Step into the shadows of Ashwood- a city where nightmares are not imagined... they are engineered. When a series of brutally staged murders shakes the city, Detective Maya Hartley is pulled into a psychological battlefield crafted by a serial killer who doesn't just take lives- he designs them. Each crime scene is a masterpiece of terror: symbols carved with precision, victims positioned like pieces in a haunting ritual, and a chilling pattern only Maya seems able to decode. But as the killer's messages grow more personal, Maya realizes that this nightmare is tied to a tragedy buried deep in her past. With time running out and the body count rising, Maya must confront the darkest corners of obsession, trauma, and fear. Every clue pulls her deeper into the mind of a monster- and closer to a horrifying truth that could shatter everything she believes. Anatomy of a Nightmare is a gripping psychological thriller filled with escalating tension, twisted secrets, and a cat-and-mouse hunt that blurs the line between hunter and prey. Perfect for fans of dark crime fiction, complex detectives, and stories where every page tightens the knot of