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The First Signs - Sabine Motel Murders
Author: Ben Mashud
Series: Second Heavenly Kingdom Cases
Narrator: AI Voice Sharifa H.
Unabridged: 6 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: MD Wordsmith
Published: 09/01/2026
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Hard-boiled, Police Procedural, Noir
Synopsis
This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.
When a routine murder at the aging Sabine Motor Court exposes a pattern no one wants to see, Detective Walt Pruitt is drawn into a case that refuses to fit the evidence.
The victim appears to have been carefully killed, with no obvious motive and few useful clues. As Walt investigates, reporter Ellie Voss begins following a separate story involving the secretive Second Heavenly Kingdom Fellowship, its expanding land holdings, and a network of people connected by money, influence, and silence.
Their paths gradually converge around Everett Cade, a respected religious figure whose public reputation hides something far more disturbing. As five deaths begin to form a pattern, Walt and Ellie discover that the most dangerous clues may be the ones everyone else has already dismissed.
In a quiet Arkansas county where people know their neighbors and secrets rarely stay buried forever, the first signs of a much larger mystery are beginning to surface.
The First Signs is a slow-burn mystery thriller about murder, investigative journalism, hidden networks, and the dangerous consequences of asking questions after everyone else has decided the case is closed.
When a routine murder at the aging Sabine Motor Court exposes a pattern no one wants to see, Detective Walt Pruitt is drawn into a case that refuses to fit the evidence.
The victim appears to have been carefully killed, with no obvious motive and few useful clues. As Walt investigates, reporter Ellie Voss begins following a separate story involving the secretive Second Heavenly Kingdom Fellowship, its expanding land holdings, and a network of people connected by money, influence, and silence.
Their paths gradually converge around Everett Cade, a respected religious figure whose public reputation hides something far more disturbing. As five deaths begin to form a pattern, Walt and Ellie discover that the most dangerous clues may be the ones everyone else has already dismissed.
In a quiet Arkansas county where people know their neighbors and secrets rarely stay buried forever, the first signs of a much larger mystery are beginning to surface.
The First Signs is a slow-burn mystery thriller about murder, investigative journalism, hidden networks, and the dangerous consequences of asking questions after everyone else has decided the case is closed.