The dead don't lie. But sometimes, the living do it for them.

When struggling journalist Claire Mallory inherits her late father's crumbling farmhouse, she expects dust, debts, and disappointment - not a stack of unlabeled cassette tapes hidden in a locked trunk.

Each tape holds a confession. Each confession speaks of a murder.

At first, Claire thinks the voices are relics of unsolved crimes, harmless to anyone but the long-forgotten dead. But then a new body turns up - posed exactly like one of the old cases described on the tapes - and the past claws violently into the present.

As Claire races to connect the decades-old recordings to the chilling murders happening now, she realizes two terrifying truths: Someone wants the tapes back. And someone else will do anything to make sure she never hears the last one.

Haunting, twisty, and impossible to put down, The Confession Tapes is a standalone suspense thriller perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, Riley Sager, and readers who love true crime with a deadly twist.

Sometimes the past doesn't stay buried. Sometimes it calls you back - one tape at a time.