Locked in a Box (The Kate O'Dade Art Crime Series #2)

2026 | Crime | Mystery

Darkness. A Terrifying Whisper. The Click of a Lock. Forgotten Memories.

Locked in a Box, the dramatic and heart-pounding prequel to the award-winning debut novel, Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief, is now available for pre-order! Being Locked in a Box in the bowels of New York's Metropolitan Opera House as a child is the terrifying memory psychologist and artist, Kate O'Dade, can no longer suppress, no matter how hard she tries. Kate must now navigate her own personal harrowing psychological labyrinth that will push her to the brink as she gets closer to the terrifying truth long-buried in the past.

The anniversary of her father's death resurrects old fears and awakens missing fragments of her memory. One particular memory still causes her paralyzing fear: "Katie, Katie, you can't hide from me." The whisper as terrifying as the click of the box being locked, trapping her in utter darkness and panic. And the questions that have haunted her for decades: Who locked her in that box? Who killed her father? As her repressed memories slowly begin to coalesce, Kate begins her relentless pursuit of the truth, hoping that discovering those answers will free her from the locked box she's been emotionally trapped in for a very long time.

Sheila Sharpe (Author)