FRANK: “A psychological thriller about how ordinary, careful people lose their way.”

FRANK

Frank Bennett is careful.

He is careful with money. Careful with time. Careful with the small decisions that keep a family functioning under pressure. When his son’s medical needs begin to strain the limits of what his life can hold, Frank does not panic. He looks for structure. For clarity. For a way to think more precisely about risk and responsibility.

What he finds feels like relief.

A system designed to help people organise information, assess outcomes, and make better decisions offers Frank something he didn’t realise he was missing: language. Concepts that turn uncertainty into something measurable. Manageable. For the first time in months, he feels steady.

At home, the changes are subtle. Conversations shorten. Decisions happen quietly. Frank believes he is protecting his family from unnecessary worry — that careful choices don’t need to be discussed until they work.

His wife, Linda, begins to notice the gaps.

As Frank’s confidence grows, his world narrows. What started as structure becomes momentum. What felt like clarity begins to replace restraint. When the consequences surface, they do not arrive with drama or catastrophe, but with distance — and with the realisation that some decisions cannot be undone, only justified.

FRANK is a psychological thriller about loneliness, competence, and the quiet ways people lose their way — not through chaos, but through control.

It is not a story about technology gone wrong.

It is a story about what people return to when no one is left to stop them.

FRANK © 2025 by M.D. Mason

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organisations, places, events, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

This novel contains mature themes and is intended for an adult audience.

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