Shadows of Identity

What if the life you remember… never happened?
Alex Mercer has spent thirty-eight years perfecting a quiet, orderly existence: meticulous archivist, devoted son, man of routine and reason. Until a single misfiled letter arrives from a small-town law firm and shatters everything.
A childhood he never lived. A mother he never knew existed. A red barn burning in memories that feel impossibly real.
Now the past is bleeding through: a hidden photo partition on his own computer, a password tied to a date that isn’t his, fragmented flashbacks of chemical smoke, silver-suited strangers, and a lullaby sung into roaring flames. Someone didn’t just cover up a crime. They erased a witness. They replaced one identity with another. And they’re still watching.
As Alex digs deeper, he uncovers the chilling machinery behind it all: Project Lattice — a clandestine program that rewrote his entire life to bury a corporate toxic cover-up so massive it demanded the creation of a perfect, living lie.
The architects of that lie want their forgery back—quietly, permanently.
But Alex is finished being their document.
This gripping psychological thriller weaves the slow-burn dread of Tana French, the relentless logic of Lee Child, and the haunting identity crisis of Kazuo Ishiguro into one unforgettable question:
How far would you go to reclaim the truth… when the truth might destroy the only self you’ve ever known?
Perfect for readers who love:
• psychological thriller books
• false memory thriller
• identity crisis novels
• corporate conspiracy suspense
• unreliable narrator fiction
• trauma mystery thriller
• witness protection conspiracy
• dark memory manipulation suspense
If you enjoy dark psychological suspense, slow-burn mystery thrillers, and stories about memory, identity, and buried corporate secrets, this is the thriller you won’t be able to put down.
Grab your copy now and discover the truth hidden in the shadows of identity.