Fiction • May 24, 2025 • 6 min read

Dead Quiet

Dead Quiet is a gritty, atmospheric crime thriller set in the rural woods of Foster, Rhode Island. Cole McQuade, a retired correctional officer living off-grid, is drawn into a violent web of local corruption when a battered young man appears on his doorstep—on the run from a meth-dealing biker gang known as the Crimson Vultures. As pressure builds and law enforcement fails to act, Cole takes a stand. But when his daughter Laken, a state police narcotics detective, uncovers a dirty deputy inside the Sheriff’s department, father and daughter are forced to navigate the thin line between justice and survival. What follows is a slow-burn confrontation that tests loyalty, morality, and the weight of past ghosts.