8a - JUDD ... MENT (AI)

When an anxious man named Rifle Chapman discovers someone has broken into his home—leaving only a cryptic note and an untouched piece of artwork—he turns to Laughton Phillips for help. What begins as a simple disturbance leads Laughton into the buried history of a failed youth shelter, a forgotten tragedy, and an artist who tried to speak the truth in metal and silence. As the past resurfaces, Laughton must uncover what others chose to ignore.