DuMoire

Animals don’t talk to Kai DuMoire. They press against his mind. They panic. They plead. And once he feels it, he can’t ignore it. At twenty-five, Kai is in freefall—no plan, no purpose—until a dog trapped in a locked car jolts him into action. With a locksmith’s precision and a rescuer’s compulsion, he slips into the shadows as the anonymous savior whispered about online: the Ghost Rescuer. Detective Sienna Halbrook doesn’t believe in miracles. She believes in evidence. And the clean, methodical rescues scattered across the city don’t add up. What starts as a curiosity spirals into a personal investigation that collides with Kai’s growing crusade. When Kai uncovers a sprawling puppy-mill operation hidden in plain sight, his private mission crashes headlong into the justice system Sienna’s sworn to uphold. To stop the suffering, they’ll each have to confront the limits of their power, their loyalty, and the dangerous space where law and conscience don’t align. DuMoire is a morally charged, emotionally gripping thriller about empathy, justice, and the cost of doing good when the law says you’re wrong.