Until Further Notice
His memory was damaged. His questions were not.
A man who relies on his laptop to reconstruct his memory begins questioning the records of a coastal courthouse. A second summons, a frightened witness, and the secrets of an older guilty plea reveal how much a town has forgotten, and how much it chose not to remember.
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FURTHER
NOTICE
Sometimes the record is the mystery.
In Blackwater, Daniel Mercer can no longer rely on his memory alone. His carefully organized computer, the Lighthouse, becomes his second mind. When questions about a judge's family connections lead him toward forgotten courthouse files, Daniel must learn which clues are genuine, which fears mislead him, and what it takes to preserve the truth.
Decades earlier, a young man named Thomas Bell pleaded guilty and went home carrying questions he could not answer. Iris Doran, the police captain's daughter and a former courthouse assistant, remembers what the official record left unsaid. Their stories draw together as an independent investigation puts a long-protected circle of officials under scrutiny.