Carved in Stone - Paperback

by J. C. Seigars (Author), Cody Bentley (Editor), Lydia Stevens (Editor)

For years, Jasper Crowe has buried the worst of men beneath the quiet soil of rural cemeteries-abusers, predators, echoes of the father who murdered his mother before turning the gun on himself. Guided by her dying words-"If someone needs help, and you can help, you help"-Jasper marks each secret grave with a smooth stone etched with the victim's initials, a private ritual of judgment and atonement.

Now married to Elana, a woman whose gentle faith once promised redemption, and father to a young son, Jasper believes he has finally escaped the darkness. Seeking a new beginning, they return to Winding Hill, Maine-the isolated coastal town and looming Victorian manor where his childhood ended in blood and bourbon.

But some truths refuse to stay buried.

As an FBI agent hunts for her long-missing brother, and the local sheriff circles ever closer, Jasper's carefully controlled life begins to fracture. Old compulsions resurface, mistakes multiply, and the violence he thought he could contain seeps into the one place he swore it never would: his family.

In a storm-ravaged climax that mirrors the night his mother died, Jasper confronts the horrifying realization that the monster he spent decades hunting was never behind him.

It was carved in stone inside him-and now it threatens to live on in his son.

A haunting literary thriller about corrupted mercy, inherited trauma, and the devastating permanence of secrets, Carved in Stone explores how far a man will go to protect his legacy... and what happens when that legacy becomes his curse.