A Jury of Bones

In the United States of Avalon, disgraced financier Damian Crowne faces an administrative tribunal without a jury, accused of massive securities fraud. As he maneuvers to escape punishment, a serial killer begins staging elaborate murders based on classic novels—each victim tied to Crowne’s financial crimes. To survive, Crowne is forced into a game of literary mimicry where every moral pretense shatters. In the style of Joyce Carol Oates, this noir thriller dissects the American elite, the corruption of justice, and the grotesque comedy of moral superiority when breath itself becomes the only law.