Rapture

Rapture is a 2026 supernatural thriller / mystery novel written by Jason Belmont that takes inspiration from detective noir and contemporary supernatural horror. It is Belmont's debut novel.

Private Investigator Declan Fraser is dying of cancer, a fate he has come to accept. But before his time runs out, he takes on one final job as a consultant in Blackwell, a coastal town where a dozen women have vanished over the past five years. If he can uncover the truth, Declan may leave behind more than a name on a headstone.

Blackwell is a town steeped in sin, its history stained by violence and tragedy. The police chief is openly hostile to Declan's presence. Some locals keep secrets. Others whisper of curses and restless phantoms lingering between life and death-superstitions Declan is quick to dismiss.

Until he witnesses the supernatural firsthand.

As his health deteriorates and his reality begins to unravel, Declan must uncover the truth behind the force driving the disappearances, whether human or something darker. With time running out and more people vanishing, what Declan finds may force him to face the one thing he has always feared:

that death is not the end.