Silencing The Moon

Silencing the Moon

by Casey Ellyn

A novel about buried truths, dangerous systems, and the voices that refuse to be forgotten.

During Londons first lockdown, a young woman stumbles upon a forgotten manuscript-an academic case study written two decades earlier by a U.S. criminologist. Within it lies the haunting story of Gilda Hines, a brilliant but broken 22-year-old woman sentenced to death for a brutal murder.

As the manuscript unfolds, so does the readers own unraveling. Her past-marked by online abuse and unseen trauma-begins to echo Gildas fate. What starts as curiosity becomes obsession, and the lines between the observer and the observed blur dangerously.

Told through layered timelines and ghostly voices, Silencing the Moon is a gripping, lyrical exploration of erasure, violence, and the silences society protects.