The Waitress

A killer obsessed with the past. A detective haunted by memory. A city trapped inside a triangle of fear. When a string of women are found staged like mannequins—lipstick perfect, curls arranged, hands folded—the city reels in terror. Detective Marlowe knows these aren't random murders. Each scene is a performance, a ritual echoing something buried deep in the killer's past… and in Marlowe's own childhood. As the investigation tightens, a sketch emerges: an ordinary face with extraordinary eyes. The killer blends in everywhere, hiding in plain sight, until he escalates his game into a public finale. But victim number five refuses to play her role. Armed with forgotten jiu-jitsu training, she fights back, buying precious time for the detectives to close in. What follows is a race against time through abandoned theaters, rain-slick alleys, and the fractured streets of the triangle. Marlowe must confront not only the killer's obsession but the ghosts of his own past—before the curtain falls on a performance that could consume them all. Dark, gripping, and relentless, this psychological crime thriller will keep you turning pages late into the night. The finale may end the case, but the echoes of memory will haunt you long after the last chapter.