now imprisoned and dying, Elias has written his confession. In his version, every murder has an explanation. Every victim misunderstood him. Every act of cruelty began with someone else's betrayal.But Elias is not the only one telling the story.His wife, Claire, remembers the unexplained injuries, the false names, and the locked room beneath the stairs. His daughter, Hannah, remembers the photographs she was ordered to forget. Detective Mara Bell remembers the cases no one believed were connected.As police reports, witness statements, evidence logs, and childhood memories begin contradicting Elias's carefully constructed account, his confession becomes something far more dangerous: one final attempt to control the truth.And hidden within its pages may be the name of a victim no one knew to search for.The Things I Buried is a dark psychological thriller about manipulation, buried evidence, family secrets, and the people who refuse to let a killer own their stories.