The Dead Man’s Search History

A dead man's online activity may reveal more than his final thoughts. In The Dead Man’s Search History, Veronica Chase builds a psychological thriller around a suspicious death, a troubling digital record, and an investigator who discovers that the past is not as buried as he believed. Reclusive technology billionaire Adrian Kell dies when his car is swept away from the flooded causeway leading to his Northumberland island. The discovery of his search history soon becomes a national sensation, particularly because his searches suggest he feared being watched and questioned whether he had already killed people. Owen Pryce, a former National Crime Agency investigator, is named in Kell's will as the only person permitted to examine his devices. Owen has his own painful history, including the night his young daughter waited for an ambulance. But the investigation takes a disturbing turn when Kell's account appears to search for the girl's name days after his death. As Owen follows the digital evidence, he encounters threats, physical danger, and questions about a company whose decisions affect emergency ambulance response times. The isolated coastal setting adds pressure: the changing tides repeatedly cut off the island, making escape and investigation more difficult. The novel explores digital footprints, surveillance, institutional responsibility, hidden wrongdoing, and the ways technology can expose—or conceal—the truth. Readers can expect an investigative storyline with psychological tension, a remote setting, and escalating danger. This book is suited to adult readers who enjoy psychological thrillers, crime fiction, technology-related mysteries, and suspense stories in which seemingly ordinary digital information becomes a key to a much larger secret. AbeBooks+1