The Sanity Trap

When trauma becomes evidence, sanity itself can be a weapon.

Janet Stewart checks into the luxurious Belmont Arms Hotel, anxiously awaiting the return of her husband, Paul, a decorated cybersecurity officer finally freed after years overseas. But her restless night shatters when she witnesses a brutal murder across the courtyard-Dr. Richard Cross, a renowned psychiatrist and digital-age mental health influencer, bludgeoning his wife.

The shock breaks Janet's mind wide open.

Cross moves swiftly, diagnosing Janet with "dissociative shock" and persuading Paul to let him transfer her to his elite AI-assisted mental health retreat in Silicon Valley. There, Janet becomes both patient and prisoner, subjected to manipulative treatments designed to convince her the murder was only a delusion.

But fragments of memory return. Paul grows suspicious. And when Dr. Franklin Harvey, a respected neuroscientist, confirms that Janet's testimony during treatment cannot be fabricated, Cross's empire begins to crack.

As loyalties fracture and the truth claws its way to the surface, Janet must fight not just for her sanity-but for survival against a man who built his career turning minds into prisons.

A gripping psychological thriller for fans of The Silent Patient, Behind Closed Doors, and Verity, The Sanity Trap is a story of gaslighting, corruption, and the unstoppable resilience of truth.