The Manifesto Murders by Nick Airus

Special Agent Ayden Holmes is the star of America’s FBI Violent Crimes division and a dedicated family man. Life is going his way until an audacious serial killer stabs the very heart of government power one Friday night. Now Agent Holmes is on a chase to stop the highest profile murderer in memory. His familiar world is turned on its head when the killer leaves a bizarre manifesto letter and a smartphone beside his first victim. The killer’s note is written in flawless calligraphy on a burnt-edged piece of olden-days parchment paper; the cellphone is found empty, except for a single voice recording sent via an encrypted messenger app.

As Ayden hits play—an eerily disguised voice rings out. He reads along while the murderer promises to kill the most powerful and corrupt people in the world every Friday for the next three months, or, until his controversial terms are met. Following a trail of clues into the underbelly of a shocking global power structure that has infiltrated the US government, what Detective Holmes learns while hunting down the self-proclaimed “Manifesto Murderer” forces him to take a closer look at what rank-and-file FBI agents call “The Deep State.”

Hysteria grips the case. The world is watching. As pressure skyrockets, unexpected danger surrounds Agent Holmes, and each new revelation is striking closer to home ...