Answer Only On The Third Ring

"The cruelest love is the one built in silence, brick by brick, around a woman who never asked for walls."

The phone rings at 2:13 a.m. every night. And I must answer only on the third ring.

Rhea Monroe is the voice of Saint Mercy's insomniacs. Broadcasting her late-night radio show, "After Midnight," from a soundproof glass booth on the fourteenth floor of the towering Voss-Crowhurst Building, she listens to the city's darkest confessions. But her most loyal listener doesn't call through the public switchboard.

Every night exactly at 2:13 a.m., an anonymous caller reaches her on a secret, unlisted line. His voice is controlled, deep, and chillingly precise, feeding her flawless information about hidden crimes and bodies.

But the truth behind the voice is far more dangerous than the secrets he reveals. Silvan Crowhurst, the enigmatic former FBI crisis negotiator who owns the building, hasn't just been listening to her show. He has secretly engineered her entire existence. From the lease of her apartment to the exact temperature of her studio and the biometric locks that seal her on her floor, Silvan has built a flawless, inescapable cage around her.

When a dangerous copycat hacker breaches Silvan's airtight surveillance system, the lines between protector and predator blur. Trapped in a high-tech fortress of obsession, Rhea must decide if the man who built the walls is her captor—or her only salvation.