65560 Paperback – December 14, 2025

In the quiet, tight-knit town of Salem, Missouri, the peaceful facade is shattered by a string of brutal murders. Four estranged childhood friends—now a farmer, a preacher, a hermit, and the town sheriff—are pulled back into a shared trauma from their high school days. As the body count rises and suspicion turns inward, they must confront the betrayals that tore them apart before the killer finishes a vengeful plan twenty-five years in the making.Independent author Titus Benton releases his debut novel with 65560, a murder mystery that confronts questions of loyalty, power, and the quiet fractures that shape American life. Read more