Uninvited Proxy - Candice Bow James

Uninvited Proxy is a dark, atmospheric psychological noir set in 1996, where identity fractures, buried memories, and the quiet violence beneath beauty collide. Anita Campbell moves through life with effortless charm - the kind of woman people trust instantly. But trust is the first mistake. Beneath her polished exterior lives Catherine Jordan, a colder, sharper presence born from the shadows of 1988, a year she has spent nearly a decade trying to outrun.

When a moonlit encounter turns deadly, the past she buried begins to stir. Catherine emerges with chilling precision, leaving behind a scene wiped clean of everything except intent. But the kill awakens something she hoped would stay silent - a voice she has lived with for years, a whisper that grows bolder with every passing hour.

Back in her hotel room, Anita believes she has slipped back into anonymity. But the voice inside her refuses to let her rest. It pushes. It taunts. It reminds her of everything she tried to forget.

As Catherine's presence tightens its grip and the past claws its way back into the present, Anita's carefully constructed world begins to crack. The lies she built her life on start to shift. The memories she buried rise like smoke. And the truth - written in blood - refuses to stay hidden.

Set against the tension of 1996, with the ghosts of 1988 whispering through, Uninvited Proxy is a psychological noir about identity, obsession, and the dangerous comfort of the stories we tell ourselves. A novel where every whisper matters, every shadow hides a secret, and every lie has a pulse.