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Atmospheric investigative crime thrillers

Julian Arden

Crime thrillers about disappearances, evidence, and the stories people build from both.

THREE LIES book cover: a woman stands on a fog-covered cliff above a stormy Oregon coastline, with a lit house among evergreens behind her.

Avery Soren · Book One

THREE LIESAn Avery Soren Novel

Three people saw her. All three lied.

Claire Harlow disappears on the Oregon coast. Former law-enforcement analyst Avery Soren reconstructs her final seventy-two hours, and discovers that every piece of evidence can be true while the story it tells is completely false.

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Three statements

Three people saw her.
All three lied.

  1. Witness 01

    Says they did not see Claire Harlow in her final seventy-two hours.

    False

  2. Witness 02

    Says they did not see Claire Harlow in her final seventy-two hours.

    False

  3. Witness 03

    Says they did not see Claire Harlow in her final seventy-two hours.

    False

Their lies aren't protecting Claire. They're protecting themselves.

Case file · Claire Harlow

The final seventy-two hours

Everything points toward a woman who chose to disappear, or never meant to come back. Avery Soren isn't convinced.

  1. Exhibit 01

    The car

    Found above the Oregon coast.

  2. Exhibit 02

    The phone

    Still inside the car.

  3. Exhibit 03

    The shoes

    Left near the water.

Every piece of evidence can be true.
The story it tells can still be false.

The series

Avery Soren

Every disappearance leaves a timeline.

Atmospheric investigative crime thrillers following former law-enforcement analyst Avery Soren, who reconstructs the final seventy-two hours before a person disappears. Each novel features a complete investigation while advancing a larger mystery from Avery's past.

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THREE LIES

  1. NO EXIT Coming later in the Avery Soren series
  2. THE WRONG MAN Coming later in the Avery Soren series
  3. THE NUMBER Coming later in the Avery Soren series
  4. ROOM 417 Coming later in the Avery Soren series
  5. NINA Coming later in the Avery Soren series

About the author

Julian Arden

Julian Arden writes atmospheric crime thrillers about disappearances, evidence, and the stories people build from both. His Avery Soren series follows an investigative analyst who reconstructs the final seventy-two hours before a person vanishes, and questions what the evidence actually proves.

More about Julian Arden
Author
Julian Arden, fiction author
Writes
Atmospheric investigative crime thrillers and psychological suspense
Series
Avery Soren, following a fictional former law-enforcement analyst
First novel
THREE LIES (Avery Soren, Book One), October 1, 2026
Formats
Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and paperback on Amazon