A New YA Mystery Thriller Series
TRUE
CRIMES TV
The Mercy Files
Books One & Two Available Now
Cape Mercy has secrets. Sloane Mercer sees the pattern. Juno Wren puts it on air. Together with Rhea, Niko, and Eli, they turn a true-crime channel into a real investigation — and uncover the dangerous systems adults built to keep girls quiet.
The Truth Is On Air
A true-crime channel becomes a real investigation.
In the coastal town of Cape Mercy, Juno Wren’s scrappy channel, True Crimes TV, starts as a hobby: local legends, weird rumors, and mysteries no adult takes seriously. Then Sloane Mercer sees a pattern no one else can.
What begins with one vanished substitute teacher becomes The Mercy Files: a sharp, darkly funny YA mystery thriller series about missing girls, buried records, corrupted adults, and the teens who refuse to let dangerous stories stay hidden.
The Mercy Files
The Books
Book One
The Vanishing Class
by Julia Wayne
Juno only wanted better content. Sloane only wanted to be left alone. But when a missing substitute teacher leaves behind clues tied to an old yearbook, a vanished girl, and a powerful boardwalk family, five students become the only ones willing to ask the questions Cape Mercy buried.
Funny, sharp, dangerous, and full of coastal secrets, True Crimes TV: The Vanishing Class launches The Mercy Files, a YA mystery thriller series about friendship, fear, and the stories adults tell when the truth becomes inconvenient.
Book Two
The Next Five
by Julia Wayne
Five girls are missing. This time, the danger is not buried in the past. After exposing the truth behind the Bell Files, Sloane, Juno, Rhea, Niko, and Eli are pulled into a new investigation involving private invitations, fake mentorship programs, youth voice events, and rooms designed to look safe.
Behind the polished language of Blue Door is a system built on public smiles, changed names, careful scripts, and girls being taught to ignore their fear. But this time, the girls fight back — and some refuse to finish the song.
The Mercy Files
Five teens. One channel. Too many adults lying.
Sloane Mercer
The pattern brain. She sees connections other people miss — and trouble before it has a name.
Juno Wren
The voice of True Crimes TV. Loud, funny, fearless, and impossible to ignore.
Eli Navarro
The police chief’s son. He has access — and family secrets closer than he wants to admit.
Rhea Lawson
The skeptic. Logic first, panic later, receipts always.
Niko Chavez
The danger button. Loyal, reckless, and more capable than anyone expects.
Welcome to Cape Mercy.
A sunny boardwalk. An old pier. A neon arcade. A school with locked rooms. A police file that should not exist.
Cape Mercy sells itself as a safe coastal town. But safe towns do not need this many secrets.
Start The Mercy Files
Some doors only open when no one walks toward them alone.
Read True Crimes TV: The Vanishing Class and continue with True Crimes TV: The Next Five.
True Crimes TV is a YA mystery thriller series and media property from Audible Publishers , an imprint of Empire Media Company .
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