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Request Beta CopyJesse Hayes can steal your happiest memory—but only if he kills you first. The stolen memories fill the crushing emptiness that's defined his life for thirty-four years. A father lifting his son. A daughter's wedding. A lazy Sunday morning with someone you love. But the memories fade faster each time, forcing him to kill again. And again. Detective Claire Hawkins is hunting a serial killer with no pattern, no motive, and no mistakes. Thirteen victims in two months. A wrench. Missing wallets. And a killer who's accelerating. When Claire connects the murders to a local factory, she finally has a lead. Somewhere in those employee files is the man she's been chasing. But as Jesse's stolen memories replace his own -- erasing his childhood, his identity, everything real -- he's losing himself piece by piece. If you replace every memory that makes you who you are, what's left? The void is winning. And Claire is closing in. A psychological thriller about identity, addiction, and the question of what makes us human.