They Posted My Obituary Before I Died

Amani Ricks wakes in a locked recovery room wearing another dead woman’s name.

By the time she escapes, her obituary has been published, her burned car has been identified as the scene of her death, and her funeral is already scheduled. Her mother is grieving for the cameras. Her sister has temporary control of Amani’s daughter. Her employer, bank, school, and the city’s official records all agree on one impossible fact:

Amani Ricks is dead.

But Amani is alive—and somebody has already divided her life into assignments.

As she fights to reclaim her daughter, her home, her property, and her legal identity, Amani uncovers Havenwell Family Services, a respected organization built to guide grieving families through loss. Behind its compassionate public image is Final Arrangement, a hidden operation capable of replacing the living with paperwork, false remains, and a stronger official record.

The deeper Amani digs, the more personal the conspiracy becomes. Her disappearance did not begin with the fire. It began inside her own family long before anyone posted her obituary.

To survive, Amani must prove more than the fact that she is breathing. She must expose the system that decided her life was easier to inherit than protect.

A tense psychological urban suspense novel about family betrayal, institutional erasure, survival, and a woman forced to reclaim her own name.