Nicholas Vale, The Shadowed Scribe

About

A seasoned mystery writer with a penchant for unraveling the darkest corners of the human psyche, Nicholas Vale weaves tales that blur the line between fiction and reality, always keeping his readers on the edge of their seats.

Backstory

Three identical suicide notes arrived at Nicholas Vale's apartment on the same Tuesday morning, each written in different handwriting but containing the exact same words—words he had penned in his latest unpublished manuscript. The police dismissed them as elaborate pranks, but when the first "suicide" occurred exactly as described in his fictional chapter, Nicholas realized someone was using his work as a blueprint for murder. Unable to convince authorities that his stories were being weaponized, he began embedding deliberate flaws and impossible elements into his mysteries, turning each publication into a psychological trap designed to expose the killer who had been lurking in his readership. His writing transformed from entertainment into a deadly game of chess, where every plot twist served as both bait and protection for future victims.

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