Brittle Ground

In the rusted city of Ashford, twenty years after a brutal eviction turned deadly, real-estate mogul Julian Cross returns to redevelop the very block where his family once lived. But as he digs into the past, he unearths not only the bones of a forgotten victim but the fragile lie that held his own "normal" life together. A sharp, darkly comic thriller about home, guilt, and the violent cracks beneath every foundation.