Detective Atlas Hawke

<p><strong>Detective Atlas Hawke arrives at </strong><em><strong>Aethelburg</strong></em><strong> a floating eco-city thirty miles off the Pacific coast seeking reconciliation with his estranged sister Ember after three years of silence.</strong> Within hours a <strong>superstorm traps all forty inhabitants on the city</strong> cutting them off from the mainland. But before the storm seals them inside their glass prison <em>something catastrophic happens.</em></p><p><strong>Dr. Kaelen Vance-the visionary founder and genius architect of Aethelburg-is found murdered in a locked biodome.</strong> No one entered. No one escaped. The door is sealed from the inside with an <em>impossible bolt mechanism</em>. The environmental logs show <strong>no breach no override no way in or out.</strong> Yet Vance lies dead in a room that was locked when his body was discovered.</p><p><strong>Atlas faces an impossible crime.</strong> Forty suspects. Everyone had motive. No one had means. And the oxygen is running out.</p><p>As <strong>life support systems fail</strong> and a <em>second body appears</em> Atlas discovers the killer is still among them-and they're not finished yet. With his cynical instinct telling him <em>everyone lies</em> and his sister's voice insisting <em>people are fundamentally good</em> <strong>Atlas must choose between the detective's creed to suspect everyone and the human need to trust someone.</strong></p><p>In a sealed city where <strong>escape is impossible</strong> and <strong>the killer controls the oxygen</strong> Atlas discovers the locked room isn't just a crime scene-it's a metaphor for his own sealed heart locked away from everyone he's ever loved.</p><p><strong>A gripping locked-room thriller combining impossible crime puzzle with family reconciliation isolation suspense with psychological depth. Perfect for readers who love Agatha Christie's intricate mysteries with modern character-driven investigation.</strong></p>