Room 12

Room 12 is a gritty suspense crime novella about secrets, survival, and the cost of doing the right thing when the world already expects you to fail.Fresh out of federal prison, Darius Hale is trying to stay quiet, stay employed, and stay free. His night job at the rundown Mount Rose Motor Inn is supposed to be simple: clean the rooms, keep his head down, and avoid anything that could send him back to prison.But when Darius finds an envelope hidden beneath the mattress in Room 12, his fragile new life begins to unravel. Inside are cash, a burner phone, a motel key, and a warning from a missing woman named Keisha Bell:If I don't make it back, don't trust the woman at the front desk.The deeper Darius looks, the more dangerous the truth becomes. Missing-person flyers. Surveillance tapes. A locked storage room. A familiar face from his past. And a young woman who may be the next to disappear.Now Darius has a choice: walk away and protect his freedom, or risk everything to expose what has been happening behind the flickering neon sign of the Mount Rose Motor Inn.Some doors should stay closed.But some secrets need to be dragged into the light.