Some monsters hide in the deep. Others hide in plain sight.
When true-crime podcaster Wendy Donovan returns to her postcard-perfect hometown on Maine’s rugged coast, she’s looking for answers. What she finds is a community built on secrets—and a predator who’s been feeding off them for years.
As Wendy’s investigation spirals from local gossip to national headlines, the line between hunter and hunted begins to blur. Each revelation drags her deeper into a tide of obsession, corruption, and quiet horror that stretches far beyond one missing tourist… or one killer.
Because in Cinder Bay, evil doesn’t vanish when it’s exposed.
It adapts. It waits.
And it always knows your name.
In this idyllic fishing town, the deadliest predator isn’t in the water—he’s at the helm.
When true-crime podcaster Wendy Donovan returns to her coastal hometown of Cinder Bay, Maine, she tells herself it’s just for the story. The cold case of a vanished tourist is the perfect hook for her new season—a neat narrative to pull her career back from the brink.
But Cinder Bay has a way of swallowing the truth.
The townspeople cling to their version of events: a boating accident, a storm, a tragedy better left alone. And no one wants Wendy digging into the past—especially not Guy Finch, the charming, celebrated charter captain who was the last person to see the woman alive.
As Wendy starts unraveling the knots in his story, she discovers something far darker beneath the surface—whispers of other women, other disappearances, and a predator hiding in plain sight.
Now, every clue drags her closer to the one secret the town will do anything to protect.
Because in Cinder Bay, the water isn’t the only thing that runs deep.
And the man at the helm has already chosen his next catch.
Coming March 2026!
