The Bleeding Hourglass

In the rain-lashed city of Dunford, Professor Elias Voss lives a life of terrifying precision—every heartbeat accounted for, every moment engineered. But when a star student is found murdered in Ashworth University's bell tower, Voss's meticulously catalogued routine becomes the perfect alibi... and the perfect trap. Defence solicitor Caitlin Rourke, gritty and haunted, must navigate a labyrinth of obsession and academic politics. As she peels back Voss's perfect facade, she uncovers a logic deadlock so profound that it will detonate the trial in its final breath. Extreme self-discipline is revealed as the prelude to a far darker perversion, leaving no one innocent.