Speak No Evil

In the mist-shrouded village of Wallace Glenn, silence isn't just a habit-it's a survival tactic.

Thirteen-year-old Zack MacDonald has spent his life mastering the art of the invisible. In a community where every floorboard creaks with the weight of old grudges, staying unnoticed is the only way to endure the treacherous hallways of secondary school and the relentless shadow of the local bully, Billy McDougall. For Zack, "quiet" means safety. But in the jagged peaks of the Scottish Highlands, the past has a way of rising from the peat like a vengeful ghost.

The village is haunted by the "Muddy Loch Pub" massacre-a brutal double homicide from a decade ago that left the MacDonald and McDougall families locked in a cold war of blood and bitterness. The "official" story has been carved into the town's history like a headstone, but when Maddie Mackenzie, a relentless student journalist with a nose for rot, starts pulling at the threads, the carefully woven tapestry of Wallace Glenn begins to unravel.
Forced into an uneasy alliance with Maddie and his meticulous, map-obsessed friend Devon, Zack is thrust into a world of redacted police reports and midnight stakeouts. Together, they realize that the history Zack has been told is a calculated lie, designed to protect the guilty and bury the innocent.

But the truth is guarded by shadows far more lethal than any schoolyard rival. From the towering, stone-faced enforcer Mr. Simms, to a political dynasty built on a foundation of secrets, Zack and his friends aren't just unearthing a cold case-they are being hunted by the very architects of the village's silence.

As the mist thickens and the line between "accident" and "execution" blurs, Zack must decide how much he is willing to bleed to clear his family's name. In Wallace Glenn, the truth doesn't just set you free; it marks you. And once you start digging into the village's graves, you might just find one that has been waiting for you all along.