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The Vanished Manuscript

By: Kurt Dawson
Narrated by: Davida Gonzalez
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The truth was written. Then it was removed.

When reclusive novelist Julian Vale vanishes days before publishing his most dangerous manuscript, disgraced investigative journalist Mara Thorne is drawn into a case that was never meant to be solved.

What begins as a missing-person inquiry becomes a confrontation with a system designed not to erase truth—but to neutralize it. Vale’s final work hinted at an invisible network shaping narratives, careers, and memory itself. Now the manuscript is gone, the official story is already changing, and anyone who asks the wrong questions is quietly warned to stop.

As Mara follows fragments left behind—encrypted files, burned pages, and an unfinished confession—she uncovers a machinery of influence that thrives on silence and plausible denial. In this world, exposure isn’t punished with spectacle. It’s buried under rewritten headlines and sanctioned forgetting.

The Vanished Manuscript is a tense, cerebral conspiracy thriller about information control, narrative power, and what survives when truth becomes inconvenient.

Perfect for listeners who enjoy slow-burn suspense, investigative mysteries, and modern political thrillers where the most dangerous weapon is memory.

©2026 Kurt Dawson (P)2026 Kurt Dawson
Action & Adventure Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Political Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense
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