Five Days Till Dawn
by Terry Cumberworth
When a young woman disappears after a secret meeting in the desert, Sheriff KC Talbird uncovers lies, fear, and a truth powerful people want buried. Five Days Till Dawn is a suspense story where every hour matters.
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Meet The Man Behind the Mystery
Terry Cumberworth
Terry Cumberworth was born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in Moline, Illinois, in a family of fourteen children. Diagnosed as legally blind at just one year old, he learned early that hardship does not decide a person’s future. After a career in behavioral science and leadership, Terry, a respected mystery fiction author and suspense fiction author, turned his lifelong love of storytelling into suspense novels with plot twists filled with heart, truth, and hard choices.
Where the Stories Began
Stories have been part of Terry’s life since childhood, when he listened to his father share stories from his years as a United States Treasury agent. Today, Terry, a mystery thriller author, writes mystery suspense novels and crime fiction books that pull readers into real people, difficult choices, and the search for truth.
More Than a Mystery
Terry’s work goes beyond suspense. His stories explore justice, courage, prejudice, family, faith, and the cost of doing what is right when it would be easier to stay silent, the heart of every mystery novel about justice and family and justice novel he writes.
About the Book
Five Days Till Dawn
A tense psychological suspense novel where every secret has a cost, every choice leaves a mark, and the truth may not survive till dawn.
Truth vs. Corruption
In Mojave County, power protects its own. KC is forced to fight a system that would rather bury the truth than expose the people behind it, the pressure at the center of this corruption thriller book and justice thriller novel.
Moral Courage
KC knows that doing the right thing can cost him his badge, his safety, and everything he has built. He does it anyway, the mark of a true law enforcement thriller.
Family Bonds
When the case pushes him to the edge, KC finds his reason to keep going in the people waiting for him at home, grounding this small town crime thriller in real stakes.
Fragile Justice
Justice in this town is weak, slow, and easy to destroy. It survives only because one man refuses to stop searching for the truth in this investigative thriller novel.
Five Days Till Dawn Trailer
A young woman disappears. A town wants someone to blame. One sheriff refuses to stop asking questions.
Watch the trailer for Five Days Till Dawn, a murder mystery thriller and missing person thriller, and step into a story of buried secrets, corruption, and a race against time before the truth disappears for good.
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This book has been praised everywhere for its authenticity, depth, and story plot, earning its place among today’s bestselling suspense books.
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