The Fractured Truth Series
Psychological Suspense
Truth is rarely what it seems
Winner of the Literary Titan Silver Award
for
"unique writing styles, vivid immersive worlds, complex characters, distinctive voices and captivating contexts."
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Start Your Investigation With Book One
The past is not lost. It's watching. And it wants her to remember.
Faith Ansley has built a name for herself as a private investigator—sharp, unshakable, and fiercely independent. But when her husband dies under suspicious circumstances, the woman who always finds the answers suddenly has none.
Then the letters arrive. Unsigned. Untraceable. Intimate. They dredge up a life she left behind, old friends she hasn't thought about in years... and a love she never truly escaped.
Juggling the fallout of her husband’s death and the demands of her growing firm, Faith does what she does best—she investigates. But the deeper she digs, the more the lines blur. Who’s reaching out to her, and why now? Is it a grieving admirer, an investigative target from the past taunting her, or something far more personal?
Because the voice in those letters—it knows her. Knows what happened back then. And with every memory that resurfaces, the questions return—dragging with them the quiet guilt of choices she never dared to face.
Some things never let go.
Some letters shouldn’t be read.
And some pasts... aren’t buried at all.
A story that explores the cost of silence.
In When Mountains Crumble, buried secrets refuse to stay buried, memories can't always be trusted, and every unanswered question comes with consequences. Through a haunting blend of past and present, the novel explores how unspoken trauma echoes across relationships, shaping the choices we make and the lives we leave behind.
Blending psychological suspense with an emotionally driven mystery, the story challenges readers to question what they believe about memory, love, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive. Every revelation changes what came before, leading to an ending that lingers long after the final page.
WHAT EDITORIAL REVIEWERS ARE SAYING
"DiScala knows how to paint a scene. There's a rawness to her style, and at times it's intimate, like overhearing someone's private confession. Some passages lingered with me long after I closed the book."
THOMAS ANDERSON, LITERARY TITAN
You won't peel your eyes off this page turner until the last page. Easily the best story I've read this year.
DiScala is without a doubt a very gifted author.
I loved this book.
KEITH MYUYA, READERS FAVORITE
DiScala demonstrates remarkable skill in crafting a story that had me emotionally invested. Her ability to balance suspense with moments of deep emotional resonance creates a uniquely gripping read.
KC,
READERS FAVORITE
BIO
Claudine DiScala writes psychological thrillers where secrets refuse to stay buried, memory can't be trusted, and the truth is rarely what it seems. After spending twenty years uncovering other people's secrets as a licensed private investigator in New York—including several years running her own private investigation firm—she started burying them in fiction instead.
She holds a B.A. in Political Science and a Master of Science in Criminal Justice, along with enough strange real-life stories to fill several books. Some of them may have found their way into her novels… though she's not saying which.
Claudine is the author of The Fractured Truth Series, including the psychological suspense novel When Mountains Crumble, winner of the Literary Titan Silver Book Award, and its sequel, When Mountains Crumble: The Landslide. Her award-winning short fiction has also received multiple honors.
Truth has always fascinated Claudine—not just what happened, but why people hide it. Her years as a private investigator, combined with her work in suicide prevention as a suicide loss support group facilitator and Vice Chair of her local coalition, deepened her fascination with memory, trauma, deception, and the hidden motivations that drive us. Those questions continue to shape every story she writes.
Claudine lives in Southern Utah with her husband, two children, and two dogs. When she's not writing, she's usually hiking, camping, cycling, or overanalyzing strangers' behavior—which, it turns out, is still considered research for a psychological thriller writer.
Visit her at ClaudineDiScala.com and on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook under her full name.
