A private investigator. A vanished woman. A system designed to erase dissent.In Undertow of Memory, former police captain Ellie Cook is pulled inland from the Oregon coast to Portland, where a missing woman's psychiatric commitment raises unsettling questions. What begins as a search for answers quickly becomes an exposure of "weaponized compassion"-institutions using legality and medicine to silence those who threaten powerful interests.As Ellie works alongside psychiatrist Alexa Mendoza, professional boundaries blur under pressure, pain, and shared history. Surveillance tightens. Evidence disappears. And Ellie realizes the danger isn't just the people watching her-but the systems that make abuse look ethical on paper.A gritty, emotionally grounded mystery, Undertow of Memory explores trauma, chronic pain, addiction management, and love that survives not because it's easy-but because it's chosen.