Banfield: Volume Zero

Silent Six Minutes

Every mystery begins with a question. The answers are always human.

Nine year old Emily Ashcroft vanishes from one of the most secure homes in the city.

The doors are locked.

The alarm never sounds.

The security cameras go dark for exactly six minutes.

When they come back online, Emily is gone.

There is no ransom demand.

No witnesses.

No obvious suspect.

Only silence.

The impossible case is assigned to Detective Banfield, a detective whose greatest strength is not advanced technology or forensic science, but an extraordinary ability to understand people. Where others search for evidence, Banfield searches for motive. Where others see facts, he sees the story that connects them.

As Banfield and his partner, Detective Genesis, uncover clue after clue, the case becomes more puzzling. Every answer raises a new question, and every discovery challenges what they thought they knew about the disappearance.

To bring Emily home, Banfield must solve more than an impossible kidnapping.

He must understand the person behind it.

Silent Six Minutes is Volume Zero of the Banfield series, a standalone introductory novella and the perfect place to meet the detective whose investigations prove that every crime has a human story waiting to be uncovered.

If you enjoy intelligent detective fiction, psychological mysteries, impossible crimes, and character driven suspense, welcome to the world of Banfield.