A DESPERATE SILENCE

In Sarah Lovett’s high-stakes thriller A Desperate Silence, forensic psychologist Sylvia Strange faces a challenge that tests the limits of her professional expertise and her personal courage. When a ten-year-old girl is found at the scene of a brutal car wreck—the sole survivor of a terrifying execution—she is gripped by a silence so profound it seems unbreakable.

“A Witness Who Cannot Speak.”

The young girl, Serena, has been traumatized into utter muteness. As Sylvia begins the delicate work of navigating Serena’s scarred psyche, she realizes that the child didn’t just survive a tragedy—she witnessed a crime involving individuals with immense power. Serena is the only link to a conspiracy that stretches from the cells of death row to the highest reaches of the Mexican drug underworld.

While Sylvia fights to earn Serena’s trust, a more immediate danger looms. Renzo Santos, a ruthless and seemingly unstoppable assassin, is closing in. To Renzo, Serena is a loose end that must be eliminated. To Serena, Renzo is a “chupacabra”—a demon from her nightmares made flesh.

As the hunt intensifies across the New Mexico landscape, Sylvia must transform from a clinical evaluator into a fierce protector. With the help of her fiancé, State Police officer Matt England, Sylvia must unravel the mystery of Serena’s identity and the secrets she carries before the “demon” at the door can finish his mission.