It Ends Here by Heidi Perks

Someone inside is a killer. Someone outside knows why.

One quiet morning in a small seaside town, a single gunshot brings everything to a standstill. Trapped inside the café where the shot was fired are five strangers. Outside is a growing crowd—and five loved ones desperate for answers.

As the police scramble to identify who is in the café and why one of them opened fire, time is running out. There are no demands. No warning. No escape plan. Nothing about the attack makes sense—except that one person isn’t walking out alive.

For the families watching in horror, the nightmare is just beginning. Because when the shooter is revealed, each must ask the unthinkable: Could it really be them?

Taut and emotionally charged, It Ends Here is a ticking-clock thriller of buried secrets, fractured loyalties, and the devastating cost of finally knowing the truth.