Whispers in the Walls: The Lies That Bind - Spectral Evidence Mysteries, #1

Crime scene investigator Ethan Hale expects grief, paperwork, and a crumbling inheritance when he returns to Whitcomb Manor. What he finds is a dead contractor, an official story that does not match the evidence, and a house that seems determined to be heard.

Julian Cross has spent his life being dismissed for sensing what others cannot. When he arrives at the manor, he feels the presence of a woman who has waited decades for someone to listen. Ethan does not believe in ghosts. Not at first. But the physical clues are too precise, the hidden documents too real, and the danger too immediate to ignore.

As Ethan and Julian uncover the manor's secrets, an old family crime begins to connect with a fresh murder, a threatened property deal, and a town that has learned to trust the wrong people. The closer they come to the truth, the more dangerous their partnership becomes.

Set against the fog, salt air, and gothic shadows of coastal Maine, Whispers in the Walls is a mystery-forward MM romantic suspense novel about buried lies, reluctant belief, and the kind of trust that can change two lives.