Shrouded Deceit

SHROUDED DECEITBy EK PowersA brutal winter grips Philadelphia. A faceless body is found in an abandoned building. The killer didn’t just murder—he erased.Detectives Richard Smith and Joe Hill, hardened by years on the force, stumble into a case so grotesque it defies logic. Victims are mutilated, their faces stripped away with surgical precision. The city is paralyzed with fear—and a storm of secrets swirls beneath the surface.As the murders escalate, the detectives uncover chilling connections between the victims—once close friends with a shadowy past. But the deeper they dig, the stranger the clues become. A haunted doll factory. A deranged killer who sings operatic arias while committing unspeakable acts. Whispered legends of government experiments no one dares to mention.With each discovery, the line between reality and madness blurs. Faces are not just being stolen—they’re being worn. And someone, somewhere, is watching it all unfold with terrifying intent.Set against the gritty, snow-covered streets of North Philadelphia, Shrouded Deceit is a psychological horror crime thriller that fuses gruesome murder with conspiratorial unease. This gripping novel plunges readers into a world of faceless corpses, buried trauma, and a darkness that thrives in forgotten corners of the city.But this isn’t just a story of murder. It’s about identity, survival—and the lies we wear to protect the truth.Dare to look beneath the mask. But be warned—what you find may never let you go.