The Footnote Problem

A wrong footnote. A buried academic scandal. And the colleague Daniel Ross never expected to fall for.

When meticulous academic Daniel Ross discovers a serious error in Jack Hartman’s research, correcting it should be simple. Instead, the citation leads them into a decades-old controversy involving missing records, suppressed correspondence, and secrets someone clearly wanted forgotten.

As the research draws them closer, professional boundaries begin to blur—and Daniel discovers that Jack may be the one problem he doesn’t want to solve.